Dan Tilque wrote:
> Some time ago, I wanted a word that meant "a word derived from a
> geographic name". There didn't seem to be one, so I coined my own:
> EPOTOPE. I came up with it by taking parts of EPOnym and TOPonym and
> then adding an -E for pronunciation reasons. It turns out I didn't
> actually use it much, although I was considering writing a book about
> them. Who knows, maybe I'll write it after I retire.
>
> So this quiz is about epotopes. In some cases, the epotope is spelled
> differently than the geographic name. Either one will do as an answer
> here. For question 5, one point for each part, and it doesn't matter
> which order you give the answers.
>
> The usual rules apply, blah blah blah. Contest ends Sunday, 8 November
> 2015 sometime in the evening my time (whenever I get around to scoring
> it, which could be quite late).
>
>
> 1. Goat hair, but are they Indian or Pakistani goats?
cashmere or Kashmir
Gareth has the ignominy of being the only one to miss this one.
>
> 2. Pacific crustacean -- nothing to do with the headland or its nuke
> plant in Kent.
Dungeness (crab) -- named for a otherwise obscure village on the Olympic
peninsula of Washington state.
>
> 3. The Duke of Beaufort didn't have anything to do with inventing the
> game, yet his house gets the blame.
badminton
on the other hand, Gareth is the only one to get this one.
>
> 4. Papal melons.
cantaloupe -- named for Cantalupo, a former papal villa near Rome
>
> 5a. Scottish pattern
> 5b. the other Scottish pattern
paisley
argyle or Argyll
tartan and plaid are also Scottish patterns, but aren't epotopes.
>
> 6. Rum, sugar, limes, and ice can all be found in Cuba.
daiquiri
Some gave other drinks. If any of them are made with the given
ingredients and are epotopes, I'll accept them. Let me know.
A singleton for Stephen
>
> 7. Italian battle colors this answer.
magenta
>
> 8. I wanted a French auto body style, but I got a sedan instead.
limousine or Limousin
I worded the clue that way because there's a French city named Sedan.
It's just a coincidence that it's spelled the same as another body
style, but I didn't want anyone to mistakenly give that answer.
singleton for Erland
>
> 9. They know how to dress for riding in the Thar Desert.
jodhpurs or Jodhpur
>
> 10. Hope and Crosby are just like Webster's Dictionary.
morocco
Any answer with "morocco" in it was acceptable. The clue and the
"morocco-bound" answers some gave refer to a wretched pun[1] from the
Hope/Crosby/Lamour movie "Road to Morocco".
Scores:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 T
swp 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 6
Gareth Owen 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 5
David B 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4
Mark Brader 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4
Dan Blum 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3
Calvin 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
Erland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
Marc Dashevsky 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Pete 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
So Stephen wins a close one. RQ 202 is all yours.
Thanks to everyone for playing.
--
Dan Tilque
[1] Wretched puns are the best kind