The Basics
USA
Accents
The British Empire
Grab Bag
100
This country has the highest population of native-English speaking countries
What is the United States!
100
What is the capital of the United States?
What is Washington D.C.
100
Where is this speaker from? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zf-Q8PAj_RQ&list=PL60484A55256C1D58 (start at 0:11)
What is the United States
100
How many countries are in the UK? Double points if you can name them all!
What is 4 (England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales)
100
How many states have English as the official language in Europe
2 (UK and Ireland)
200
This country has the second largest population of native English-speakers
What is Great Britain (also acceptable United Kingdom)
200
How many states are in the United States?
What is 50
200
Where is this accent from? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zg1AQ5JmU9A (43 seconds)
What is the UK
200
At it's height, the British Empire was on how many continents?
What is 6! All of the continents!
200
Name three international organizations where English is one of the official languages
What are the UN, the International Olympic Committee, and the European Union
300
What are the six countries in the "anglosphere," meaning countries where children of native speakers learn English from their parents, and local people who speak other languages or new immigrants learn English to communicate in their neighbourhoods and workplaces.
What are the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand
300
Are all of the states in the United States contiguous (meaning that they touch)
No
300
Where are these people from? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIKFe62-0nY
What is Australia
300
This former British colony has the largest number of English as a second language speakers in the world
What is India
300
This is the most common letter in the English language
What is E Did you know that you use the letter E in as many as one in eight letters?
400
Is the following statement correct: English is the official language of the United States
No
400
About what percent of native English-speakers live in the United States
Approximately half
400
Where is this person from? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL1BfnUJD6k (until :20)
What is South Africa
400
This former British colony has the fifth highest population of native English speakers in the world (after the US, UK, Canada, and Australia)
What is South Africa (with approximately 4.9 million native speakers)
400
What is special about this sentence: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
It contains all letters of the alphabet
500
How many soverign states (not territories) have English listed as an official language? (Meaning that it is the language used in citizen interactions with government officials)
What is 56!
500
What is the official language of the United States
There is none!
500
Where are these people from? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Vmlj3c3bcM
What is New Zealand
500
What is the union jack. Bonus: What is it made of?
The flag of the United Kingdom. It's made of the flags of England (St. George's Cross), Scotland (St. Andrew's Cross), and Ireland (St. Patrick's Cross)
500
English is the ___ most spoken language in the world
What is 3rd after Mandarin and Spanish
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