Speak if it's Greek
Truth or lie, fact or fiction? In our show "Speak if it's Greek" we wish to give you, the listener, in an entertaining way the chance to test your own knowledge.
Is the story you will hear true, and the item really of Greek origin? Or are we just pulling your leg? Listen an decide for yourself. The correct answer will be given away every week in the preview, and below the video.
So go ahead and Speak if it's Greek!
Elevator
This time in “Speak if it’s Greek” we will talk about the origin of something many people use every day. Elevators are really useful especially for old and sick people and help us a lot in our everyday life.
Microwave
Did you know that the microwave oven was invented by accident by a man who was orphaned and never finished grammar school.
The man was Giannis Constantine’s. At the age of just 18 months, Giannis father died and his mother soon left him to his aunt and uncle. His uncle then died when he was just seven years old. Giannis left grammar school and, at the age of 12, began working from sunup to sundown at a water mill, which he continued to do until he was 16 years old.
The Waterclock
The name "Clepsydra" (gr. κλεψύδρα) comes from two Greek words: - "klepto" (gr. κλέπτειν) - steal and "hydros" (gr. uδωρ) – water. Clepsydra is incorrectly associated only to the clocks that flow with sand, which appeared only in the Middle Ages.
Arachnophobia
People have many fears and sometimes they cannot take control of their behaviour or body. They are scared of the darkness, heights and a lot of animals.
Certainly you met someone who were afraid of spiders or even yourself are scared when you see one… but everybody has weak spots. It is normal. Anyway this fear of spiders is called ‘arachnophobia’.
Who is the inventor of the cone of the ice-cream?
Who is the inventor of the cone of the ice cream?
Everybody knows that the modern ice cream is an Italian invention but who really has invented the cone?
Is a question with many possible answers but nobody is sure which is the correct one, so I would like to
introduce two different thesis, but
Notebook
Can you imagine life without notebooks? I don’t think so. It is the most important stuff which allows us to remember everything what’s going on around. Trust me… We use it at school, during class when we do notes, in the work when you have to write something important for example meeting with your client and also we use it as diary…
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