Communication, language learning, languages, idioms

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How many languages are there in the world?

Aprroximately 350

About 7,000

Up to 2000

2.

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Which language family does English belong to?

Indo-European

Uralic

3.

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Which language is the most spoken language?

English

Spanish

Mandarin Chinese

Hindi

4.

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Which South-American country is NOT a Spanish-speaking country?

Mexico

Brazil

Argentina

Peru

5.

Multiple Choice

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What is Esperanto?

A South-American country

A Spanish dialect

An artificial language

6.

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Who is a polyglot?

A person who tells lies

A person who can speak many languages

A man who has many wives

7.

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How many official languages does the European Union have?

English and French (2)

English, French, German, Italian and Spanish (5)

Every official language of the member countries (24)

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What is/are the official language(s) of the USA?

English and Spanish are the official languages of the USA

The USA does not have an official language, but the most commonly used language is English

9.

Multiple Choice

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Which language uses the Latin alphabet?

Russian

Greek

Arabic

Hungarian

10.

Multiple Choice

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Where do people speak Dutch (language)?

In Germany

In the Netherlands

In Denmark

11.

Multiple Choice

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If you do not understand something you say:

It's Chinese to me.

It's Greek to me.

It's Japanese to me.

12.

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What's the nickname of the US flag?

Stars and lines

Union Jack

Stars and stripes

13.

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What foreign language do most British students learn?

French

Spanish

German

Italian

14.

Multiple Choice

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About 30% of English words come from ........... .

Spanish

Italian

French

15.

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The first PRINTED books was in ......... .

Spanish

Latin

German

16.

Multiple Choice

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The first language spoken in space was .......... .

English

Russian

Chinese

17.

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A bilingual person can speak ......... languages fluently.

two

three

four

five

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Multiple Choice

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Are the following words are used in Great Britain (British English) or the USA (American English)?

elevator, sidewalk, pants, apartment, cell phone, French fries, soccer

USA

Great Britain

19.

Multiple Choice

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What did Gutenberg invent?

The typewriter

The printing press (printing books)

The word processor

20.

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When was the first mobile telephone call made from a handheld device?

In 1948

In 1973

In 1992

21.

Multiple Choice

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John Logie Baird invented (and demonstrated) television in .......... .

1957

1926

1889

22.

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Who invented the telephone?

Nikola Tesla

Alexander Graham Bell

Thomas Alva Edison

23.

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When did Tim Berners-Lee introduce the World Wide Web?

In 2000

In 1991

In 1980

24.

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What was founded in February, 2004?

Instagram

iwiw

Facebook

Google

25.

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If you are good at learning languages, you learn quickly and have a good accent:

You are as fit as a fiddle.

You have an ear for languages.

You have a tongue for langauges.

You blow your own horn.

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