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© Gowan Clews, 20 June 2021

A light-hearted quiz to exercise your brain cells. Don't overthink it. Good luck!

MIND YOUR LANGUAGE

English is a rich language that includes words from many other dialects. For example, which is a Latin phrase.

Explain the following 10 words or phrases, plus the origin: Latin, French or German
And a bonus to double your points


Cliché

Alibi

Liaison

Iceberg

Déjà vu

Bonus

Vis-à-vis

Angst

Ego

Sauté


BONUS
When you solve a maths theorem you write QED
To double your points, what does QED officially mean?

To further double your points, what does QED mean for smart school pupils?


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