Question
The slang term “bloke” probably came from this ethnic group’s cryptolect Shelta, which they keep secret from “Buffers.” For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this ethnic group whose weddings historically featured a “grabbing” courtship ritual in which boys try to forcefully kiss girls. Traditionally, these nomads engaged in bare-knuckle boxing and worked as tinsmiths throughout the British Isles.
ANSWER: Irish Travellers [or Mincéirs; or Mincéirí; or Pavees; or an lucht siúil; prompt on just Travellers; prompt on just Irish; reject slurs]
[10m] The Travelling community regularly attends the world’s oldest horse fair in Ballinasloe, this West Irish county’s second- largest city. This county in Connacht Province contains the majority of the Gaeltacht population, and its namesake and largest city is dubbed “Ireland’s cultural heart.”
ANSWER: County Galway [or Galway County; or Contae na Gaillimhe]
[10e] Irish Travellers are often conflated with this distinct itinerant ethnic group that also attends the Appleby Horse Fair but have origins in the Indian subcontinent.
ANSWER: Roma [or Romani; prompt on Gypsy or Gypsies by asking “What is the generally preferred term?”]
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Summary
| 2024 ARGOS @ Brandeis | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 0% | 67% |
| 2024 ARGOS Online | 03/22/2025 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 33% | 100% |
Data
| I wish it were possible to freeze time so I would never have to watch you retire | CLEVELAND, THIS IS FOR YOU! | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| Thompson et al. | UBC | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| throw away your cards, rally in the streets | Aw we're so sorry to hear that maman died today, she gets five big booms | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |