Cricket is a popular sport? And who is Jay Z? Shouldn't these quizzes really be "general knowledge" rather than limited to the pop culture of a single country or region?
Cricket is huge in India and Pakistan, and also big in the UK, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand and some other places... all British Commonwealth countries, I think.
^And yet wherever you go in Britain in summer, I can guarantee there will be plenty of people either playing or watching it, whether on the green or on TV.
Cricket is surprisingly interesting once you understand it. The sole purpose of golf seems to be to be boring, football is crap, and rugby/american football is plain stupid.
it is popular in india which is one of the most populated countries in the world at 1billion people.
More people watch and play cricket than most other sports in the world just from the indian population alone.
When you add in pakistan and bangladesh, cricket could very well be the worlds second or third most popular sport (football being first and hockey would be up there as well)
Yeah, mathematically whole numbers are integers that are 1 or greater. If you want to precise, the question should say "integers" rather than "whole numbers."
What about if we consider the word "state" to mean the state of the United States? I'd say that America's Christmas state is close to Merry Old England's capital! So how about Christmas?
Two Zillion starts with T and Zillion starts with Z, so Two Zillion would come before Zillion. Now, if only a zillion actually meant a specific number...
Is there a definitively correct way to pronounce Himalayas? I grew up hearing him-uh-LAY-uhs, but recently I heard it pronounced him-AH-lee-uhs. I immediately suspected that the way I'd heard it all my life was incorrect. Anybody know?
The traditional English convention is the way you learned (him-a-LAY-uh). But it is actually a Sanskrit compound word – a mushing-together of “hima” (snow), and alaya, (“dwelling” or “abode”, but more like a place than a structure). Alaya is pronounced ALL-ee-uh (non-compound Sanskrit words generally have their accent fall on the third syllable from the end. I know that sounds random and complicated, but actually, it flows very naturally), so together, you get him-ALL-ee-uh (and actually, the “ee” sound is not as strong as the spelling suggests; also, alaya almost sounds like just two syllables when pronounced).
So, technically, that’s the right way to pronounce it, assuming you want to pronounce a Sanskrit word in Sanskrit. Of course, everyone will still know what you mean if you walk around India pronouncing it the English way!
Nitpicky time...I know (from the answer) that we're talking London in the UK, but Michigan is closer to London, Ontario than Maine is to the UK. Could we specify which London in the question?
I’m a 3rd generation Yankees fan who grew up in the 90s during the Yankees 1996-2003 dynasty. Graeme Lloyd was a key piece of both the 1996 and ‘98 World Championships as the lefty specialist reliever out of the bullpen. The ‘96 team started the run, and the Atlanta Braves were the defending champions and a very scary team with a lot of big, left-handed hitters. Lloyd dominated them and made them look foolish. He was popular with teammates and fans, and I remember in a few brawls he would run in from the bullpen with his long frame and start raining haymakers.
After the Yanks won in 1998, they traded Lloyd (along with #1 starting pitcher David Wells and Homer Bush) to the Toronto Blue Jays for Roger Clemens. Clemens is of course one of the best pitchers ever, and helped the Yanks win 2 more consecutive championships in 1999 and 2000, and to win the American League and make the World Series in 2001 and ‘03, but I missed Lloyd.
I was desperate and typed "zillion" for the last whole number alphabetically. It was accepted as the correct answer "zero". So in this quiz: Zillion = zero ... Say what????
Seriously, Pollux for Polydeuces? I'm Greek and after trying Polideukes, Polideuces, Polydeukes, Polydeukis, Polydeuces I bloody gave up. At this rate just be done with it and call him Bob in English.
Would Polyphemus be acceptable for Cyclops? I mean, he is the most famous cyclops, and in many country he is the one-eyed mythology creature for antonomasia.
The Philippines was a Spanish colony for several hundred years. It's why the country has its name (after King Philip of Spain), and it's the reason it's the only Catholic country in east Asia. Then the US took control of it as part of the settlement of the Spanish-American War, and then it became independent after World War II.
This was really hard at least for non native English speaker. I example wrote cyclope, not cyclopes because it is more close how it is written in my language.
absolutely! It's a strictly US name and has nothing to do with the English language. I feel especially aggrieved as it wouldn't accept Zimbabwe who is a close personal friend of mine.
I only got Pollux because of the legendary 90’s action film, ‘Faceoff,’ where the villainous Castor Troy is brother to Pollux Troy. So…thanks, John Woo!
ofc YMMV.
More people watch and play cricket than most other sports in the world just from the indian population alone.
When you add in pakistan and bangladesh, cricket could very well be the worlds second or third most popular sport (football being first and hockey would be up there as well)
But I guess kitshef probably means the swimming stroke
So, technically, that’s the right way to pronounce it, assuming you want to pronounce a Sanskrit word in Sanskrit. Of course, everyone will still know what you mean if you walk around India pronouncing it the English way!
Two, Grant Balfour and Dave Nilsson, made an All-Star team.
After the Yanks won in 1998, they traded Lloyd (along with #1 starting pitcher David Wells and Homer Bush) to the Toronto Blue Jays for Roger Clemens. Clemens is of course one of the best pitchers ever, and helped the Yanks win 2 more consecutive championships in 1999 and 2000, and to win the American League and make the World Series in 2001 and ‘03, but I missed Lloyd.
He remains a fan favorite at reunions.