Morphology/Syntax
The word 'unsuccessfully' contains this many morphemes.
What is 4 (un-success-ful-ly)?
This class of sounds is characterized by air buildup from a complete obstruction of the vocal tract, followed by a sudden release
What is a stop or plosive?
어느 누구도 그의 사생활, 가정, 주거 또는 통신에 대하여 자의적인 간섭을 받거나 또는 그의 명예와 명성에 대한 비난을 받지 아니한다. 모든 사람은 이러한 간섭이나 비난에 대하여 법의 보호를 받을 권리를 가진다
The above is a writing sample for this language:
A. Japanese
B. Hindi
C. Malay
D. Korean
What is Korean?
This is the name for the group of languages that evolved from Latin and includes French, Italian, and Spanish.
What are the Romance languages? (also accept Latin languages or Neo-Latin languages)
This Halloween candy was originally called "chicken feed".
What is candy corn?
This is the term for inflections which make it clear exactly what (syntactic) function a given word (typically a noun) fulfills in a given sentence. For example, the difference between 'I' and 'me' in English.
What is case?
This is the symbol for the voiceless interdental fricative in IPA.
What is θ?
כל בני אדם נולדו בני חורין ושווים בערכם ובזכויותיהם. כולם חוננו בתבונה ובמצפון, לפיכך חובה עליהם לנהוג איש ברעהו ברוח של אחוה
The above is a writing sample for this language:
A. Persian
B. Hebrew
C. Mongolian
D. Urdu
What is Hebrew?
This is the language that is most closely related to English.
What is Frisian?
This is what Halloween is short for (what it was originally called).
What is All Hallows' Eve(n)?
"I don't need no man." is an example of this syntactic construction found in some dialects of English and also is also found in Portuguese, Persian, Polish, Bulgarian, Greek, Spanish, Afrikaans, and Hebrew (among other languages).
What is double negation/negative concord/multiple negation/emphatic negation?
This is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning.
What is tone?
Καθένας έχει δικαίωμα στην εκπαίδευση. Η εκπαίδευση πρέπει να παρέχεται δωρεάν, τουλάχιστον στη στοιχειώδη και βασική βαθμίδα της
The above is a writing sample for this language:
A. Armenian
B. Latin
C. Greek
D. Russian
What is Greek?
This is the most common word order cross-linguistically.
What is SOV?
This is the country where Transylvania, otherwise known as home to Count Dracula, is located.
What is Romania?
This type of affix attaches both on the beginning and end of a base
What is a circumfix?
This is how the word 'linguistics' is written in IPA.
What is [lɪŋ.'gwɪ.stɪks]?
Bence televizyon seyretmenin çocuklara çok büyük bir etkisi vardır. Evet yeni generasyon çok televizyon seyrediyor olabilir ama çok televizyon seyretmekte zarar var.
The above is a writing sample of this language:
A. Estonian
B. Polish
C. Portuguese
D. Turkish
What is Turkish?
This is the country with the most languages in the world. (Bonus 100 points if you can say how many languages are spoken there.)
What is Papua New Guinea? (840 languages - get points if b/n 800-900)
This famous magician died on Halloween in 1926.
Who is Harry Houdini?
"I heard that Jae said that Tommy told them that David..." is an example of this characteristic of human language which allows us to embed phrases/sentences within other phrases/sentences a potentially infinite number of times.
What is recursion?
This historical-linguistic event/process is one (major) reason why English spelling is so bad (why it does not match up with pronunciation).
What is the Great Vowel Shift?
मुझे बi र जाना पसंद है क्योंकि यह स्वास्थ्य अच्छा है। मुझे हफ्ते कई बार दौड़ना पसंद है। मैं इन चीजों कर के खुश हूं क्योंकि वे अच्छी हैं
The above is a writing sample of this language:
A. Thai
B. Javanese
C. Arabic
D. Hindi
What is Hindi?
These language families are represented by indigenous languages of Wisconsin. (Extra 50 points for each specific language you can name.)
What are Algonquian, Iroquoian and Siouan? (Potawatomi, Menominee, Ojibwe, Oneida, and Ho-Chunk.)
This Celtic holiday led to the modern-day tradition of trick-or-treating.
What is Samhain? (people would put treats or food out to pacify evil spirits)