SEQC LEADERBOARD CHALLENGE

Rajiv D’Silva

TYPONYMSWritten

+5 for every correct answer

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A type of French restaurant with a relaxed setting, typically open all days of the week, and with the same menu all day. The

name comes from the French word for “brewery”.

An item of clothing that actually comes from the Norman French for a child’s undershirt, but gained widespread

acceptance in its current use in English after Vogue magazine began using it in 1907. Incidentally, the French term for the

said item of clothing is soutien-gorge.

2

The Arabic word for chickpeas.

The organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms.

3

The Hindi word for the momordica charantia plant and the common vegetable produced by it that is much disliked by

children.

An Indian state that gets its name from either a dynasty that ruled the region from the 3rd century BCE to the 10th century CE, or the words in the local language that mean “land of the

coconut trees”.

4

What Novak Djokovic, Emir Kusturica and Milla Jovovich are.

Agricultural labourers bounded under the feudal system to work on their Lord’s estates.

5

A town in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, famous for an event that is billed “India’s greatest outdoor

festival” and takes place at the end of September every year.

A word that came into English via French and Italian that originated from the Arabic word sifr, meaning “empty”.

6

Surname of TIME magazine’s Man of the Year in 1979, often described as the face of Shia Islam in Western popular culture,

and probably best known for a fatwa he issued in 1989.

The surname of his successor.

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A type of French restaurant with a relaxed setting, typically open all days of the week, and with the same menu all day. The

name comes from the French word for “brewery”.

An item of clothing that actually comes from the Norman French for a child’s undershirt, but gained widespread

acceptance in its current use in English after Vogue magazine began using it in 1907. Incidentally, the French term for the

said item of clothing is soutien-gorge.

1

Brasserie, Brassiere

2

The Arabic word for chickpeas.

The organic component of soil, formed by the decomposition of leaves and other plant material by soil microorganisms.

2

Hummus, Humus

3

The Hindi word for the momordica charantia plant and the common vegetable produced by it that is much disliked by

children.

An Indian state that gets its name from either a dynasty that ruled the region from the 3rd century BCE to the 10th century CE, or the words in the local language that mean “land of the

coconut trees”.

3

Karela, Kerala

4

What Novak Djokovic, Emir Kusturica and Milla Jovovich are.

Agricultural labourers bounded under the feudal system to work on their Lord’s estates.

4

Serbs, Serfs

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A town in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh, famous for an event that is billed “India’s greatest outdoor

festival” and takes place at the end of September every year.

A word that came into English via French and Italian that originated from the Arabic word sifr, meaning “empty”.

5

Ziro, Zero

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Surname of TIME magazine’s Man of the Year in 1979, often described as the face of Shia Islam in Western popular culture,

and probably best known for a fatwa he issued in 1989.

The surname of his successor.

6

Khomeini, Khamenei

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