Arts & Leisure
Friday Feb 8th, 2013
Quiz on the word origins of food and drink
Did you know that ‘croissant’ literally means ‘crescent’ or that oranges are native to China? Do you realize that the word ‘pie’ has been around for seven hundred years in English or that ‘toast’ comes from the Latin word for ‘scorch’? John Ayto explores the word origins of food and drink in The Diner’s Dictionary. We’ve made a little quiz based on the book. Are you hungry for it? read more »
Monday Mar 25th, 2013
Alcohol advertising, by any other name…
Do young people need more protection from product placement in music videos?
Sunday Feb 17th, 2013
A quiz on Prohibition
2013 marks the 80th anniversary of the repeal of the wildly unpopular 18th Amendment
