@RS89: That completely threw me, too. "Bull" prefixes in Latin are usually some variant of "taur-" (most accurate), "bov-," or "bos-." It was particularly frustrating for me since Italy is known in etymology circles as being one of the few nations where we really aren't sure where the name came from, so I didn't expect for a moment to see it on here. The best guess most etymologists have is that it comes from "vitulus," which means "calf" -- decidedly not "bull." And since we're using Wikipedia for the source here, it's worth noting that the Italy article itself says the origin is uncertain. So I would humbly suggest removing Italy from the quiz, since it's just way too disputed. If nothing else, update the quiz to remove that pesky "bull," which will only throw people off.
More importantly, my brain is ready to file for workers' comp after this one. I've never had a quiz mentally exhaust me like this before! Great work. :) |
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