~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Answer for 9/18:
From which eighteenth-century British comedy play do we get the term "malapropism"?
The Rivals, by Richard Brinsley Sheridan. A character in the book is Mrs. Malaprop, who constantly confuses words to humorous effect. A malapropism is the substitution of an incorrect word or for a word with a similar sound in which the resulting phrase makes no sense but often creates a comic effect.
36 players answered correctly.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Question for 9/21:
What Batman villain is known to French-Canadians as Le Sphinx?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Posted by stars2/quizz2000
at 12:54 PM EDT
Updated: Monday, September 21, 2009 12:54 PM EDT
Post Comment | Permalink | Share This Post
Updated: Monday, September 21, 2009 12:54 PM EDT
Post Comment | Permalink | Share This Post
