Czar, Tsar, or царь, first made its way into English in the 1500s, and was first transliterated as Czar. By the late 1800s, it was decided that Tsar was a more accurate transliteration, but by then the Cz- spelling had already caught on as a widely-used loan word in the Anglophone world, and persisted well into 20th century. When I was a kid I'm sure that "Czar" was much more commonly used. But I started noticing "Tsar" more often probably around 2005-2010 or so. In fact "Czar" is still used, often, to refer colloquially to, for example, people put in charge of some task force or oversee an agency in American politics (famously Nixon had a "Drug Czar"). But when referring to Russian emperors Tsar has become the favored and more common spelling. It's the same word, though, transliterated differently.
Sheesh. If it doesn't take the answer you think it is, people, just try something else, for pete's sake. It's supposed to be a brainteaser, after all, not a giveaway. Except for "cox". That one should definitely be accepted, as TheShadow noted.
Claret, cardinal, and cherry are all deep red colors. Seems aribitrary to just pick crimson. Maybe you should add something to the clue. Like "the red in the University of Alabama's uniforms" or something.
That depends entirely on your interpretation of "Christian principles." There are many interpretations, backed by scripture, that sanction religious war.
There is a Polish czar, but it is pronounced like English char and means 'charm' or 'spell'. The Polish equivalent of Russian tsar is spelled car—Polish c is pronounced ts.
I agree that an argument can be made for canteen, as the definition for 'tank' indicates that it is 'usually' large, meaning it can sometimes be small. But I'm OK if you don't want to add that.
Cerise, on the other hand, has to be added. Or, given the surprising number of deep red colors beginning with 'c', change the question.
I believe "cerebrum" is incorrect, as it not only controls higher functions. "Cerebral cortex" would be more accurate (or even "neocortex", though this would exclude it from the quiz).
I realize now I dont really know that much about brain terminology. I was really proud to come up with a lot of words starting with c, relating to the brain, in English! None of them were accepted though ;)
I tried cortex, cranium, cerebellum, (and yes, first cognitive though had no hopes for that, was just warming up by association) might ve tried cerebral aswell.
But besides that one only missed coxswain and canonise, and cirrus. So, still happy with a score like that on an English vocabulary quiz :)
cirrus was annoying though, spent ages trying to write cumulo nimbus or whatever it is haha. Never remember it exactly. (Wow, looked it up now and the one I chose to write here was right!! I must ve tried 30 variations haha cumilus.. only part I knew was correct was nimbus
I think cerebral cortex should be an acceptable answer,as well as cerise for red. Cerise kept coming to mind,I couldn't think of crimson to save my life! LOL!
The Cerebellum does not control higher brain functions. It helps to fine-tune movement. if you had your Cerebellum removed, you would survive with your personality intact
Both spellings are common and mostly interchangeable, but only one spelling fits this quiz. They're both trying to take a Russian word spelled in Cyrillic and make it fit the Latin alphabet. Personally, I tend to favor "tsar" when talking about Russian leaders. When it comes to a political appointee heading up a policy specific task force, I go for "czar" --- as in a "drug czar".
Cerise, on the other hand, has to be added. Or, given the surprising number of deep red colors beginning with 'c', change the question.
I tried cortex, cranium, cerebellum, (and yes, first cognitive though had no hopes for that, was just warming up by association) might ve tried cerebral aswell.
cirrus was annoying though, spent ages trying to write cumulo nimbus or whatever it is haha. Never remember it exactly. (Wow, looked it up now and the one I chose to write here was right!! I must ve tried 30 variations haha cumilus.. only part I knew was correct was nimbus
The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle.
If you know, you know.
Crutch for body-control garment?