Phoneix 24: Hours of entertainment

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:08 pm

hmm.. nice question, and one to which I have no idea.

However, that has never stopped me in the past, so I'm going to guess it's derived from the obsolete Persian word "sochkur", whose meaning has been forgotton through the mists of time.

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:51 pm

oooh so close your eminence

it does come from something english to be fair....keep guessing

Weyland · Post by **Weyland** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:27 pm

Is it derived from an onomatopoeic word for the sound the players make when they spit every three seconds?

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:47 pm

haha, no im afraid not

but it does have a lot to do with the FA

GoingGrey · Post by **GoingGrey** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:01 pm

Didn't football used to be called "Association Football" to distiuguish it from Rugby Football? I think soccer was thus a contraction of "Association Rules".
Sadly I no longer have all the issues of "Shoot!" I bought between 1971 and 1975 so I can't check it

jimmymac · Post by **jimmymac** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:12 pm

that'll do ya

when footy got all proper and the FA was introduced football was called Association football.

Association eventually got bastardized into soccer.

Whats worse is that its us brits that did the bastardizing and created that wonderful word which the americans now use for the beautiful game

GoingGrey · Post by **GoingGrey** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:47 pm

That was lucky - first time I've found the quiz

Another "wordy" one then. Which common English word is an anagram of "roast mules"?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:55 pm

"ultra moses"

GoingGrey · Post by **GoingGrey** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:16 am

Oh, it's good but it's not right. Actually it's not that good really

Perhaps we ought to have a sub-quiz to see who can suggest the best definition of an ultra moses.

Answer is a single word.

tka · Post by **tka** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:27 am

Is it SOMERSAULT?

Cardinal Sin · Post by **Cardinal Sin** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:18 am

It's not somersault, it's SOULMASTER

GoingGrey · Post by **GoingGrey** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:24 pm

tka - that's it. It was indeed somersault. I'm not sure if soulmaster is a word but perhaps it should be

Sorry for the delay btw; a LONG day at work!
--> tka

tka · Post by **tka** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 11:35 pm

OK
Where's my manners? Welcome to the Forums GG

Next Q.

Which World Cup Team has a goalkeeper called QUIM

I know I'm immature.

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:52 am

Thats easy.....it's Portugal

Matt

tka · Post by **tka** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:20 am

Too easy for Matt. All yours mate.