Finals Exercise No.

By now you should have known your library and your library tools well enough so that you can find
books and information quickly and efficiently. These entire units consist of a review exercise. Questions
of all kinds are asked. It is up to you to determine where the answer might be best found and to find
them quickly. In each question, it is important to state where you found the answer.

1. What is the longest English word without any vowel which means “twin”?

Answer:

TWYNDYLLYNGS

Longest word without vowel: TWYNDYLLYNGS: TWYNDYLLYNGS is actually a Welsh word, but it's listed
as appearing in several dictionaries, so it can be counted as an example of a longest word without
vowels. This longest consonant word is a noun and means 'twins'

Found in:

Retrieved from_ https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-longest-English-word-without-any-vowel-

letters#:~:text=Longest%20word%20without%20vowel%3A,noun%20and%20means%20'twins’

2. Where and when was the word “selfie” used?

Answer:

Where and when was the word “selfie” used?

The first-ever 'selfie' was taken in 1839. ... However, the word 'selfie' was only founded in 2002, when
an Australian man, Nathan Hope, got drunk at his 21st birthday and posted a picture of his stitched lip
with the caption “sorry about the focus, it was a selfie”. And then, there was no looking back

Found in:

Retrieved from https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/world-selfie-day-who-took-

the-first-ever-selfie/articleshow/64676143.cms

3. Who was the first person to ever become billionaire by writing books?

Answer:

Financial success

In 2004, Forbes named Rowling as the first person to become a US-dollar billionaire by writing books,
the second-richest female entertainer and the 1,062nd richest person in the world.

Found in:

Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling#:~:text=in%20November

%202018.-,Financial%20success,richest%20person%20in%20the%20world
 4. What is Librocubicularist?

Answer:

A fancy word for someone who reads in bed. The sesquipedalian librocubicularist is the name for a
person who reads books in bed.

Found in:

Retrieved from https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-does-librocubicularist-mean-

slang-definition

5. Where was the first newspaper printed?

Answer:

The German-language Relation Aller Fürnemmen und Gedenckwürdigen Historien, printed from 1605
onwards by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg, is often recognized as the first newspaper.

Found in:

Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newspaper#:~:text=The%20German%2Dlanguage

%20Relation%20aller,recognized%20as%20the%20first%20newspaper

Finals Exercise No. 6

Give the meanings of the following and indicate the source where you got your answer.

Foreign Words and Phrases

1. Ora pro nobis

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2. a la mode

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3. ab initio

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4. cum laude

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5. Gott sei Dank

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Spell out the following acronyms:

6. PLAI

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7. MINLLA

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8. ASEAN

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9. UNESCO

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10. APEC

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