May 15
2018
April 3
2018
I Love Steno Trivia Tuesday: The Longest Word In Alphabetical Order
December 12
2017
I Love Steno Tuesday Trivia: How Often Are New Words Added To The Dictionary?
QUESTION: How Often Are New Words Added To The Dictionary?
ANSWER: According to Grammarly, a new word is added into the dictionary every two hours. The grammar source states that, “During the course of the year, almost 4,000 new words are added.”
WOW! How’s that for dictionary building? Who can keep up with that?
October 10
2017
I Love Steno Trivia Tuesday: The Word With The Most Definitions
QUESTION: What English word has the most definitions.
ANSWER: Set. According to the Guinness World Records, the word “set” has 430 different meanings. Guinness World Records also states this concerning the word “set”: “The word commands the longest entry in the dictionary at 60,000 words, or 326,000 characters.”
September 12
2017
I Love Steno Trivia Tuesday: The Shortest Sentence
July 25
2017
I Love Steno Trivia Tuesday: The Septet Homophone
July 11
2017
I Love Steno Trivia Tuesday
May 23
2017
I Love Steno Trivia Tuesday
April 4
2017
I Love Steno Trivia Tuesday
QUESTION: A hammer and a nail cost $1.10, and the hammer costs one dollar more than the nail. How much does the nail cost?
ANSWER: 5 cents.
Source: I got this riddle from a Business Insider article that asked successful executives what questions they ask potential employees during interviews. This is the question that Jeff Zwelling, COO of ZipRecruiter, asks. In the article, Mr. Zwelling says when he asks the question, he is not necessarily looking for the candidate to get the correct answer. He stated that he wants to see the person’s thought process behind the answer that they give.
February 7
2017
