It’s wordplay week, because Justin has written six trivia questions about homonyms, which are words with multiple meanings. We also get into discussions of musical instruments, fishing, and movie history!
3:36: Q1 (Music): What two instruments, one a woodwind, the other a member of the brass family, are both homonyms for types of glasses that you might drink champagne from?
13:50: Q2 (Sports & Games): This present participle sounds like someone is scheming, but it can also refer to the sport of fishing.
20:07: Q3 (Everything Else): Though it can also mean a type of song, like Bach’s “on the G String”, what classical element did Anaximenes argue was the origin of all others?
29:22: Q4 (Arts & Literature): Also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu, what author has a first name that can also mean a bubble of champagne or tapioca, and a last name that can also mean a dollar or a deer?
35:56: Q5 (Times & Places): A homonym of a U.S. state, what Eastern European country’s President is Salome Zurabishvili?
40:57: Q6 (Movies & TV): Homonymously, it refers to an unpowered vehicle pulled by a powered vehicle. Name this particular form of advertisement, usually for a movie.
Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0
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