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wintergreen48 wrote:1. The flower is:
2. The flavoring is:
3. The mountains are:
4. The original meaning of Red Square was:
5. a. The phrase for the horse archer tactic is:
5. b. The horse archers' nation was:
6. a. The two-word name of the juror interrogation is:
6. b. The word for the final court decision is:

wintergreen48 wrote:2. The name of this mountain range comes from the French words for ‘Big Boobs’ (and, notwithstanding what you might think, based upon yesterday’s “It’s Pronounced…” thread, the answer is NOT ‘A Rack’). What is the name of the mountain range?

wintergreen48 wrote:You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.



1. The name of this flower comes from the Greek word for ‘testicle,’ probably based upon the shape of the tuber from which it grows, although it is also very delicate and you can kill it if you kick it really hard. What is the name of the flower?

2. The name of this mountain range comes from the French words for ‘Big Boobs’ (and, notwithstanding what you might think, based upon yesterday’s “It’s Pronounced…” thread, the answer is NOT ‘A Rack’). What is the name of the mountain range?

3. This very popular flavoring takes its name from the Latin word for ‘sheath,’ but as it happens, the Latin word is also the most socially acceptable word for a lady’s naughty bits. Skippy may correct me on this, but I am pretty sure that the flavoring does not get its name from its taste or smell, but from the (sheath-like) shape of the pod in which its seeds are formed. What is the flavoring?

4. Moscow’s Red Square certainly seemed like the right venue for Soviet military parades during the Communist era, but the Square was known as “Krasnaya Ploshchad’” long before the Commies took over Russia, long before Marx was born, in fact, it had that name even before the time of Peter the Great. What happened is that ‘Krasnaya,’ which today means ‘Red’ (feminine) used to mean something entirely different; the original meaning of the word is now expressed by the Russian word ‘Krasivaya.’ What was the original meaning of ‘Red’ Square? Choose from the following: a. Big (Great Square) b. Public Square c. Beautiful Square d. Government Square e. Pie Are Square

5. In ancient times, the horse archers of a particular country had a particular tactic in which they would charge an enemy position, firing arrows from the saddle, and then they would wheel about and fire one last arrow back over their shoulders as they rode away. This tactic has given its name to a two-word phrase that means a threat, insult or sarcastic comment that is made by someone who is leaving. The way that this fits into today’s theme is that this two-word phrase is actually a corruption of the ‘real’ two word phrase that describes the horse archer’s tactic, the first word of which identified the horse archers themselves. For one point each, what is the two-word phrase that is (incorrectly) used, and what is the name (nationality) of the horse archers whose tactic gave rise to the phrase in the first place?

6. When lawyers are trying to choose a jury, the jurors are put through a process in which they are asked questions and are supposed to give truthful answers; the formal name for this is a two-word phrase that comes from French but ultimately goes back to Latin, and means ‘say the truth.’ As if (potential jurors often tailor their responses, based upon whether they really want to serve on the jury, or really do NOT want to serve on the jury). At the end of the trial, a decision is handed down, the formal name for which is a word that comes from French but ultimately goes back to Latin, and means ‘say the truth.’ As if. For one point each, what is the two-word phrase that describes the process of interrogating jurors to determine their impartiality, and what is the one word name for the final trial decision, both of which mean ‘say the truth’?