Quiz | Easy as Sunday morning: popular phrases
1/10 | On 16 February, in 600 AD, Pope Gregory The Great passed a decree. It was declared that one should say a particular phrase as a response of a person taking an involuntary action. This phrase was about to stop dividing the person dividing the devil, second they are not under control of their mouths. What was the decree?
Answer: To say that ‘blessings you’ when someone sneezes
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2/10 | This phrase means ‘nurtured over all other people’. It is used in King James Bible and A Midsummer Nights Dream of Shakespeare. The phrase basically refers to the operational part of an important organ in the body. Researchers believe that the fruit in the phrase came in terms of some spherical in size. What is the phrase?
3/10 | This phrase comes from the ancient Indian game ‘Moksha Patam’ for us. Now known as ‘Snake and Laders’, it represented the journey of life, which represents the journey to achieve salvation by rebirth to do good or to do evil. In the worst condition, anyone can slide down. Which phrase comes from it?
4/10 | This phrase is a symbol of superficial sympathy. This is a reference to the fact that a certain top-level hunters show ‘grief’ when they actually cause pain. Scientifically they do this for lubrication because it dries due to exit from water. What is this phrase?
5/10 | This phrase just suggests that every person in a group who is involved in a collective effort is responsible for his own expenses. Legend has it that it has come since the British soldiers fighting in Holland would do this to avoid being in debt, if they were killed in the fight the next day. What is this phrase?
6/10 | Unlike other phrases, we know properly when it was born. On 15 December 1956, Hores Logan said this for a crowd in an auditorium in Louisiana. He had to say this to calm the audience, who expected a certain artist to return to the stage and sing more songs. It is now a catchfrase, which is used to refer to any dramatic exit. What is this phrase?
7/10 | This phrase is used to describe a sudden or unexpected problem, and is usually an irony understanding of the magnitude of the issue. The original phrase was stated by Jack Swagart and Commander Jim Lavel in the current Perfect Tens, while the popular version is in the present period. What is this, which comes from Apollo Mission #13?
8/10 | This simple phrase received a cult status after onscreen by a Siborg killer when he was refused to enter a police station. It has moved forward to give birth to many memes, jokes and call backs in other films. What is this phrase, usually called with an Austrian accent?
9/10 | This expression refers to the inconsistently major part of something. This phrase comes from the legends, where a group of animals comes together to execute a successful prey. But when it comes to dividing the stock, an animal successfully causes reasons why it should have more than others. What is this phrase?
10/10 | This phrase suggests that a person suffers from madness. Although Alis was famous by Alice’s Adventures novel in Wonderland, it is a reference to a disorder that affects a certain professional. In the old days, they used mercury, while working with leather, and its ingestion caused hallucinations. What is this phrase that refers to the profession?
Published – February 13, 2025 09:00 AM IST
