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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Simple Quiz #93423 02/06/2003 10:33 PM Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina sjm old hand sjm old hand Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 742 Akina >Yes, Chinese gooseberries come from China, but what we currently call Kiwifruit have the same relationship to Chinese gooseberries as Microsoft has to reliable software ... Which was kinda my point. The quiz asked where Chinese gooseberries come from. I doubt many people who have eaten kiwifruit have ever even seen a Chinese gooseberry, let alone eaten one. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Simple Quiz Bobyoungbalt 01/26/2003 3:12 AM Re: Simple Quiz Buffalo Shrdlu 01/26/2003 3:30 AM Re: Simple Quiz tsuwm 01/26/2003 3:38 AM Post deleted by Wordwind Wordwind 01/26/2003 10:37 AM Re: Simple Quiz WhitmanO'Neill 01/26/2003 2:51 PM Re: Simple Quiz wwh 01/26/2003 3:05 PM Re: Simple Quiz - Answers Bobyoungbalt 02/01/2003 4:27 AM Re: Simple Quiz - Answers Wordwind 02/01/2003 11:07 AM Re: Simple Quiz - Answers Capfka 02/01/2003 5:39 PM Re: Simple Quiz - Answers Jackie 02/01/2003 9:18 PM Re: Simple Quiz - Answers tsuwm 02/01/2003 9:29 PM Re: Simple Quiz - Answers Jackie 02/01/2003 9:47 PM Re: Simple Quiz milum 01/26/2003 4:19 PM Re: Simple Quiz WhitmanO'Neill 01/26/2003 4:33 PM Re: Simple Quiz milum 01/26/2003 4:40 PM Re: Simple Quiz wow 01/27/2003 5:22 PM Re: Simple Quiz dxb 01/27/2003 5:46 PM Re: Simple Quiz wwh 01/27/2003 9:41 PM Re: Simple Quiz sjm 02/03/2003 2:03 AM Re: Simple Quiz Jackie 02/03/2003 2:46 AM Re: Simple Quiz Capfka 02/03/2003 9:12 AM Re: Simple Quiz sjm 02/06/2003 10:33 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,373 Members9,209 Most Online7,006 Mar 7th, 2026 Newest Members Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd, Tony Hood, Wood Delivery 9,209 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 35 A C Bowden 14 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,202 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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