quiz phoeniXLI

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:22 am

All wrong so far, although it is between the last two answers.

This includes the long drawn out "motherrrfuckerrrRRRS!" at the end BTW.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:37 am

fancy that, being able to say a bad swear more than a dozen times in one song. how about 17?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 10:38 am

Fucknuts. I was going to say 17.

Fucking 18 then.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:04 am

Fucking UP fucking has it. 16 repetitions of "Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me" followed by a last "Motherfuckers", making 17

(The reason I asked this rather childish question was that the RATM entry in Wikipedia actually bothers to tell you how many are in the song

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Your fucking go!

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:12 am

okay. which is the only american state you can type using only one row of your keyboard.
no cheating by looking at it

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:23 am

How are we supposed to type the answer?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 11:44 am

Alaska!

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:03 pm

I'll guess Dallas.

Edit: Except that's a city in Texas, and not a state. I am a moron.

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:49 pm

His Eminence crept in there. all yours YE.

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 12:49 pm

So sure am I that I have the correct answer, I'm going to flout tradition and ask my question....

Right. It's a home-made one, so there may be more than one answer:

Most male / female words exist by using the same root, but with an extra bit tacked on the end to make it female. For example, Actor / Actress , Hero / Heroine , Duke / Duchess etc...

But can you think of an example where the reverse is true? i.e. the root of the word is actually female, and an extra bit must be added to make the word apply to men.

Cardinal Richelieu. Providing long-drawn out badly-researched questions since 2005

Istenem · Post by **Istenem** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:20 pm

not really only spurious answers like lady -> ladyboy

but going on typically female jobs how about ballerina -> ballerinaro (?)

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:22 pm

Widow -> Widower?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 1:27 pm

Is ballerinaro a real word?

Well done Weyland, that was the example I was thinking of, although I'd be interested to know of others. I wonder why it is like that? Perhaps because there are a lot more widows than there are widowers.

Anyway, over to Weyland.

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:24 pm

Ah, my bad. Someone else will have to take it, as I'm off for the weekend now and will be 'netless until lunchtime Sunday...

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Fri Mar 30, 2007 2:31 pm

I'll ask a quick question.

What is the Klingon for fish?

CLUE: it is the same word that is used to illustrate the irregularities of the English language.