garrudaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Disputed. Ultimately from the Sanskit Garuda, eagle.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ɡəˈruːdə/

名詞

garruda (複数形 garrudas)

1. One of the difficult questions, worth extra points, asked at the end of Lawrence University's annual trivia contest.^[1]

引用

(difficult question)

• February 22, 1974 They were waiting for the Super Garruda. Finally it happened. What holiday is celebrated during the second week of November? Who knew? Not a body with a brain in the top had any idea of what the answer was. All that could be agreed upon was that it was bound to celebrate something obscure. - The Lawrentian student newspaper¹

• March 30, 1975 FIRST QUESTION, a so-called super garruda, meaning very big indeed. Worth 100 points. They all know what it will be, because it's always the last question from the year before. Question: National (blank) Week is always the second week in November - what is the week? -Nolan Zavoral, Milwaukee-Journal Insight²

派生語

• (difficult question): Super Garruda, the single most difficult garruda.
• (difficult question): Mini-Garruda, a not-so-difficult garruda.

参照

1. ^ Trivia contest champs win by one question, The Post Crescent, page 2, February 2, 2010