The name of what form of entertainment is ultimately derived from the name of a place, a valley, in Normandy? It takes place in theatres.

Vaudeville. Interesting etymology Fred.

Hi Mozart,
I just want Fred to know that I knew the answer too, but he didn't tell me if my answer was right on the last question he asked:

Here

So I am P****d off with him, and am not standing for it anymore.

tss tss tss.... Fred.
I know the feeling dg, it happened to me a few times.
One of them

Some are a few years old...still waiting!

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Originally posted by dance girl:

So I am P****d off with him, and am not standing for it anymore.

Thank goodness for that. Men can't hit the target standing

[Further reply is, and was, unnecessary.Do North American quizmasters say 'Thank you' every time a contestant answers correctly? If they do, they have a quaintly strange idea of politeness ]

Well, we are terribly polite here!
No, 'thank you' isn't necessary, Fred, just an acknowledgemnt that we got the answer right.
Come on, they do that much on University Challenge.

So,..... did I get the answer right?

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Originally posted by mozart56:
So,..... did I get the answer right?

You need to be told?

As a matter of fact, the word is not from 'voix de ville' but from '[chanson du] vau de Vire', later corrupted by the French themselves to vau de ville, now 'vaudeville'.Your link did give the correct answer as its second derivation. (Not worth the bother of posting a correctamundo, even so )

Its proper name in English is 'music hall' but we forgive you that because we know just how much you Americans love the French