FACEBOOK QUIZZES-2701-2800

FACEBOOK QUIZZES- 2701-2800

2701-Words in a Word   agree way out of a place    (e)    10

2702-Discern  pill-programming-off     family-word-house     canned-salad-hero

2703-Commonality   destruction-inclusive-indite 

2704-Split Definitive  soft cheese gathering  ((f) (8)   

2705-Discern  in-away-shot   soda-revolution-clockwork    buzz-craft-root

2706-Anagram  Paper measures of rural landowner 

2707-Words in a Word         bird’s home before the expected   time            (n)     9

2708-Discern   shower-size-on   spur-polish-car    feathered-maker-red

2709-Commonality    deity-suet-trait 

2710-Split Definitive  knock in a lazy fashion  (i)   (7)

2711-Discern boat-peel-bread    up-stew-complain     up-fizz-be

2712-Anagram  Mendicant who works in a grocery store   beggar bagger

2713-Words in a Word         insipid instruction                                         (o)    10

2714-Discern   rough-ruff-cloth   cloth-yellow-butter            cloth-story-moss

2715-Commonality    rend-fish-rent  

2716-Split Definitive  formerly the end       (t)  (13)

2717-Discern   clan-tolerate-hug  bird-brooms-off        golden-war-legal

2718-Anagram  messy bareness   

2719-Words in a Word         god shape                                                      (d)     9

2720-Discern  horn-led-off  weed-corn-skin  river-all-hunting

2721-Commonality    cored-puce-pay

2722-Split Definitive  anti-Sandinista  military force instrumental ensemble   (b)  (10)

2723-Discern    fly-tightening-hit  ice-death-limit slit-bypass-hoop

2724-Anagram Death examination expenditures 

2725-Words in a Word          grasslands without another substance             (p)   8

2726-Discern   leather-rough-great   lint-orange-piercing  audacity-gas-agent

2727-Commonality    cling-driest-ending          

2728-Split Definitive  grouse record   (9)  (e)  

2729-Discern  string-strong       check-car-I    hand-id-in

2730-Commonality   proviso-stet-veto-placebo     

2731-Words in a Word   news action  (p)    9

2732-Discern    green-hen-snap    dumpling-tomato-can      cannon-main-sugar

2733-Commonality    missed-dress-crate

2734-Split Definitive    small bay band   (r)    (8)

2735-Discern salt-saw-sauce    tax-Texas-towel         sandwich-sausage-technique

2736-Anagram  How-to book for female graduate   

2737-Words in a Word      amusement chant      (l)   12

2738-Discern  whole-line-glory  up-nights-off      devour-sea-cliff

2739-Commonality    fired-meme-red  

2740-Split Definitive  commercial break   (r)   (6)

2741-Discern  chowder-stand-cold   bird-wave-cap   motor-wash-kisser

2742-Palindrome  Name a palindromic phrase that expresses greetings for hello in 2 languages  

2743-Words in a Word   Type of fish strength (f)      9

2744-Discern   bath-cage-game    fat-popcorn-dance   golden-green-horned   

2745-Commonality    pus-sow-sot

2746-Split Definitive    water barrier growing old     (d) (8)   

2747-Discern     paste-bitter-tree   Jamaican-devil-raisin    carrier-log-flat

2748-Anagram  Most conceited indigenous inhabitants    

2749- Words in a Word      hard-skinned fruit person                                     (g)     8

2750-Discern   sack-rehearsal-up    bar-wood-shoe   eye-has-sweat

2751-Anagram Ritzier convent    

2752-Split Definitive class untruths    (o)   (9)

2753-Discern    hot-saw-minute     little-broken-fondle  rattan-end-follow

2754-Anagram Regular tour of large gate

2755-Words in a Word   ire  prong   (t)   9  

2756-Discern   city-king-medal       tails-fat-kin      age-bum-over

2757-Commonality  fate-irate-band

2758-Split Definitive terminate acrimony    (a)    (8)     

