Local Historic Figures and Celebrities – Can you name them ?
Moores Hotel has a rather curious mural on the wall of it’s upper level – a pantheaon of Baliwick historical figures and modern day celebreties (including a rather curious cat) … but can you name them ?
Wordsmith – Test your Guernsey French
Guernsey French is theoretically the mother tongue of our island home, Guernsey. However it is dying out rapidly. So how many of these Guernsey French words do you know (or can guess)? Improve and test your Patois wordpower by matching each of the words below to one of the multiple possible definitions.
Wordsmith – Test your ‘American’
Improve and test your wordpower. How many of these American-English words do you know?
Wordsmith – Bizarre English Words
Improve and test your wordpower against some of the rather more bizarre words that have found their way into the English language.
Riddle me this … Can you solve these Riddles?
Pit yourself against some mind bending riddles and see if you can work out what each one is referring to.
Wordsmith – Test your wordpower
Improve and test your wordpower by matching a word against multiple possible definitions.
True or False, Fact or Fiction
A lot of what we ‘know’ to be true can sometimes turn out to be no more than an ‘urban legend’. IS : Chewing gum is a controlled substance in Singapore? or DOES An apple contains enough cyanide to kill a man ? : Can you tell whether they’re fact or fiction ?
Wordsmith – Indian wordpower
Improve and test your wordpower against some Indian words that have found their way into the English language.
True or False, Fact or Fiction
A lot of what we ‘know’ to be true can sometimes turn out to be no more than an ‘urban legend’. Did the Nazi’s invent Fanta ? Does ‘Colgate’ means ‘go hang yourself’ in Spanish ? Can you tell whether they’re fact or fiction ?
Wordsmith – Test your wordpower
Improve and test your wordpower against some 18th- and 19th-century words, still in use today.
Are you a true Guern? … take the test
Do you consider yourself a true Guern? What about if you had to take the test that’s part of the British citizenship exam?
True or False, Fact or Fiction
A lot of what we ‘know’ to be true can sometimes turn out to be no more than an ‘urban legend’. Van Gogh only sold 1 painting or a Tulip could cost as much as a house. Can you tell whether they’re fact or fiction ?