I found an etymology quiz based mostly on Greek and Roman mythology. I scored a 8 out of 15. Not my best work. Take it and let us know how you did in the comments.
- Flash version of quiz
- HTML version of quiz (if Flash version doesn’t work).
Monday Quiz Challenge
I also got 8 of 15. Guess I’m not as “wordy” as I thought!
I hate to say this, but I got 13–and the two wrong answers were blind guesses. Guess that makes me a true work geek.
Hey, good work. And I’m glad to see another word-nerd blog out there
10 of 15 for me.
9 out of 15. Ouch. My high school Latin teacher would disapprove. Great quiz, though!
I got 10/15… mostly b/c I’m really big on Greek mythology as opposed to etymology, and if I didn’t know the answer for the true and false question, I guessed false, assuming that most of those would be trick questions.
12 out of 15, with one “duh!” wrong answer. Simple Latin studies and Greek history were most helpful. A fun quiz!
11 out of 15. That’s my love of Greek and Roman mythology talking.
I got 13 out of 15. Like Sean, I have read a lot of mythology, and am also an etymology geek.
While ‘sine cere’ may well be a mark of approval meaning ‘without wax’ it is not the origin of the word ‘sincere’. That is the Latin word ‘sincerus’, which, in origin, means ‘of one growth’.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/23/S0422300.html
By the way, one bogus out of fifteen is pretty good for FunTrivia. You quiz for the 13th has two bogus out of ten.