2759-Discern away-board-colony     away-red-flying     away-cast-by

2760-Anagram Most banal nervous giggles   

2761-Words in a Word       prophet   search          (q)    9

2762-Discern -salt-buck-gear     dry-game-cur       piece-view-rib

2763-Commonality abed-coned-deed  

2764-Split Definitive possible political slogan of 1980   (e)     (8)

2765-Discern     top-in-out   pink-works-box         moon-walk-ash

2766-Anagram Lingered later (than) 

2767-Words in a Word          important incident viewed   (e)   9

2768-Discern    rump-mad-knitted    romantic-bishop-dress       ace-scoff-head

2769-Commonality      underserved-expiration-interstate   

2770-Split Definitive     a very long and shitty period    (e)   (7)

2771-Discern       golden-snake-state    boat-brine-cocktail     mark-hole-clay

2772-Commonality    slight-slit-sting       

2773-Words in a Word  least common data         (i)       10  

2774-Discern     roll-band-laugh        age-lead-fault       brush-cat-yellow

2775-Anagram  Send bishop hat payment 

2776-Split Definitive  consumed one cubic decimetre  (a) (8)

2777-Discern     one-work-iron     velvet-tape-hole    saw-wild-eye

2778-Commonality      late    opal   polio        

2779-Words in a Word    moreover debauched party   (a)   7             

2780-Discern     ass-fat-stone       tree-spray-bell     white-pan-gate

2781-Anagram More delicious performer 

2782-Commonality short skirts attempt   (m)   (8)

2783-Discern     plant-off-clock     copper-gear-room    root-lip-angel

2784-Commonality   brig-coming-red      

2785-Words in a Word     inconsequential marijuana                                    (p)     9

2786-Discern     sea-slipper-slope   angel-nurse-infested    crossing-mussel-referee

2787-Anagram Minimal list of costs    prices precis

2788-Split Definitive    hip hop harbour       (p)    (7)

2789-Discern     time set-act  bar-casserole-maker    flatten-makeup-batter

2790-Anagram    Enmesh guardian  

2791-Words in a Word         exchange goods aim                                      (b)    9

2792-Discern     window-area-north    bamboo-gym-I       wolf-Chicago-it

2793-Anagram Driers on the bottom  

2794-Split Definitive   belonging vehicle to me

2795-Discern     English-jet-trend     Japanese-dung-juice   Asian-grumble-entry

2796-Anagram    Hidden flair 

2797-Words in a Word          abandon pretending                                      (a)   10

2798-Discern   type-pale-palm      men-joy-note    led-poison-white     

2799-Anagram Goods for transportation warrior 

2800-Split Definitive    formerly pretty    (p)   (6)    

Palindromic History of Civilization

                         Palindromic History of Civilization

                                                      by

                                              Howard Richler

It is time to take stock of some celebrated palindromic statements in recorded history.

Live not on evil, Madam, live not on evil. (circa 2 weeks after Creation)  The Almighty delivers an injunction to Eve.

Cain, a monomaniac. (circa 3 weeks after Creation) Adam is disconsolate that Cain slew Abel in a classic case of sibling rivalry run amok.

Was it Ararat I saw? (circa 1060 years after Adam) On the 17^th day of the 7^th month of confinement with odiferous beasts, Noah does a double take when he spots Mount Ararat from the ark.

Harass selfless Sarah?  (circa 400 years after Noah)  Sarah gives Abraham an ultimatum: “It’s me or the handmaid.” Abraham chooses Sarah and extradites Hagar and Ishmael.

Egad, no bondage? (circa 600 years after Abraham)  An Israelite slave is euphoric upon being released from captivity.

Sex at noon taxes. (circa 1400 BCE) Attributed to Rahab, a Jericho harlot.

Naomi, I moan.(circa 1300 BCE)  Ruth laments the death of her husband to her mother-in-law Naomi  when she discovers the stiff didn’t carry life insurance.

Yahweh, chew hay!   (circa 750 BCE (Job lets loose after being  tested one time too many.

