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European Day of Languages quiz

1. How many languages are spoken in Europe?

a. approximately 230

b. approximately 270

c. approximately 290

2. Which is the only European language in which all nouns (names) beginwith a capital letter?

a. Hungarian

b. Spanish

c. German

3. How many ogen does a person

usually have?

a. oneb. two

c. three

4. The word pyjamas comes from which language?

a. Chinese

b. Arabic

c. Persian

5. What percentage of all world languages, approximately, is African?a. 33.3%

b. 50%

c. 66.6%

6. Which of the following is a Celtic language?

a. Cornish

b. English

c. Portuguese

7. The word bicycle comes from which language?

a. Turkish

b. Italian

c. Greek

8. How many ujjs does a person usually

have?

a. twob. 10

c. 20

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9. Which language is spoken by about 120 million people?

a. English

b. Chinese

c. Japanese

10. Cookie comes from which European language?

a. German

b. Danish

c. Dutch

11. Basque is primarily spoken in which European country?

a. Spain

b. Italyc. Switzerland

12. How many letters are there in the Bulgarian alphabet?

a. 20

b. 25

c. 30

13. The English language originated from which other European

language?a. Danish

b. German

c. Norwegian

14. Romagnolo is a dialect of which European language?

a. Italian

b. Spanish

c. French

15. The word barbecue has its origins in which language?

a. Aborigine

b. Spanish

c. Japanese

16. The United Nations has how many official languages?

a. two

b. sixc. ten



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17. About what percentage of the worlds population speaks English as

a native language?

a. 5.6%

b. 50.6%

c. 56.2%

18. What percentage, approximately, of players in the Premier League

speaks more than one language?

a. 10%

b. 25%

c. 50%

19. How many kuyruk would you expect a dog to have?a. one

b. four

c. two

20. Which is the odd one out in each line, and why?

German French Spanish

Malta Kenya Italy

Canada Japan Switzerland



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Answers

1. Around 230.

2. German always uses capital letters for nouns.

3. Ogen is the Dutch for eyes, therefore two!

4. Originally from Persian, think about the long, flowing trousers

popular in the Middle East, India and SE Asia.

5. 33.3%. These include Arabic, Swahili, Berber and Somali, spoken

by millions of people.

6. Cornish, along with Scottish Gaelic, Irish Gaelic, Welsh, Breton

and Manx.

7. From good old Greek! Bi = two, cycle = kyklos = circle or wheel.

8. Ujj Hungarian for finger, therefore 10!

9. Japanese mainly spoken just in Japan. Largest Japanese

speaking population outside of Japan is in Brazil.

10. Dutch koekje or koekie (informal).

11. Spain it is spoken by around 27% of Basques. The vast majority

of these live in Spain with only a small number in France.

12. 30. It has varied in the past, but has now stabilised.

13. German it is a West Germanic language.

14. Romagnolo is one of many, many Italian dialects. There are only

a few official dialects, with many being spoken and non-codified.

15. Spanish! Despite its links with Australia, the word itself has its

origins in Europe.

16. Six Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), English, French, Russian,

Spanish.

17. 5.6%, although around 30% of the worlds population claim to be

able to use English, only 5.6% have it as a native language.

18. 25% - Chelsea is the most multi-lingual club!

19. One kuyruk is Turkish for tail.

20. If students can justify an answer, its correct! Some suggestions:

a. German others are romance languages / German the othersare UN official languages.



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b. Kenya its in Africa / Italy doesnt have English as an official

language.

c. Japan only has one official language / Japan both of the

others have French as an official language.


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