S6 E8 - Out with the Old, In with the Neologisms - a podcast by Quiz and Hers

As the season nears its conclusion, Hallie has come up with perhaps the weirdest category in Q&H history: six trivia questions about neologisms.* We also talk geography, children’s literature, and hip-hop.

*A neologism is a newly-developed word or phrase.

5:56: Q1 (Arts & Literature): The titular orphan of what 1913 novel by Eleanor H. Porter later became a neologism for an excessively cheerful or optimistic person?

12:56: Q2 (Times & Places): What collection of four archipelagos in the North Atlantic off the coasts of Europe and Africa is a neologism coming from the Greek words meaning “islands of the fortunate” and not, as you might think, a popular French dessert?

20:22: Q3 (Everything Else): What neologism and portmanteau, coined in 2005 by editors at Wired magazine, is used to describe the division of work amongst internet users to achieve a cumulative result?

30:08: Q4 (Sounds & Screen): What is the English translation of Johann Straus II’s waltz, Man lebt nur einmal!, which later lended itself to a neologism invented by a rapper who used it in his song “The Motto” on his 2011 album, Take Care?

37:58: Q5 (Science): What neologism was introduced to the public in a 1920 play by the Czech writer Karel Capek and was derived from the Slavic word for labor or work?

43:39: Q6 (Sports & Games): What sporting item is a neologism based on an item created by the Wham-O toy company and is therefore not allowed to be used in the names of sports like guts and ultimate?

Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0

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