General Knowledge Quiz

[SuspectUsual]

This must be the quickest ever ! I was so chuffed with myself -- thinking, "nobody will have a clue where or what Obljaj is": pride, falls, etc. ...

Your turn to inadvertently set off a mega-conflict.

Luck of the draw I suppose

Anyway…..

What is hypocorism?

 

[GRALISTAIR]

Hypo is below or underneath - people who like getting to the root of a problem or core?

 

[SuspectUsual]

Hypo is below or underneath - people who like getting to the root of a problem or core?

Not that

 

[DaleCooper]

Thin-skinned

 

[SuspectUsual]

Thin-skinned

No

 

[Cross City]

Hypo is below or underneath - people who like getting to the root of a problem or core?

Hypo literally translates to under/less/below but it can also imply a change. Hypocrite for example, saying one thing and doing the other. Hypocrite originally meant 'actor', one person pretending to be another.

I'm stuck on the rest of the word though.

 

[SuspectUsual]

Hypo literally translates to under/less/below but it can also imply a change. Hypocrite for example, saying one thing and doing the other. Hypocrite originally meant 'actor', one person pretending to be another.

I'm stuck on the rest of the word though.

You're on the right lines with this

 

[SuspectUsual]

Right, I'm away from this afternoon till Tuesday so I'll have to give the answer. A hypocorism is a nickname or pet name that implies closeness or affection, which may be a diminutive or a name unrelated to the person's name

Open floor

 

[Gloster]

Right, I'm away from this afternoon till Tuesday so I'll have to give the answer. A hypocorism is a nickname or pet name that implies closeness or affection, which may be a diminutive or a name unrelated to the person's name

Open floor

Very useful. Having never, in my recollection, ever come across the word before, I have just looked up something to find it described as hypocoristic.

 

[Cross City]

Very useful. Having never, in my recollection, ever come across the word before, I have just looked up something to find it described as hypocoristic.

Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon

 

[DaleCooper]

Open floor

Next question:

Where might you use a Paroli, Martingale, D'Alembert or Labouchère?

 

[341o2]

Horse tack

 

[DaleCooper]

Horse tack

No, as far as I'm aware only martingale is an item of horse tack.

 

[Gloster]

A chemistry lab?

 

[DaleCooper]

A chemistry lab?

No, I believe you're thinking of an alembic.

 

[xotGD]

Testing electrical systems?

 

[Peterthegreat]

A roulette table?

 

[DaleCooper]

Testing electrical systems?

No

A roulette table?

That or more generally a casino, they are betting strategies. My strategy is Don't Gamble. Your turn...

 

[Gloster]

That or more generally a casino, they are betting strategies. My strategy is Don't Gamble. Your turn...

Or, as my father put it, the only way to make money gambling is to own the casino.

 

[DaleCooper]

Or, as my father put it, the only way to make money gambling is to own the casino.

Donald Trump proved him wrong.

 

[Peterthegreat]

Who is currently the world's longest serving monarch?

 

[Gloster]

Margrethe II?

 

[Peterthegreat]

Margrethe II?

Nope. She is currently in second place.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Sultan of Brunei, no idea what their name is though

 

[Peterthegreat]

Sultan of Brunei, no idea what their name is though

Indeed it is. Ascended to the throne in October 1967. Your turn to reign over us with the next question.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Brunei, Eswatini, Vatican City, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE all share what governmental trait

 

[D6130]

They are all theocratic dictatorships?

 

[yoyothehobo]

They are all theocratic dictatorships?

Nope, but close...

 

[Cross City]

Brunei, Eswatini, Vatican City, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the UAE all share what governmental trait

Monarch/HoS holds full power.

 

[yoyothehobo]

Monarch/HoS holds full power.

I will give you that.

They are all Absolute Monarchies.

Your executive rule to decide the next question.