Linguistic Diversity
This CONTINENT is the most linguistically diverse in the world.
What is Africa! The continent is home to anywhere from 800 to 1,500 of the world’s languages?
How much pizza do Americans eat each day?
About 100 acres! That equals about 3 billion pizzas sold annually in the U.S.A. Buon Appetito!
Which country is known as “the land of no rivers”?
Saudi Arabia. Most of their fresh water comes from desalinization plants or underground reservoirs.
What does OEOF stand for?
Office of Equal Opportunity and Fairness.
An American college student who says “that’s my jam” probably means:
This COUNTRY is the most linguistically diverse COUNTRY in the world. (Hint: It’s actually not in Africa.)
What is Papua, New Guinea? More than 820 languages (or 12 percent of the world’s total) are spoken in Papua New Guinea giving it the title of most linguistically diverse country in the world.
And, although English is its official language, only one to two percent of the population actually speak it.
Fortune cookies were first made in which of the following countries?
A: Japan
B: China
C: Singapore
D: America
Correct answer: (D) America
On what date does the observance of Ramadan in the US end this year?
Thursday, June 14, 2018.
48.68%
How many generations are there in U.S. workforce currently?
What is the language spoken by the largest number of people in the world?
With almost 1.2 billion native speakers, the language spoken by the most people in the world is Chinese. In fact, one in six people in the world speak Chinese!
What is one of the countries in which you would find shish kebob as an everyday food?
Turkey
What percentage of Brazilian's are Catholic?
Brazil is predominantly a Roman Catholic country with an estimated 65% of the population affiliated to the religion.
Which age bracket (e.g., 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, over 70) makes up the largest percentage of the Bureau's workforce?
30-39 (35.96%) then 40-49 (26.98%)
What percentage of the U.S. workforce is projected to be over 55 by 2024?
By 2024, about 25% of the workforce is projected to be over the age of 55.
The cry of the French Revolution was liberté, égalité, fraternité.
True or false: This is usually translated into English as liberty, egalitarianism, fatherhood.
False. The usual translation is liberty, equality, fraternity.
This slogan has been adopted by many freedom fighters in the 200-plus years since the French Revolution.
Which one of theses countries is renowned for chocolate?
Finland, Belgium, Argentina or Venezuela
Belgium
What year is designated as the International Year of Indigenous languages by the United Nations?
2019
What percentage of the Bureau's workforce self-identify as having a disability?
9.83%
What percentage of Americans are Millennials?
According to the U.S. Census, there are 83.5 million Millennials in the United States, and updated figures suggest that this number is even larger.
Millennials, whom we define as ages 20 to 35 in 2016, numbered 71 million.
In Jamaica, something that is irie is:
A. Illegal
B. Bad
C. Good or nice
C. Good or nice.
The term is often used in reggae music.
In what country is mung bean native?
India
If you had a 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) today conference call with a colleague in Geneva, what time would s/he have to join the meeting?
5:00 p.m. DC time
6:00 p.m. Geneva time.
What percentage of the Bureau's workforce self-identify based on ethnicity and race as a minority (e.g., Hispanic, Black, Asian, Two or more races, American Indian/Alaska Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander)?
39.21%
What was the number of Baby Boomers in the US population in 2016?
Baby Boomers (ages 52 to 70) numbered 74 million in 2016.