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Last updated: May 29, 2019
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| First submitted | August 8, 2016 |
| Times taken | 14,553 |
| Rating | 3.85 |
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Gamer1162
+1
Level 63
Aug 9, 2016
Thanks for using some of my questions
Findlay
+2
Level 75
Aug 15, 2016
I enjoyed the calendar clue.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Oct 11, 2016
As did I
ddddan
+3
Level 76
Oct 11, 2016
How about "erythrocytes"?
Tastymeatpie
+2
Level 79
Dec 13, 2016
+1
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 23, 2019
Sure, why not
Eigengrau
+1
Level 60
Jun 23, 2019
Worked for me.
tigersue
+1
Level 72
Oct 11, 2016
Just learned that Swahili is spelled with only one L!
DonTheLamplighter
+2
Level 80
Sep 3, 2017
I haven't learned a thing in more than 40 years.
rocamorar
+1
Level 73
Oct 11, 2016
"Huevos Verdes Con Jamón" is an incorrect translation. It should be "Huevos Verdes y Jamón"
plattitude
+1
Level 89
Oct 11, 2016
The translator(s) apparently disagreed.
jmellor13
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Level 65
Jun 23, 2019
Translation is not always literal. For example, to express hunger in Spanish, you would say "yo tengo hambre," which *literally* translates to "I have hunger," but of course any English speaker would just say "I'm hungry." Likewise, in Spanish, a side dish (like ham or French fries) would be preceded by "con" (for "with"), even though in English you'd say "and." So, in English, "a hamburger and fries." In Spanish, "a hamburger with fries." The translation of Green Eggs and Ham is correct because it represents how Spanish speakers would say it: green eggs with ham.
ruudsje
+1
Level 73
Jun 23, 2019
amen
Yanni47
+1
Level 72
Jun 23, 2019
That's how I translated it, with no joy. It might have helped if I'd ever heard of the book title.
PrinceEric
+1
Level 53
Jun 23, 2019
In English, isn't there a difference between "Green Eggs and Ham" and "Green Eggs with Ham"? Like, when we use "with," we mean that the foods are served together as a unit, that they need each other to be complete. This doesn't disprove the above commenter, but I'm really curious to see if anyone else feels that nuance.
scarygary
+1
Level 54
Jun 23, 2019
Yeah, "Huevos Verdes Con Jamon" means Green Eggs with Ham. However, the book is actually published as Huevos Verdes Con Jamon in Spanish speaking countries
MyMindWentBlank
+10
Level 52
Oct 11, 2016
Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!
joeythelemur
+5
Level 84
Oct 12, 2016
I mean, if I went around saying I was an emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!
HectorVortac
+2
Level 50
Oct 13, 2016
What we need is a mandate from the masses.
WanderingWalrus
+4
Level 73
Feb 18, 2018
As opposed to the marshes
Algernon
+1
Level 70
Oct 11, 2016
Green eggs and ham? Never heard of it. Is it a new kids book that I wouldn't have seen as a child or did I just miss out on it?
YantheMan
+4
Level 65
Oct 11, 2016
Dr. Seuss! It's been around forever!
blinky
+2
Level 60
Feb 21, 2017
1960
joeythelemur
+4
Level 84
Oct 12, 2016
It's the fourth best-selling English-language children's book of all time. Certainly a classic here in the US, but not sure about it's popularity in non-English language areas.
JackintheBox
+1
Level 72
Jun 23, 2019
I was often read it when I was in primary school.
ander217
+2
Level 78
Jun 23, 2019
Sam you are not.
stoooopot
+1
Level 68
Oct 11, 2016
'Shakespearean' should be accepted for Thespian.
hellodrew
+3
Level 60
Oct 20, 2016
But what happens if you're not acting in a Shakespearean play? But even if you did act in a Shakespeare play and someone asks you what you do, I think saying "I'm Shakespearean" would be a bit of an odd thing to say!
prosandmcconns
+1
Level 39
Oct 11, 2016
You should accept erythrocyte for red blood cell
Gildarts
+1
Level 57
Oct 11, 2016
Guinea pig is delicious. Nuff said
Zefyrinus
+1
Level 67
Oct 14, 2016
The wording of the Erik the Red question is a little odd. Greenland was first settled by the inuits.
samiamco
+1
Level 72
Jan 31, 2018
Yeah, I was gonna say; this wording smacks of Columbus "discovering" America. Eskimos were certainly waltzing in and out of there since ~4500 BCE, but even if the question means "permanent settlement", I don't think Erik can qualify either, since the Norse wound up leaving, too. (As Zefyrinus alludes, it was the Inuit who came – in ~1300 – and wound up staying.) Can you clarify what you mean, O Quizzymaster?
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Jan 23, 2019
Got rid of the word "first"
Keithg
+2
Level 55
Feb 5, 2019
Could you just accept New Zealand or rephrase the question?
spoonpilot
+1
Level 43
Feb 9, 2019
How can you not accept New Zealand? Requiring New Zealand's seems a little pedantic, I'm unsure how 72% of people managed to correctly add the 's unless they have seen the question before.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Feb 9, 2019
Fixed, sorry about that. It probably used to work and then I broke it at some point. That's the only way 72% would have guessed that correctly.
MrBubbles
+1
Level 57
May 28, 2019
It's visit, not vist.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
May 29, 2019
Ok
cathlete
+1
Level 66
Apr 17, 2021
Surprised no one has said this, Radcliffe's record(s) (women's world record and "mixed sex") have been broken. Maybe just change it do past tense?
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