Colours Quiz C/d 18/9/20

[Oliver6]

last couple of answers needed
1. Containers on a wall 3,5,7
2. Wide mouther charger 5,5

Thank you

[mallyh]

1 ten green bottles

[dannyk13]

2.White rhino

[aelmpvw]

2 suppose rhino could be black or white?

[JJ109]

yes but the white rhino is specifcally noted for its wide mouth

[JJ109]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_rhinoceros

[mallyh]

white is a mistranslation from dutch for wide x

[JJ109]

..."A popular albeit widely discredited theory of the origins of the name "white rhinoceros" is a mistranslation from Dutch to English. The English word "white" is said to have been derived by mistranslation of the Dutch word "wijd", which means "wide" in English. The word "wide" refers to the width of the rhinoceros's mouth. So early English-speaking settlers in South Africa misinterpreted the "wijd" for "white" and the rhino with the wide mouth ended up being called the white rhino and the other one, with the narrow pointed mouth, was called the black rhinoceros..."

[aelmpvw]

thanks, the 'wide mouthed' reference did puzzle me

[dannyk13]

Another day, another fact learnt.