English Trivia

Place Names

100

The most common city name in the world is San Jose. About how many are there in the world?

a) 17

b) 170

c) 1700

d) 17,000

c) 1700

200

The shortest names of places in the world have only one letter. Which one of the following is not a name?

a) A

b) D

c) Y

d) Z

d) Z

(Å-a village in Scandinavia; D-a river in USA; Y-a village in France)

300

Which one is not a real name of a city in the USA?

a) Nike, Oregon

b) Hell, Michigan

c) No Name, Colorado

d) Chicken, Alaska

a) Nike, Oregon

400

Which country's capital starts with the letter "Z"? 

a) Switzerland

b) Romania

c) Turkey

d) Croatia

d) Croatia

(Zagreb is the name of the capital.)

500

The longest name of a place in the world is in __.

a) Mexico

b) Thailand

c) Brazil

d) Italy

b) Thailand

(The full ceremonial name of Bangkok, Thailand, with 168 letters is: Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahinthara Yuthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom Udomratchaniwet Mahasathan Amon Piman Awatan Sathit Sakkathattiya Witsanukam Prasit.)

Girl Names

100

The most popular girl's name over the past 100 years is __.

a) Linda

b) Jennifer

c) Mary

d) Olivia

c) Mary

200

Many girls' names come from flowers. Which one is not?

a) Azalea

b) Camilla

c) Marigold

d) All of the above come from flowers

d) All of the above come from flowers

300

According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the longest name given to a girl born in Texas 1984 was __ letters long.

a) 9

b) 19

c) 109

d) 1019

d) 1019

400

Which girl name means "all sweetness" in Greek?

a) Audrey

b) Pamela

c) Melody

d) Vivian

b) Pamela

500

Which girl name means "bee" in Hebrew?

a) Anna

b) Bella

c) Deborah

d) Sophia

c) Deborah

Boy Names

100

The most popular boy's name over the past 100 years is __.

a) Robert

b) John

c) Adam

d) Michael

d) Michael

200

Many boys' names  mean "ruler". Which one does not?

a) George

b) King

c) Henry

d) Richard

a) George

300

Which boy name comes from a Hebrew word meaning "strong"?

a) Adam

b) Ethan

c) Max

d) Joseph

b) Ethan

400

Which boy name comes German roots meaning "free man"?

a) Patrick

b) Gordon

c) Charles

d) Kevin

c) Charles

500

Which boy name comes from Old English meaning "wealth"?

a) Adolf

b) Edward

c) Frederick

d) Hubert

b) Edward

Double Letters

100

Which one is correct?

a) neccessary

b) neccesary

c) necessary

d) necesary

c) necessary

200

Which one is correct?

a) accommodation

b) accomodation

c) acommodation

d) acomodation

a) accommodation

300

Which one is correct?

a) embarrassed

b) embarrased

c) embarassed

d) embarased

a) embarrassed

400

Which is wrong?

a) possession

b) misspell

c) dissimilar

d) passtime

d) passtime

(CORRECT: pastime)

500

Which one is wrong?

a) annually

b) correlation

c) drunkenness

d) guarrantee

d) guarrantee

(CORRECT: guarantee)

Misspellings

100

Which of these words is misspelled? 

a) weird

b) neice

c) feisty

d) height

b) neice

(CORRECT: niece)

200

Which of these words is misspelled? 

a) awful

b) successful

c) greatful

d) lawful

c) greatful

(CORRECT: grateful)

300

Which of these words is misspelled?

a) desperate

b) height

c) catagory

d) argument 

c) catagory

(CORRECT: category)

400

Which of these words is misspelled? 

a) dumbbell

b) dilemma

c) tommorrow

d) millennium

c) tommorrow

(CORRECT: tomorrow)

500

Which of these words is misspelled? 

a) hierarchy

b) twelfth

c) parliament

d) bouyant

d) bouyant

(CORRECT: buoyant)