Mount Ventoux trivia question....
Feb 3rd, 2005, 10:10 PM
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Mount Ventoux trivia question....
OK, lets see just how clever the Fodor community is...
What is the origin of the name Ventoux ?
An exceptionally fantastic prize offered to the first correct response. Winner to be at the sole discretion of the judge (i.e. me) unless he is completely over-ruled by everyone else.
-Kevin
What is the origin of the name Ventoux ?
An exceptionally fantastic prize offered to the first correct response. Winner to be at the sole discretion of the judge (i.e. me) unless he is completely over-ruled by everyone else.
-Kevin
Feb 3rd, 2005, 10:50 PM
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Well since you asked, I did a google search and found the following. There could well be other explanations but I have taken the first one listed on the search result.
> son appellation semblerait remonter au I er ou II ème siècle. Son origine Vintur, le nom d’une divinité des sommets ; en langage celte, Ven-Top désignerait une cime neigeuse.
Vintur = a divinity of the summits. Does this correspond the info you got?
Without above, I would have thought of Vent (wind) or Ventre (belly).
> son appellation semblerait remonter au I er ou II ème siècle. Son origine Vintur, le nom d’une divinité des sommets ; en langage celte, Ven-Top désignerait une cime neigeuse.
Vintur = a divinity of the summits. Does this correspond the info you got?
Without above, I would have thought of Vent (wind) or Ventre (belly).
Feb 4th, 2005, 12:37 AM
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Bravo ! That was even quicker than I expected. Too bad for all those guys still asleep across the ocean. I declare you to be the winner of the first annual Mount Ventoux trivia contest. And I didn't even get to post my tie-breaker question...
-Kevin
p.s.: next year we will have to run this contest without google ! Those guys make life way too easy.
-Kevin
p.s.: next year we will have to run this contest without google ! Those guys make life way too easy.
Feb 4th, 2005, 07:47 AM
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Kevin, I would have thought something to do with wind, so this is interesting news indeed. Thanks.
Do we have to wait for a year for the next question? You did say you had a tie-breaker, maybe you could roll that one out soon ...
Anselm
Do we have to wait for a year for the next question? You did say you had a tie-breaker, maybe you could roll that one out soon ...
Anselm
