Multiple choice general knowledge sports

  1. In 1741, William Shenstone (1714-1763), the famous English poet, wrote in a letter: "I loved him for nothing so much as his flocci-nauci-nihili-pili-fication of money." In 1999, while commenting on the death of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), the US Senator Jesse Helms said, "I note your distress at my floccinaucinihilipilification of the CTBT." What meaning does the word 'floccinaucinihilipilification' carry today?

  1. annulling an agreement made a long time ago

  2. dismissing something as having little or no value

  3. expressing disgust or contempt at something

  4. firing missiles supposedly for "self-defence" or in retaliation to military pro-action by a neighbouring and/or hostile state
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Explanation

The notoriously long word floccinaucinihilipilification refers to the action or habit of estimating something as worthless or having no value. Both historical literary figures used it precisely in this mocking, dismissive context regarding money or political treaties.

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