Poor Dan is in a droop. (circa 550 BCE)  Daniel is feeling low over the prospect of spending the night in a den of lions. He is saved when the cats display a dislike of kosher food.

Sex, Rex Xerxes?  (480 BCE). An Athenian courtesan propositions the conquering

Persian king.

Sore deifier reified Eros. (399 BCE)   At his trial, Socrates is accused of corrupting

youth.

We, Plato, tar a total pew. (365 BCE)  Attributed to an ebullient Aristotle after one of his peeps at the Academy spilled tar on a bench.

Sulla, call us. (88 BCE )  Confronted by Sulla that he and Sulpicius are challenging Sulla’s rule, Marius gives Sulla  a flippant answer.

Revolting is error, resign it lover. (73 BCE)   Spartacus’s main squeeze exhorts him not to lead a revolt against Rome.

Draw O Caesar, erase a coward! (44 BCE).  Caesar ignores advice to off Brutus before Brutus offs him.

Nosh son? (6)  Joseph offers his young son Jesus his first bagel at his sister’s sweet sixteen.

Mary  bred a derby ram. (9) To supplant her husband’s paltry carpenter’s income, Mary raised thoroughbred rams. The one named Shofar went on to win the Triple Crown

of sheep racing.

Evil I did dwell; lewd did I live. (28)  A contrite Mary Magdalene washes Jesus’s feet with her tears.

On! I sack casino (29) Jesus urges his disciples on after he overthrows the tables of the money changers in the temple.

Lepers, alas, repel. (30)  A leper implores Jesus to cure his disease so that he can get a date with a nice Jewish girl.

Rise, sir!  (31)  Jesus commands Lazarus to rise from his grave.

Moody men, I pine my doom. (33)  Jesus is gloomy at the Last Supper after eating too much Passover food.

O renege Nero! (68) An aide to Nero tries to get the Emperor to call off the torching of Rome,

I nab rumor from Urban 1.  (229)  A bishop eavesdrops on the first city Pope.

No! Rome, moron! (452) Attila corrects a hearing-impaired Hun set on pillaging

Nome, Alaska,

Lid off a daffodil, Allah; shall Ali doff a daffodil? (650) Supplication courtesy of

Caliph Ali ibn-abu Talib

Gnat was I ere I saw T’ang! (668)   A sycophantic Korean tries to curry favor with his Chinese masters)

Evil was Saladin a man, I’d alas. saw live.(1191)- Richard the Lion-hearted rues his encounter with Saladin.

Slog no mini Mongols  (1238)  Russian Price Alexander Nevski underestimates the Mongols about to overrun his country)

Was it a rat I saw? (1284)- Attributed to the pied-piper of Hamelin

Hot-oh! !1431)- Attributed  to Joan of Arc at the stake.

Live for a War of Roses or for a war of evil. (1455) Henry Tudor rallies his red rose Lancastrians against their white rose York foes.

Resume so pacific a pose, muser (1516)  After a lunch break, Leonardo da Vinci exhorts La Gioconda to resume her previous expression.

Egad! A base tone denotes a bad age. (1555)- Nostradamus predicts the assault of disco music in the 1970s.

Sums are deified, Erasmus. (1563) John Calvin decries society’s materialism to Desiderius Erasmus.

Sex? Even a Dane vexes! (1600)  Hamlet can’t deal with his mother’s carnal nature.

Delivery, Revere very reviled (1776) A customer complains when his order arrives a

week late from Pony Paul’s Pizza Parlor

No slender evil, snug  was I ere I saw guns-livered Nelson (1805) Commander Villeneuve of the joint French-Spanish fleet laments his defeat to Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar.

Embargo? Go grab me. (1807)   Senator Timothy Pickering tells President Jefferson’ planned embargo.

Able was I ere I saw Elba. (1821)  An enisled Napoleon laments his exile.

Peel’s asleep.  (1834) A British M.P. remarks that P.M. Robert Peel is somnolent in Parliament.

