I wonder what places would be good for a second version of this quiz? I was thinking of Sale, Greater Manchester. Hull wouldn't really be doable as that isn't its proper name, but Settle (North Yorkshire) could be another one.
I wonder at the etymology for some of these. Like, Sandwich the place was first for sure (cuz sandwich the food was named after the Earl of Sandwich), but March? What's the connection between march the verb, March the place, and March the month? It's interesting if they're named after each other, but somehow more interesting if they aren't
Ok, so I looked it up, and March (the month) is definitely from Latin god Mars, and then March (the town) is almost definitely decended from Proto-German for "borderland" (which got to Old French somehow and then to Old English and then to English). March (the verb), however, might be from the same place as March (the town) or from a different, unrelated Latin word for "hammer" (ie "tramping of the feet")
Rugby (the sport) was named after Rugby (the town).
This is because the sport was codified in Rugby School. Also, legend has it that William Webb Ellis, student of Rugby School, "in a fine disregard of football [rules]... took the ball in his arms and ran with it...", thus creating the sport.
I tried variations of Ham, because that is used in various British place names. It's Middle English from Old French hamelet (hence 'hamlet'), and related to Home, which is Hám in Old English. There is a borough of London which is simply called Ham https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham,_London.
I guess I was overthinking. Although truly, Oldham should have been accepted; don't carnivores put that in their sarnies?
Agree. I thought it was looking for just the piece of meat so was thinking of things like ham, salami etc. Got it in the end though with a bit if an ah moment!
I did the same thing! I was trying to think of what the meat in a sandwich was specifically called, and trying things like Ham and Baloney and nothing was working.
(Derby, Rugby, and Reading are the most famous)
(If you know, you know.)
- Barrow, by giving the answer as "_____-upon-Furness";
- Stoke, by giving the answer as "_____-on-Trent"; and
- Chipping, by giving the answer as "______ Norton".
You could also have
- Bakewell (type of tart)
- Brough (an area, enclosure, round tower or outer wall of a feudal castle)
- Corby (common trademarked name for a trouser press)
- Deal
- Diss
- Dorking (an English breed of large domestic fowls having five toes or the hind toe double)
- Enfield (a fictitious animal with the head of a fox, chest of a greyhound, forelegs of an eagle, body of a lion, and hind legs and tail of a wolf)
- Grays (the SI unit of the absorbed dose of ionizing radiation, corresponding to one joule per kilogram)
And that's just having gone through letters A to G...
(my source btw: https://www.etymonline.com/word/March)
This is because the sport was codified in Rugby School. Also, legend has it that William Webb Ellis, student of Rugby School, "in a fine disregard of football [rules]... took the ball in his arms and ran with it...", thus creating the sport.
I guess I was overthinking. Although truly, Oldham should have been accepted; don't carnivores put that in their sarnies?
Sandwiches frequently contain no meat products.
Eww.