MONDAY trivia

I found a website about Top 10 Facts About Monday. Perhaps some questions below might tickle your fancy to read it.

If unable to answer a question, you are encouraged to click the link of the article and search for answers there.

1) What is it that Monday is the only day of the week that is most likely to fall than to rise?

2) Monday is the only day of the week that has a single word anagram which is what word?

3) What inspired Bob Geldof to write the song "I Don’t Like Mondays"? 


Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


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DL
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"Y's-hood (wisehood ;-) is what Red wore instead because it helped her to be smart enough to figure out that it is foolish to wear a riding-hood while she's horseless in the woods."
--D.L.

SUNDAY trivia

I found a website about 9 Facts About Sunday You Probably Don't Know. Perhaps some questions below might tickle your fancy to read it.

If unable to answer a question, you are encouraged to click the link of the article and search for answers there.

1) What is the Russian word for Sunday? Other than the word Sunday, what else does this Russian word mean in English?

2) Which culture named Sunday after the Sun god?

3) How is Sunday related to Friday the 13th?  


Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


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DL
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"Y's-hood (wisehood ;-) is what Red wore instead because it helped her to be smart enough to figure out that it is foolish to wear a riding-hood while she's horseless in the woods."
--D.L.

The Letter Z

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This feature is all about Z (zee). 
Z it to believe it! ;-)

If unable to answer a question, you are encouraged to click the link of the article and search for answers there.

Z

1) Our Z is the 26th letter in our alphabet. In whose alphabet is this the 7th letter?

2) In reference to question #1, what did they call this letter?

3) The Phoenicians called their version "zayin". What did this word mean in English?

4) What do you call the Greek letter based from the Phoenician zayin?

5) True or false: This Greek letter variation (from question #4) looks like our capital Z.

6) Why is the letter Z the last letter in our alphabet?

Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.

Cats can make Z-purr sounds like the zip of your pants.
;-)



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DL

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"Y's-hood (wisehood ;-) is what Red wore instead because it helped her to be smart enough to figure out that it is foolish to wear a riding-hood while she's horseless in the woods."

--D.L.

The Letter Y

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This feature is all about Y. But Y is that? ;-)

If unable to answer a question, you are encouraged to click the link of the article and search for answers there.

Y

1) The letter Y also started from an Egyptian hieroglyph that depicted the Egyptian Cerastes. What is a Cerastes?

2) The Cerastes developed further into a character "waw". From what culture is the waw from?

3) Sometime between 900 B.C. - 800 B.C., the Greeks adopted the waw. Did it become a basis of one letter or two letters of the Greek alphabet? What is/are the Greek letter(s)?

4) In the first century B.C., which civilization added the Greek Y to its alphabet?

5)Which alphabet adopted the Greek Y?

Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.

And Y not? ;-)



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DL
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"Y's-hood (wisehood ;-) is what Red wore instead because it helped her to be smart enough to figure out that it is foolish to wear a riding-hood while she's horseless in the woods."
--D.L.

The Letter X

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This feature is all about X. Isn't this X-citing? ;-)

If unable to answer a question, you are encouraged to click the link of the article and search for answers there.

X

1) True or false: The Phoenicians have a use for the 'x' sound.

2) The Phoenician ancestor to our X is called "samekh" which is also a word meaning ___.

3) The Phoenician samekh became the Greek ___.

4) The ___ alphabet is now what we know as the classic Greek alphabet.

5) The X we know now that is formed with 2 diagonal strokes came from the ___.

Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


X-cuse me, 
need to pee! ;-)



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DL
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"Y's-hood (wisehood ;-) is what Red wore instead because it helped her to be smart enough to figure out that it is foolish to wear a riding-hood while she's horseless in the woods."
--D.L.

The Letter W

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This feature is all about W. W'r (double u'r) fun! ;-)

If unable to answer a question, you are encouraged to click the link of the article and search for answers there.

W

1) What is the most prolific Phoenician letter that also gave birth to our letter W?

2) What Greek letter was used by the Etruscans and Romans for the 'w' sound as well?

3) During the 13th century, who created the graphic form of the letter W?

4) Two V's were written to produce the 'w' sound.  Eventually, they were joined together. What did they call this letter?

5) The French chose to double the letter U to produce the 'w' sound. What did they call this doubled letter?

Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


Double me and W (Double U)!



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DL
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"Y's-hood (wisehood ;-) is what Red wore instead because it helped her to be smart enough to figure out that it is foolish to wear a riding-hood while she's horseless in the woods."
--D.L.

The Letter V

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This feature is all about V. V-sitters may be my guests. ;-)

If unable to answer a question, you are encouraged to click the link of the article and search for answers there.

V

1) Which Phoenician letter gave birth to our letter V?

2) How do you pronounce the Roman word VENI?

3) How do you pronounce the Roman word IVLIUS?

4) In the Medieval period, what are the two forms of the letter U that represented the "V" sound?

Clueless? Perhaps this link will help.


V-sualize success!



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DL
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"Y's-hood (wisehood ;-) is what Red wore instead because it helped her to be smart enough to figure out that it is foolish to wear a riding-hood while she's horseless in the woods."
--D.L.