Yes, Sy, doom Alamo odyssey. (1836) Mexican General Santa Anna gives Lieutenant Sy Gonzales the order to storm the Alamo.

Degas, are we not drawn onward, we freer few, drawn onward to new eras aged? (1864) Attributed to Claude Monet addressing Edouard Degas.

Steno men interpret nine Monets. (1866) Pierre Renoir can’t resist a snide comment when he hears some office workers discussing Impressionism.

O, Geronimo, no minor ego (1866)   Attributed to General Cook who captured Apache leader Geronimo.

I,man, am regal: A German am I. (1898)  At a masked ball, Emperor William 11, gives  a big clue as to his identity.

Are we not drawn onwards, we Jews, drawn onward to new era? (1900)  Attributed to Theodore Herzl.

A man , a plan, a canal-Panama. (1914)  Attributed to Woodrow Wilson at the opening of the Panama Canal.

Jar not a tonga; nag not a Raj. (1942)Attributed to Winston Churchill hectoring Mahatma Gandhi.

Can I attain a C? (1965)  Attributed to Donald Trump at Fordham U. is his quest for academic mediocrity.

Neil, an alien! (1969) Buzz Aldrin mistakes his own shadow for a moonman.

Drat Sadat a dastard!(1979)   Ariel Sharon shows  distrust of Anwar Sadat during the Camp David negotiations.

Evil odes or prose do live. (1988)- Ayatollah Khoumeini’s comment about Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses.

Egad! A Red loses older adage. (1989)-Reagan admits that Gorbachev’s not a bad guy after all.

Drat Saddam, a mad dastard. (1990) George Bush expresses his opinion of Saddam Hussein.

Joy, O.J? (1996)- Johnny Cochrane congratulates O.J. Simpson  after his acquittal.

No in uneven union! (2016) Attributed to Boris Johnson advocating for Brexit.

Star comedy by Democrats.(2020)  Attributed to Donald Trump after the Iowa Caucus fiasco.

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FACEBOOK WORD PUZZLES-2601-2700

FACEBOOK QUIZZES 2601-2700

Quiz2601-Anagram   porcine power     

2602-Split Definitive   South American country chant    (8)   (s)

2603-Convergent      mama-off-bush   shoe-sweet-tree    cottage-Eskimo-hole

2604-Commonality     pepper-man-serpent

2605-Split Definitive   Perverse for each small poem     (8)   (p)

2606-Convergent    park-hot-gate    eye-egg-lobster    vine-computer-juice

2607-Anagram      labelled gizmo  

2608-Split Definitive     law proposal outstanding  (9)    (b) 

2609-Convergent     dresser-dryer-dye       warmer-great-little   watch-band-wrestling

2610-Commonality    underling-canon-grating 

2611-Split Definitive      exist talked   (7)  (b)

2612-Convergent    tolerate-for-spray      market-sun-saw    ballot-effect-iron

2613-Commonality   cable-cage-impish

2614-Split Definitive     dog lease  (7)  (r)

2615-Convergent       wood-carrier-post    sea-punch-bullet   town-frighten-girl

2616-Anagram       new middle

2617-Split Definitive     friend attempt  (6) (p)

2618-Convergent     tap-spur-cad   white-dry-shank      rot-level-cat

2619-Anagram cleaning up pride and self-respect

2620-Split Definitive     severely criticize pain   (7) (p)

2621-Convergent      inter-ass-cake    tile-of-sword     piano-bed-eye

2622-Commonality     mick-sled-wing

2623-Split Definitive     Great Lake engine revolution (7) (r)

2624-Convergent     saw-up-shot  simpleton-dropping-toe    water-witness-tolerate

2625-Commonality   abductor-brought-rebound

2626-Split Definitive     launching mandatory stake     (9)   (a)  

2627-Convergent     bag-circus-pit      feed-feet-blind   ball-golden-wheel

2628-Commonality    ere-hashes-sone    

2629-Split Definitive     collapsible lightweight bed great lake  (7)  (c)

