Somehow, the day moved so quickly that I forgot about Editor’s Corner. There’s always tomorrow, so I’m going to throw a little something your way for Friday.
I stopped by Merriam-Webster’s page to see if there was anything exciting there, and sure enough, there was a new quiz. This one is called Hello my name is… and that made me instantly (and shamefully) think of “Hello my name is…Slim Shady”. I decided to take the test and the whole time I had that song running through my head.
Despite that, I did much better than I did on the color quiz…in fact, the one I missed here was also about color. Go figure.
Check out the link above when you have a few minutes. I’ll give you a sample to get you started.
Which of these was named for an 18th century French physician?
You get to choose from four answers on the quiz.
- Keratin
- Limousine
- Guillotine
- Franks and beans
(Okay, I made this list up.)
Correct Answer: Guillotine
Famously used to behead aristocrats during the French Revolution, the guillotine was named after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, a physician and member of France’s National Assembly. Guillotin pushed for executions to be done by machine – a much faster and less painful alternative to the axe. Previously the device was called a louisette, after its inventor, Antoine Louis.
[KC – I just did a report for Bastille Day and the Mosaic BIG, and I learned something amazing about the Statue of Liberty from one of our coworkers:
the statue has broken chains at her feet! They were originally in her hand, where she now holds a tablet with the date of the
Declaration of Independence. She was a gift to America to symbolize freedom, particularly the freeing of the slaves in the U.S.
There’s a lot to learn about Lovely Lady Liberty here in this podcast:
https://youtu.be/WLmi5nxP3pQ?si=xSODjWI5rImgwuyc or by looking up “Does the Statue of Liberty have chains under her feet?”]
Now, it looks like the Slim Shady Hello My Name Is test is up to you! Happy Friday!
Kara Church | Technical Editor, Advisory | Knowledge Enablement
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