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N Answers Quiz #1

Based on the clues, guess these random things that start with the letter N.
All answers are a single word
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First submittedJanuary 21, 2013
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Clue
Answer
City near Sherwood Forest
Nottingham
Eighth planet from the sun
Neptune
One of the noble gases
Neon
City destroyed by an atomic bomb
Nagasaki
City where pizza was born
Naples
Drink of the gods
Nectar
Set of three waterfalls between the
U.S. and Canada
Niagara
Biblical ark builder
Noah
Finnish cell phone maker
Nokia
Himalayan country
Nepal
Milli, micro, ____, pico
Nano
Clue
Answer
Most populous country in Africa
Nigeria
State of enlightenment or grunge band
Nirvana
Spanish word for new
Nuevo
Center of the country music industry
Nashville
French emperor defeated at Waterloo
Napoleon
Most abundant element in the atmosphere
Nitrogen
Country of windmills and wooden shoes
Netherlands
Major Japanese car company
Nissan
Southwestern Native American tribe
Navajo
Spice used to garnish eggnog
Nutmeg
Opposite of zenith
Nadir
bebn123
+12
Level 59
Jul 29, 2013
You should accept "nueva" as an acceptable answer for "Spanish word for new". The "o" changes to an "a" when describing a feminine noun.
sillie
+7
Level 77
Aug 26, 2015
The masculine form is the default you find in the dictionary though.
martay
+7
Level 70
Sep 18, 2018
I'm a daily crossword solver who hates having to leave the last letter blank when the answer is a Spanish word because its gender is up in the air. That and the lack of diacritical marks in crosswords makes a HUGE difference in the word's meaning: "año" and "ano" are not interchangeable.
AlexThirkell
+17
Level 75
Jan 17, 2021
Compare the two sentences:

1. My father is 74 years old.

2. My potato has 74 anuses.

In Spanish, the only differences are the diacritics in año/ano and papá/papa.

dunkinggandalf2
+13
Level 68
Jan 28, 2022
The sentence could also mean "my potato is 74 years old", or "my father has 74 anuses", which is arguably just as impressive.
brandybuck96
+1
Level 83
Aug 9, 2023
Idk if it's the same in Spanish but in French, diacritics aren't compulsory on capital letters, so in a crossword it doesn't make much difference.
pmack18
+7
Level 47
Jul 29, 2013
23/24...never heard of Nadir...
BlackLab
+1
Level 65
Aug 7, 2023
First name Ralph
buck1017
+1
Level 77
Jan 30, 2024
Aw man...this must be the low point in your life.
SpankyMcFabulous
+8
Level 44
Apr 25, 2014
Huh...I thought Nantucket was a made-up place for a limerick you never hear the end of!
Jackey52
+1
Level 62
Sep 2, 2015
lol me too
sumguy
+1
Level 84
Dec 5, 2016
+1
PoetsCorner
+1
Level 85
Mar 28, 2017
There's more than one limerick for it. And some endings you hear, some you don't. ;-)
celebeth
+1
Level 70
Jun 3, 2015
100% with 2:39 left.
Wardo
+1
Level 86
Aug 26, 2015
100% with 3:40 left, pretty easy quiz imho
kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Sep 18, 2018
New York should be accepted for the place where pizza was born. It's where the popular, world-famous variety was invented, and it starts with an "N". Food called pizza (pita) was being eaten long before the Greek colonists in Neapolis started mispronouncing it. But the stuff that everyone thinks of when they say the word now was invented in Little Italy in New York City.
Walacama
+38
Level 81
Sep 18, 2018
No.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Sep 18, 2018
yes
Walacama
+23
Level 81
Sep 18, 2018
No.
Julotek
+15
Level 60
Sep 18, 2018
No, according to history it is from Naples.

According to the world, some US citizens may fantasize of, maybe pizza was born in New York, sushi in California, and Paella in San Francisco… but in reality no ;)

kalbahamut
+3
Level 82
Sep 19, 2018
In reality, no, definitely not. Try reading what I wrote. I know it's probably difficult for you. But just give it a try. Maybe then try sampling "pizza" from Naples, and from New York, and then try pizza in Seoul, in Tokyo, in Manila, in New Delhi, in Riyadh, in Dubai, in San Francisco, in Miami, in Toronto, in Zagreb, in Athens, in Moscow, in Jerusalem, in Paris, in London, in Addis Ababa... as I have... and compare this to the "pizza" from Naples and pizza from New York. Then do some actual reading about the history of it, confirming every single thing I said above as 100% factual. Then you might actually know what you are talking about. I know it's probably satisfying to just spout off as if you do know, without having any information or experience to back up your claims, but I do recommend this other method. Humble suggestion.
CaptainUnderpant
+20
Level 79
Aug 1, 2023
Maybe if you weren't enormously condescending every time you tried to make someone understand your perspective you'd actually have a shot at succeeding. "Humble suggestion." For real dude, that was the least humble paragraph I've read on this site.
vitriden
+5
Level 81
Aug 2, 2023
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/malignant-narcissist
kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Sep 19, 2018
I wish that pizza had been invented in Brussels or Prague or Barcelona so I could just say that without all the inevitable comments from the insecure bigots whenever you mention the United States... but it wasn't.

