I tried "Helen Reddy" for the "hear me roar" clue because her song "I Am Woman" has the following lyric: "I am woman, hear me roar....". Didn't think of Katy Perry. Drat!
It might be worth accepting "yon" for the antonym of hither. Most dictionaries list both "hither and thither" and "hither and yon" as idioms, with the same meaning.
Came here to say this AbiA. "Yonder" and "thither" don't mean the same thing as the latter implies travel towards somewhere, whereas the former doesn't. In the same way, 'whither' doesn't mean the same as 'where' as it can only be used in a context where travel is implied ("whither are you going?").
Other Germanic languages have maintained this distinction in modern day to day speech - not sure why it's become archaic in English, but there we are.
"Yon" is just a short form of "yonder". And all of these words are completely archaic.
Hansel and Gretel left a trail of white pebbles on their first journey into the woods. It was the second journey where they left breadcrumbs, which were eaten by birds.
Stones should be acceptable for the Hans und Gretchel (or however it's spelled) story. That's what they did the first time, and it actually got them back home.
The french fries question suggests that french fries are originally from France. They're not, they are from Belgium! Don't know why English-speaking people think otherwise
It does no such thing. It merely asks the term for a common item in another language. The debate over the origin of said item and its name in American English is just a distraction.
No surprise that many Americans didn't get the sweet science answer, when they overhype Dossers like Deontay Wilder, Jeff Lacy and Charles Martin so much.
Pebbles should be accepted for Hansel and Gretel, they successfully used them to find their way home the first time. They only resorted to breadcrumbs because they ran out of pebbles (and the door was locked so they couldn't get more) so breadcrumbs was all they had to work with.
I tried both Britons and Welsh before Celts for the druid question. Britons is undoubtedly a correct answer. Welsh probably is as we are an ancient civilisation and we had druids and still do
It took me about 5 tries to get the spelling right on the french fries question. Maybe put in a few more alts with double-ts in the 2nd word, no s in the first or second word, etc.?
Ah, that’s easy, it’s the bit where you hit them on the nut, but manage to evade getting a clout yourself whilst timing your punch to hit them in the sweet spot at exactly the right moment.
Also, while "pommes frites" is undoubtedly correct, in general, we just call them "frites" in France. I don't remember ever hearing anyone call them "pommes frites" - I can imagine it happening in a very stuffy restaurant in the 1950s, but today?
I wanted to make a quiz of "the sciences", that is, unusual nicknames for things which (mostly) aren't really sciences. But I got as far as boxing ("the sweet science"), economics ("the dismal science") and pretty much couldn't think of any others. I'm glad the sweet science showed up on a quiz because it's such a goofy nickname.
Other Germanic languages have maintained this distinction in modern day to day speech - not sure why it's become archaic in English, but there we are.
"Yon" is just a short form of "yonder". And all of these words are completely archaic.