Maybe I'm asking for too much, but how about accepting "fision"? I know I am spelling it incorrectly, but as I knew "fusion" is only spelled with one "s", I never even thought of spelling "fission" with two "S"s. Stupid English language !!
Syllables can be divided into open and closed syllables. Fusion has an open syllable at the start and the vocal, the sound represented by u is thus pronounced long. The i sound at the start of Fission however is pronounced short, so it takes a closed syllable. To close a syllable in writing you need an extra consonant. Not sure it works fully in English, though it works that way in other Germanic languages. So anyway, for once in English the spelling and pronounciation are linked.
In 'fission', the 's' sound is pronounced unvoiced /s/. In 'vision', it is pronounced voiced /z/. Hence the spelling difference. I'm not saying it makes total sense, but your example doesn't seem to fit here.
Imho, "Part of the world" is a very confusing description here.
I tried "Europe", "UK", "Great Britain", before I tried "Scotland" in the last seconds (and failed to complete it), because I didn't know how you would define "part of the world".
But I must admit, it's difficult to find a way to describe it, that wouldn't give away to much or be even more misleading (like "country")
I, for example, wasn't just guessing, my first thought was that it was UK related (not necessarily with Scotland), typed in UK and then concluded it wasn't since my answer wasn't accepted.
Portobello reminded me of Nigahiga's old video, so I jokingly started typing "mushroom burgers". I was absolutely astonished when I got the right answer.
Apparently I'm not general because I didn't get Waterloo (I'm not a history buff at all) or Heath Ledger (I care more about the characters in the movie, not who's portraying them) or mustaches (I have had absolutely no reason to learn mustache types ever)
There's a character in Wizards of Waverly Place named Dean Moriarty (he's Alex's first boyfriend) and I couldn't get him out of my head long enough to figure out the right title
It seems to no longer be relevant, but fungi is WAY too broad to be acceptable if the desired answer is mushrooms. Fungi comprise an entire kingdom, having equal taxonomic rank with other kingdoms such as plants and animals, etc. The biodiversity of fungi is unknown, but is estimated to include 2 to 4 million different species.
I think I must have done sparrow, duck, gull, pigeon, crow, raven, blackbird, finch, swan, before attempting 'bird' then giving up. Should'a tried harder
the term "part of the world" is very vague. europe is a part of the world, the uk is a part of the world, edinburgh is a part of the world. why are neither of these accepted?
Visor.
Stupid English language "rules".
I tried "Europe", "UK", "Great Britain", before I tried "Scotland" in the last seconds (and failed to complete it), because I didn't know how you would define "part of the world".
But I must admit, it's difficult to find a way to describe it, that wouldn't give away to much or be even more misleading (like "country")
Still great quiz