Incidentally sushi is Japanese, though California rolls are American and maki sushi (sushi rolls) was popularized first in the United States by Japanese immigrants. However... if you eat sushi around the world you could get Japanese-style sushi or you could get American-style sushi or you might end up with some mix of the two. (my personal favorite might be Korean-style sushi) The same cannot be said for Neapolitan-style pizza which is not popular anywhere outside of southern Italy.

cryingbook
+12
Level 67
Sep 19, 2018
This is why I come to the comments sections of quizzes -- to see this level of bitter, petty debate. How do I subscribe for e-mail updates when people get around to debating whether pan pizza or Hawaiian pizza will count? ALSO -- is Hawaii considered an overseas territory for the purposes of this quiz????
Ssssss
+16
Level 69
Oct 11, 2018
'Popular, world famous variety' is the bit I take issue with. When I think of pizza, I think of proper Neapolitan-style pizza which, contrary to your statement, is extremely popular in the UK and Europe. Stonebaked/woodfired pizzerias springing up all over the place and I'd argue it's much more popular than the over-cheesed greasy American version. Also bears much more of a resemblance to the pita.
Sifhraven
+2
Level 67
Dec 17, 2018
definately not
SeaNomad
+3
Level 77
Aug 20, 2020
I'm not willing to debate what kind of pizza is best but I do think that "kalbahamut" has a point, sort of. Of course the basic idea of pizza comes from the Mediterranean, whether from Naples of somewhere else doesn't really matter. But is also true that while the original pizza was just bread, tomato and maybe cheese, probably most pizzaeaters in the world consider other stuffings as a basic element, too. Thus it is somewhat justified to say that when we speak about pizza we're actually speaking of two totally different things, one of which certainly was NOT invented in Naples.

To take the debate to next level: pineapple does NOT belong to pizza! Ugh, I've spoken.

HectorVortac
+8
Level 48
Aug 20, 2020
Wow, it's not often I would disagree with kalbahamut, but two points:

1. Pizza as Americans know it evolved in New York but was born in Italy.

2. The instructions say every answer is one word. NYawk doesn't count.

HappyQuizzer
+2
Level 67
Nov 1, 2023
The original comment from kalbahamut was fair - a suggestion that New York be accepted (he didn't say that Naples should not be). After all the question simply said where 'pizza' was born and pizza clearly means different things to different people. The New York style pizza was born in New York (even if the predecessor came from Italy and before that elsewhere). The Neapolitan style pizza was born in Naples (even if the origins were elsewhere). I personally got introduced to pizza as a child in the uk in the late 80s) early 90s and was certainly NY style however my pizza of choice is definitely now more akin to Neapolitan style (and this seems to be more and more common in UK now). I consider both to be pizza just different styles. There seems to be agreement that they have similar origins. Not sure why the need for angry debate. I appreciate kalbahamut's insights from his travels and intelligent analysis and one word answer caveat may have been added after his comments now v old!
supr
+3
Level 38
Dec 12, 2021
No.
dunkinggandalf2
+9
Level 68
Jan 28, 2022
Clearly, kalba is belligerently wrong, but what else is new?
sergeantmalice
+2
Level 56
Jun 13, 2022
april fools is on apr 1 not sep 18
Margles1
+9
Level 41
Sep 18, 2018
Pizza originated in Naples.

By the way, if you have been in Naples and eaten pizza there, you know what real pizza is supposed to taste like!!

kalbahamut
+2
Level 82
Sep 19, 2018
or... you know that the foodstuff sold there and called pizza is not really pizza as it bears no resemblance to pizza from anywhere else, and you will also know what a greasy mushy glob of undercooked dough with a few drops of mozzarella and a spring of basil on it tastes like, and then you'll go have real pizza in Thessaloniki or Amsterdam or Bangkok or Washington or Berlin or literally anywhere else in the world where it is made with a semi-rigid golden brown crust, cut in to triangles that you can hold in one hand without it falling apart, with tomato sauce and cheese evenly distributed across the entire pie and savory toppings piled on top, exactly as it was originally made by Italian immigrants in New York City before becoming popular the world over.

