General Knowledge Quiz #32

Well, apparently it wasn't called Old York City, that's a shame

or Little York Town

I'm an atheist, if i type in xmas will it work?

X can also stand for "cross" (e.g. BMX). Have yet to hear anyone interpret Xmas as Cross-mas though.

shouldn't matter, as an atheist you shouldn't be attaching any kind of magic to the word christ. therefore why shouldn't you just type the word christmas? I think it should be an acceptable spelling, but it has nothing to do with being an atheist, it's just a good short form.

Besides, the book title isn't "How the Grinch Stole Xmas."

On the other hand, the question is not about what the book is called.

darn, i just type wolf

Right...it wasn't the small ill-tempered wolf

I thought it was Virginia Woolf.

oh come on, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf?

This entire conversation has just gone off track.

Better than me...I thought it was asking about ROBIN Hood. (double facepalm)

No.

What you were taught was wrong.

No, the X in "Xmas" is technically the Greek letter chi, which is the first letter of the Greek word for Χριστός ("Christos"). "Xmas" has been used as a shortened form for "Christmas" for at least 300 years, and versions of it (like "X'temmas") date back even earlier. The use of "X" as a shortened form of "Christ" goes back at least 1,000 years, in forms like "Xρ" or "Xt." Χρ has even developed into a popular Christian symbol you've probably seen before known as a labarum, or a "chi-rho," which dates back to Constantine the Great around 1700 years ago.

In short, "Xmas" comes from a very long Christian tradition. None of us wicked atheists are trying to take anything away or cross anything out.

right?

I was told to never leave "Big Bad" out of "Big Bad Wolf."

Fantastic, both of you.

Can you replace 'British Version' with 'Original Version' as it implies that the British Version was not the original.

But "original" could also imply the first Planet Earth (as opposed to, say, Planet Earth II, which could be confusing since many different countries had other narrators. specifying the British version eliminates that ambiguity.

Can you accept Simon Le Bon for this one?

My thought exactly. I got it right, but the "British" made me pause for a few seconds and think wth is that word there. Have other countries seriously dubbed it ?!?

Oh, it was dubbed! *facepalm* I was thinking that the Americans must've made a separate version because they don't understand BrE and don't bother reading subtitles.

Yeah, but usually he specifically uses a lightsaber, and if there was someone who wasn't a Star Wars nerd, like I am, but they know that Luke carried a lightsaber, then that's another answer right for them.

Question 16 isn't actually a question and therefore doesn't deserve a question mark?

I 100% agree with this?

What are the other Swiss Cheeses known as in the USA?

Yes I know but what is it known as Swiss Cheese II? Why cant they just say emmental?

My first complaint. A rasher can also be a thin slice of ham. Nyaaah.

There is a version of Planet Earth NOT narrated by Sir David Attenborough?? This disgusts me XD

Not everyone speaks English, and Attenborough doesn't speak every language. Shocker I know.

Yep. I second this.

I can't imagine watching planet earth with any narrator other than David Attenborough, he's so good

Can you accept "frontal lobotomy" as well?

I am just now learning there is a version other than the Attenborough one of Planet Earth, Why? Attenborough is life.

France? (to name but one reason...)

Who is Helen?

I was a classics scholar and I've read many translations of the Iliad, plus the Venetus A manuscript in Greek. My favourite version by far is Pitt/Bloom.

Brooooo accept wolf

I didn't think to name myself the countries I always forget in quizzes - good call.

Nobody ever answered as to why frontol lobotomy isn't accepted.