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Are you a Language aficionado? Try to avoid a trivia faux pas and answer these kitschy questions. Find out if you're just a dilettante or if you really have that je ne sais quoi.

What is the Latin word for ‘elsewhere’ which we use to mean that the person under suspicion was somewhere else when the crime was committed?

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Alibi

: What does ‘Fitz’ mean at the beginning of a surname?

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Son of (fils de)

What does it mean if a meeting is held “sub rosa”?

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A meeting held in secret

According to the proverb what can you not obtain from a sow’s ear?

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A silk purse

Which of the following is the correct spelling — dessiccated, desiccated, dessicated?

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Desiccated

What two words complete the following proverb- Why keep a dog and …?

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Bark yourself

What does the term ‘Kung Fu’ mean?

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Leisure time

What ‘p’ is to contaminate?

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Pollute

What ‘n’ is an old word for promontory or headland?

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Ness

In phonetics, what is a sound that is characterized by an open configuration of the vocal tract so that there is no build-up of air pressure above the glottis?

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A vowel This contrasts with consonants, which are characterized by a constriction or closure at one or more points along the vocal tract. A vowel is also understood to be syllabic: an equivalent open but non-syllabic sound is called a semivowel. In all languages, vowels form the nucleus or peak of syllables, whereas consonants form the onset.
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