In this game of name’s the same, I’ll give you two very different descriptions that can be applied to the same word or name. Consider me influenced by Wikipedia’s disambiguation pages. A flood of these popped in my brain when I started thinking about them, and bet they will for you too.
See if you can guess the name’s the same trivia answers:
Questions:
- The private research university that admitted its first students in 1891 and the name of a recurring character on “Sex and the City who appeared in 27 episodes and both movies?
- The vocal range to which the term coloratura applies and the surname of a family on a prestige HBO drama?
- Captain Holt’s adorable Corgi on “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” and the Somerset, England, village that lends its name to a popular foodstuff?
- The abbreviated nickname of a onetime child star and one half of an animated duo from a 2002 Disney film?
- The annoying, know-it-all younger brother of Clarissa Darling and the surname of the singer who released an album called “The Dutchess”?
- The crossover SUV that was originally called the Airtrek and a TV show that has earned Catriona Balfe four Golden Globe nominations?
- The Pro Football Hall of Famer who was the MVP of Super Bowl X and the family name of characters played by Jonathan Pryce and Keira Knightley in a big film franchise?
- A literary hookah enthusiast and a Fortune 100 company that manufactures heavy equipment?
- The Shakespearean daughter of Leontes and Hermione and the matriarch of a numerically designated canine bunch?
- The term for organisms such as tapeworm, corn smut and vampire bats and a recent Oscar Best Picture winner?
Answers up after Gallagher’s outstanding riff on how dumb English is. Because what’s up, word nerds?
Answers:
- Stanford
- Soprano
- Cheddar
- Lilo
- Ferguson
- Outlander
- Swann
- Caterpillar
- Perdita
- Parasite
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