And "pita" (pizza).. flatbread with toppings on it such as olive oil, cheese, zatar, sesame and so on.. originated in the Balkans, Anatolia and the Levant before being brought to Neapolis (Naples) by Greek colonists.

Walacama
+19
Level 81
Sep 21, 2018
No.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Sep 22, 2018
^ or you could choose to make comments the length of which correlate directly to your capacity for abstract thought or reading comprehension and continue to be wrong.
CaptainUnderpant
+4
Level 79
Aug 1, 2023
Wow, nice job you really got 'em good there
Walacama
+18
Level 81
Sep 24, 2018
No.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 82
Sep 24, 2018
Splendid, then. Proceed.
EcceHomo
+4
Level 79
Jan 13, 2022
In four years, not too many likes for the diatribe. Plenty for the single word refutal.
Remster
+3
Level 77
Aug 2, 2023
"you know that the foodstuff sold there and called pizza is not really pizza"

Ah, the metaphysics of pizza.

georgekotz
+2
Level 76
Aug 12, 2023
It looks like you and Quizmaster managed to find the worst tourist trap in Naples and had some pizza there. I was born and raised in your first example of "places with real pizza" and I can say without a doubt that the best pizza I've ever tasted was a margherita in Naples.
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Aug 1, 2023
Okay, so I have eaten pizza in Naples recently. It's extremely overrated, IMO. I also didn't feel (and these are fighting words), that the places we visited put any personal pride into what they do. You are a pizza place, in the city that is famous for pizza. This is all you do. This is your life's work. Why wouldn't you do your best? And yet, it felt slipshod. The pizzas were cut into unequal parts as if a child had done it. The toppings (quattro staggioni) were just dumped unevenly on the pizza, soaking through the soggy crust.

I assume that movies like "Eat Pray Love" have permanently ruined Europe. It's just too easy to do crap work and sell to the hoards of tourists that will always come back no matter how bad you fail.

If you want good food, go to Japan or Taiwan.

brandybuck96
+6
Level 83
Aug 9, 2023
'that is all you do' Naples has thousands of years of fascinating history, most of which happened before the invention of pizza
HappyQuizzer
+3
Level 67
Nov 1, 2023
I think quizmaster was referring to the specific pizza outlets he visited rather than the city of Naples itself
Dollyfroggy
+2
Level 60
Jan 20, 2024
Well, you could say that about pizza places anywhere, not just in Naples.
MsWonderWoman
+2
Level 20
Sep 19, 2018
One of the easiest quizzes I've ever taken! Wow! :)
HectorVortac
+6
Level 48
Aug 20, 2020
I'm just so proud that no one asked why you won't accept Hiroshima instead of Nagasaki.
Lilylee
+2
Level 74
Oct 5, 2020
Nokia hasn't been making cell phones in 10 years.
Akkenru
+1
Level 58
Jul 31, 2021
Wtf? They’ve had loads out
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 67
Aug 26, 2021
They're owned by Microsoft and there are models released these days, my grandpa likes to buy them because they're cheap and he doesn't mind mediocre quality for some reason
Carry
+1
Level 63
Oct 19, 2023
Have you not heard of the banana phone?
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 67
Aug 26, 2021
The one quiz where Holland doesn't work for Netherlands
sergeantmalice
+1
Level 56
Jun 13, 2022
anyone else not british but saw sheerwood forest and instantly thought of nottingham forest?
FatSpartanJediLlama
+1
Level 67
Aug 1, 2023
55 seconds used
DonTheLamplighter
+3
Level 84
Aug 1, 2023
What the knights who demanded a shrubbery from King Arthur were known for saying.
Texio
+4
Level 76
Dec 27, 2023
I am late to it, and this is not meant to be a comment about "America-bashing" or a complaint about quizzes being "too USA-centric." But the question clearly asks about the "city were pizza was born" and not where "it was popularized" or where "the best pizza is made."

"The term pizza was first recorded in the 10th century in a Latin manuscript from the Southern Italian town of Gaeta in Lazio, on the border with Campania."

https://web.archive.org/web/20030115224054/http://www.yourdictionary.com/library/pizza.html

"Raffaele Esposito is often credited for creating modern pizza in Naples. He was an Italian chef and owner of a tavern in Naples that had been founded in 1780."

Schwartz, Arthur (1998). Naples at Table: Cooking in Campania. Harper Collins. p. 68. ISBN 9780060182618.

"New York-style pizza evolved in the U.S. in New York City in the early 1900s, itself derived from the Neapolitan-style pizza made in Italy."

https://www.thespruceeats.com/what-is-new-york-style-pizza-2708764

YTBRSosyalEmre
+1
Level 64
Jan 17, 2024
Now i understood why they call it "Nottingham Forest"
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