2630-Convergent    opera-pin-old    bath-dis-ward   bottoms-game-party

2631-Commonality     piled-viler-fellate

2632-Split Definitive     Masculine wag   (7) (p)

2633-Convergent     hunt-hound-party    cow-trap-keeper       seal-snow-spot

2634-Anagram       penalized dastard

2635-Split Definitive       prisoner who’s a slow learner   (8)  (d)

2636-Convergent   funny-poker-cliff     soft-square-room    music-conversation-king

2637-Commonality    Istanbul-Medina-Nagaram 

2638-Split Definitive     obtain a friend   (6) (g)

2639-Convergent    fowl-vitamin-melt      pole-field-counter         rent-up-dice

2640-Anagram   didn’t own a Japanese car    

2641- Split Definitive     leave a  monarch  (9)  (p)

2642-Convergent     mess-sea-shadow     silk-cloth-wolf     guard-car-way

2643-Commonality    varies-delete-bride

2644-Split Definitive     record mislay  (8)  (l)

2645-Convergent     fondle-filler-warmer     spoon-ion-money    dew-dog-land

2646-Anagram     therefore coagulated blood of an evil monster  

2647-Split Definitive     obvious fury (8)  (o)

2648-Convergent    crossing-tick-blind      ball-golden wheel        march-sea-times   

2649-Commonality    What do America, Canada, Lebanon and United Arab Emirates have in common?

2650-Split Definitive     unit for transmitting inherited characteristics    (9)   (r)

2651-Convergent     grind-egg-oil    ladder-lady-lion    ghost-fiddler-cake

2652-Name a Pig Latin term that is listed in the OED? 

2653-Split Definitive     bend under weight Italian love   (8)  (a) s

2654-Convergent     trust-wave-lame   play-money-charge     ally-yellow-ding

2655-Commonality    tarnation-slender-scurry-twirl     

2656-Split Definitive     make pigeon sound connect things   (6)  (c)

2657-Convergent    area-window-leaf    sight-I-be    lantern-wheel-fire

2658- Commonality farm-fast-flit 

2659- Split Definitive       emblem encircle (9)  (b)   

2660-Convergent     call-up-bed     speed-up-first       air-works-ern

2661-Anagram    Involved newspaper article time marker     

2662- Split Definitive       formal social gathering gamble   (7)  (d)

2663-Convergent      air-blower-elk       brown-cream-save    fall-fat-feed

2664- Anagram    Highly unusual tray for holding burning coal   

2665- Split Definitive     horizontally-challenged confederate     (7)  (a) 

2666-Convergent   bottlenose-river-spotted    tiger-swindler-sucker   pat-pen-patch

2667- Anagram    From being mildly miffed to being apoplectic   

2668- Split Definitive        segregation   (d)  (14)

2669-Convergent   end-roast-overt   swill-fat-Delhi   wash-wandering-wear

2670-Commonality   chore-defy-untied 

2671- Split Definitive        in favour of con artist   (r) (8)

2672-Convergent    casserole-salad-maker       skin-tea-green   rabbit-chip-dip

2673- Anagram    Most decorated stretch material    

2674-Split Definitive     attractive writing   (p)   (9)

2675-Convergent   shutter-spittle-spray   polo-pit-up    carpenter-line-ping

2676-Commonality      deify-outing-reify  

2677- Split Definitive     twitch in this place    (h) (7)

2678-Convergent    board-a-path    big-queer-sore    frond-pilot-beach

2679- Commonality    aimless-angled-inane                                            

2680- Split Definitive     interpret only   (r)   (8)

268-Convergent     blue-candy-top     toe-tor-room         union-executive-ability

2682-Commonality    tread      end      mead                       

2683-Split Definitive     depressing fighter pilot   (g)    (7)

2684-Convergent    splitter-way-complain   pecker-ides-wagon   silver-sec-expect

2685-Anagram    Empty pastrami house 

2686-Split Definitive     can I?    (a)   (7)  

