The term "hôtel" in French can sometimes be confusing, especially for tourists visiting the French capital.
Most of the time, it refers to an establishment that rents out rooms by the night --- exactly like it does in English.
Where it becomes a false cognate is when it's being used to designate an important official building --- e.g.: hôtel de ville = city hall, hôtel de police = police headquarters, etc. L'Hôtel des Invalides was constructed as a hospital and home for old soldiers, but the project blossomed into a complex campus of tangentially related buildings and functions.
Or just baskets. I'm sure that kids on the street weren't that picky on what was in the basket before they knocked the bottom out of it. "Sorry guys, we can't play a game. All we have are these stupid apple baskets."
@fuanacdc: So the answer to "What type of baskets..." would be "baskets"? Convenient! :) That being said, I feel like fruit baskets should be acceptable. Or even wicker baskets.
I tried wicker and cane. But when I did go for a purpose (rather than materials) I was still barking up the wrong tree - laundry, fishing, etc, not fruit picking.
For crying out loud - do you know how many different types of baskets there are?! And I think I tried them all - even laundry baskets. So there may have been a couple of dirty socks ....
For some reason, the peach part of it is always mentioned when telling the history of basketball. If you're a basketball fan, you've probably heard the story. If not, good luck.
The peach basket (specifically) is part of the legend of the story, of YMCA Physical Education Director, (Canadian) James Naismith, inventing basketball, using peach baskets that he nailed to the beam.
He soon figured out that cutting out the bottom of the basket saved a lot of time.
Dr. Naismith specifically used peach baskets, because that's what he had on hand, and for whatever reason, it's pretty much always mentioned in any telling of the origin story of basketball.
It's called trivia: if you don't know, then you unfortunately get one wrong. Don't get all up in arms over getting one wrong, ok? It really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.
I understand it's part of the story, but we're just saying there's really no such thing as a "peach basket". I worked at a peach orchard during the summers when I was in high school. There were stacks of bushel, peck, and half-bushel baskets which held peaches in the summer, apples in the fall, and sometimes tomatoes or hot peppers (which I learned the hard way can cause blisters if you don't wear gloves when picking). If the owner needed new ones he didn't order peach baskets. He ordered produce baskets by size - not the same thing as woven baskets. Naismith grabbed a basket lying around which had happened to be used for peaches and it makes a good story, but the sport isn't called peach basketball. No, missing an answer doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things, but trivial things are important on this site and some of us just like to nitpick.
I think jajaco's point is that the opera "La Bohème" is associated with the 90s, since that's when it premiered, but that the term "bohemian" had been part of the English language, and before that French, for 50 years or more before that. You might call this nit-picking--and I plead guilty.
I didn't know Gaugin made it into the 20th century. I said Hiva Oa (where he's buried), but he didn't even get there until 1901. (Anyway, Tahiti is obviously his more famous home.)
Surely Bram Stoker created many characters - sure, Dracula is likely to be the most well-known by far but some people might know of his other works but not know he wrote that
It seems to me that most quizzes that feature Oscar Wilde as an answer usually accept just Wild, but this one doesn't. I'm usually a proponent of people needing the proper spelling to get the answer, but if it's accepted on other quizzes, should it be accepted on this one as well?
Ahh, the ironic misnomer known as "robber baron." They created a product that people wanted and willingly gave money for (so, not a robber), and--with the exception of a few--they originally came from penury before doing so (so, not a baron). Their jealous competitors applied that term, and it stuck around ever since.
Most of the time, it refers to an establishment that rents out rooms by the night --- exactly like it does in English.
Where it becomes a false cognate is when it's being used to designate an important official building --- e.g.: hôtel de ville = city hall, hôtel de police = police headquarters, etc. L'Hôtel des Invalides was constructed as a hospital and home for old soldiers, but the project blossomed into a complex campus of tangentially related buildings and functions.
He soon figured out that cutting out the bottom of the basket saved a lot of time.
It's called trivia: if you don't know, then you unfortunately get one wrong. Don't get all up in arms over getting one wrong, ok? It really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things.
The Snake's Pass (1890)
Seven Golden Buttons (1891)
The Watter's Mou' (1895)
The Shoulder of Shasta (1895)
Dracula (1897)
Miss Betty (1898)
The Mystery of the Sea (1902)
The Jewel of Seven Stars (1903)
The Man (a.k.a. The Gates of Life) (1905)
Lady Athlyne (1908)
The Lady of the Shroud (1909)
The Lair of the White Worm (a.k.a. The Garden of Evil) (1911)
The last one is literally the only other Stoker novel I've ever heard of.