Languages
Around the World
General Knowledge
100
Which language has given us the words karaoke, tsunami and anime?
Japanese
100
Name the country in Africa which shares its name with one of the main characters from the High School Musical movie franchise.
Chad
100
Spongebob Squarepants works as a fry cook at which restaurant?
The Krusty Krab
200
What ancient language was used in the Roman Empire, and is the root language behind many words in English, Italian, French and Spanish?
Hint: We still use some phrases from this language today, such as "mea culpa" (my fault), "alter ego" (another self), and "pro bono" (for the good of the people).
Latin
200
Name the world’s smallest and largest countries by land area.
100 points each.
Smallest: Vatican City and Largest: Russia
200
What are the next three numbers in the Fibonacci sequence, as written below:
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ___, ___, ___
1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34
300
Name three countries where Spanish is the official language.
100 points for each correct answer
Spain
Mexico
Guatemala
Honduras
El Salvador
Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Panama
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Puerto Rico
Colombia
Venezuela
Ecuador
Peru
Bolivia
Paraguay
Chile
Argentina
Uruguay
Equatorial Guinea
300
Which nation has historically been known as Persia?
Iran
300
Which two famous singers have had their faces mashed up in the image below?
Hint: They share a first name!
Justin Bieber and Justin Timberlake
400
A famous story from biblical times, often referred to as the Tower of ________, tells of a unified human race (who all speak the same language) trying to build a massive tower to reach the heavens. However, God confuses their languages, preventing them from communicating and causing their tower-building project to fail.
Name the tower (or the city it was built in).
Babylon (the Tower of Babel)
400
Only one country in the world has a flag that is NOT rectangular. The flag features a sun and moon. Name the country.
Nepal
Nepal's flag features two triangles, representing the Himalayan mountains and the two major religions of Nepal, Hinduism and Buddhism.
400
Before their downfall at the start of the 20th century, the Ottoman Empire controlled countries in which three continents?
Hint: They controlled countries in the 'Middle East'--which two continents is the Middle East split across?
Europe, Asia, Africa
500
The ten most widely-spoken languages in the world all have a way of saying 'hello.' Name five of them.
100 points for each correct answer
- English: 'Hello'
- Mandarin Chinese: 'Nï häo'
- Hindi: 'Namaste'
- Spanish: 'Hola'
- French: 'Bonjour'
- Arabic: 'Mhrban' or 'Salaam'
- Bengali: 'Hyālō'
- Russian: 'Privet'
- Portuguese: 'Olá'
- Urdu: 'Helo'
500
Name five of these countries that these flags belong to.
100 points for each correct answer
500
Brazil have won the men's FIFA World Cup a record five times.
Only 5 other nations have ever won it more than once. Name them (100 points each)
Italy and Germany (4 times)
Argentina (3 times)
France and Uruguay (2 times)