2687-Convergent     bar-mental-flying     apple-cane-eye    sing-party-sweet

2688- Anagram    Russian empress craftsperson 

2689-Split Definitive     curve twitch   (a)  (6)

2690-Convergent  lap-to-span     bump-barrel-pump       tin-dog-worm

2691-Commonality   art-ban-bed-boa-can-con-dew-die-end-era-gin-lea-nip-oat-pay-per-red-ref-ret-rum-sea-set

2692-Split Definitive     friend to a $5 bill   (f)  (7)

2693-Convergent  soap-soup-rose    Irish-cold-egg    force-dead-white

2694-Anagram        pioneer post   

2695-Split Definitive     applause, any?   (s)   (8)

2696-Convergent     requiem-loan-white    line-rink-desert     stink-bed-led

2697- Anagram    Had enough courage to  fear

2698-Split Definitive     used to look after        (t)    (8)

2699-Convergent   treasure-pain-war     bare-ball-under   cold-soft-length

2700-Anagram    Expropriator chaser        

Rule of Thumb myth

            Rule of thumb: Don’t believe folk etymologies

                                       by

                               Howard Richler

I’d  been getting together weekly with a group of friends for around a year where we indulge in some banter whist scoffing croissants and imbibing varieties of java. We originally called these meetings “The Summit” but  after several months of not coming close to solving any world problems and owing up to the mundane nature of our discussions we  re-dubbed it “the swamp.” In any case, one time during one of our rare erudite sessions, we must have discussed some language issue, because a lady came over to our table and said she was listening to our language bavardage and asked whether we knew that the origin of the expression “rule of thumb” came about to dictate the legal length of an object a man could use in order to beat his wife.  Alas, I had to disabuse of as to the veracity of this explanation.

Mind you, this myth is oft repeated. Take the following explanation found in Women: A Feminist Perspective, edited by Jo Freeman: "The popular expression 'rule of thumb' originated from English common law, which allowed a husband to beat his wife with a whip or stick no bigger in diameter than his thumb. The husband's prerogative was incorporated into American law. Several states had statutes that essentially allowed a man to beat his wife without interference from the courts."

In the 1980s, Time magazine wrote, “The colloquial phrase ‘rule of thumb’ is supposedly derived from the ancient right of a husband to discipline his wife with a rod ‘no thicker than his thumb,’ ” and in 1989 Washington Post added, “A husband's right to beat his wife is included in the 1768 codification of the common law. Husbands had the right to ‘physically chastise’ an errant wife so long as the stick was no bigger than their thumb - the so-called ‘rule of thumb’”.

Actually, nobody has been able to find a single English or American law that ordains this conjugal thumb right to a husband.  It has been claimed that in 1782 British judge Sir Francis Buller proclaimed that a husband may beat his wife with a stick not thicker than his thumb but nobody has been able to discover documentation of such. On the contrary, 18^th century British and American law  prohibit wife beating (though often this provision was only casually enforced.)

That the phrase did not originate in legal practice is verified by the “rule of thumb” entry  in the OED: “A method or procedure derived entirely from practice or experience, without any basis in scientific knowledge; a roughly practical method. Also, a particular stated rule that is based on practice or experience.” The first citation is from 1658: “Many profest Christians are like foolish builders who build by guess and by rule of thumb.”

 The expression probably comes from the world of wood-working where ancient practitioners would rarely use rulers but would measure things by the length of their thumbs. It’s most likely that the saying comes from the length of the first joint of the thumb, which measures approximately one inch. An alternate theory, posited by other etymologists, credits the origin with brewmasters who often tested the temperature of the beer (before the invention of the thermometer by dipping a thumb in the brew. This seems unlikely to me as the thumb is not that sensitive and the fermentation range between too warm and too cool is not appreciable.  

In a subsequent column, I’ll look at some other folk etymologies.

Richler’s latest book is Wordplay: Arranged and Deranged Wit