Our Quiz Master John Chaneski leads us on a puzzle hunt, starting in a world capital that’s a homophone for a type of music or food. (Hint: This Asian capital hosted the 1988 Summer Olympics.) This is part of a complete episode.
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Couldn’t help but bring this up. During the quiz on the December 5 show, Grant and John disagreed on the pronunciation of the island nation Dominica. I have it on good authority – a person native to the place – that Grant’s pronunciation was correct – Do min EEK a. Not Do MIN i ca.
Pedantly yours,
Steve
The other thing about this. When this question was asked, about the day of the week, the first thing that came to me way Whitsunday Island. That may not be a day of the week so much as a day of the year, and it isn’t a nation.