1. ROUND

2. • The ______s were priests and diviners who
studied the flight pattern and behaviour of
birds and told the kings or governors what the
future had in store. The rulers usually listened
to the words of these prophets.
• In these days, when a new ruler is
_________ed, he does not receive help from
any diviner and has to take decisions on his
own.
Question 1

3. • The answer follows.

4. Answer
• Inaugurate
Latin: augur = diviner

5. • The Egyptians believed in unlucky days, and
apparently these so-called “Egyptian days”
came into Rome and then into the rest of
Europe. In France, two such days were marked
on the calendar each month and were named
after the Latin for “the evil days”.
• The word was made into an adjective to
describe the unlucky days when it was wise to
be very careful, since misfortune lurked at
every turn.
Question 1

6. • The answer follows.

7. Answer
• Dismal
Latin: dies mali = evil days

8. • In 1820s, the Missouri Question, whether
Missouri should be admitted to the Union as a
slave or as a free state, was being hotly
debated in the Congress. Near the end of the
debate, and amidst calls from the floor to
have a vote, Felix Walker, the representative
from a county in North Carolina rose to speak.
Walker launched into a long and irrelevant
speech. When asked by other members to
desist, he replied that he was bound to make a
speech for his county and continued to speak.
Question 1

9. • The answer follows.

10. Answer
• Bunk
The word bunk is short for bunkum which is in
turn is an alternation of Buncombe.

11. • The reason why this word isn’t spelled the way
it is pronounced is because this word derives
its origin to a Latin word, which in turn gets its
name from what such a person would lead.
• All of them have their roots in the Latin word
for a pillar. Just as the deacon is the pillar of
the church, the _______ is the pillar of the
regiment.
Question 1

12. • The answer follows.

13. Answer
• Colonel
From colonna

14. • In 1820s, the Missouri Question, whether
Missouri should be admitted to the Union as a
slave or as a free state, was being hotly
debated in the Congress. Near the end of the
debate, and amidst calls from the floor to
have a vote, Felix Walker, the representative
from a county in North Carolina rose to speak.
Walker launched into a long and irrelevant
speech. When asked by other members to
desist, he replied that he was bound to make a
speech for his county and continued to speak.
Question 1

15. • The answer follows.

16. Answer
• Bunk
The word bunk is short for bunkum which is in
turn is an alternation of Buncombe.

17. • An _____ is a legal practice of ancestral British
courts.
• If a defendant in the original _____ could
carry a red hot iron without being burned, he
was innocent.
• If he flinched at plunging his hand in boiling
water, he was guilty.
Question 1

18. • The answer follows.

19. Answer
• Ordeal
The practice was called ‘trial by ordeal’

20. • This flowering plant got its name because of
the shape of the leaves.
• Being shaped like teeth, it reminded a few
French people about the teeth of a certain
carnivore and hence the name.
Question 1

21. • The answer follows.

22. Answer
• Dandelion
dent de lion or the tooth of the lion

23. • After _________, King of Caria died, his wife
Artemisia was grief stricken. After his body
had been buried, she mixed his ashes with
water and drank them off. To keep his memory
alive, she erected a splendid tomb at
Halicarnassus.
Question 1

24. • The answer follows.

25. Answer
• Mausoleum
Mausolus : King of Caria (died 353 BC)