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10

How many spoken languages are there in the world today?

* more than 7000


10

............................. is considered to be the first language spoken in outer space

* American English

*Russian 

*Chinese

*Russian

10

Which is the most translated document in the world?

The Bible. It is translated to 683 languages and parts of it has been translated to more than 3000 languages. 

10

What is a 'macaron'?

* spaggetti

* a dessert

A meringue based dessert which has been introduced in France in 1533 by the Italian chef of queen Catherine de Medici when she brought them with her upon marrying Henry II of France.

20

90% of the languages are spoken by less than

* 10.000 people

*100.000 people

* 50.000 people

100.000 people

Half of the population of the world speaks only 23 languages

20

Which writer has invented more than 1700 words?

* Shakespeare


20

Which is considered to be the 'love language'?

French

20

Languages around the world differ in how they use grammatical gender. Which of the following languages has three grammatical genders (masculine, feminine, and neuter)?

A) Spanish
B) French
C) German
D) Chinese

30

According to UNESCO 

* 23%

*65%

*43%

of the languages spoken in the world are endangered

*43%

30

'Elvish' is a fake language created for 

*Star Trek

* Lord of the rings

*Harry Potter

*Lord of the rings

There are more than 200 fake languages created for literature and cinema

30

Which language is considered the most difficult to learn?

The Mandarin Chinese, due to the lack of an alphabet. They have symbols instead and it is estimated that the average Chinese local knows more than 8000 symbols while you have to know more than 3000 symbols to read a newspaper. 

30

Can you name 3 non-European languages that are widely spoken in Europe?

* Chinese

* Indian 

*Arabic

each one of them with their own writing system

40

About 

*8%

*12% 

*18%

of the English vocabulary, mainly technical and scientific terms derives from Greek.

* 12%

40

Which is the only European language in the Afro-Asiatic family?

*Basque 

* Maltese

* Spanish


* Maltese

40

Which was the first language to be printed?

* German

40

 The English word “alphabet” comes from the first two letters of the ........................ alphabet 

*Greek 

alpha and beta

50

About 30% of the English words come from .......

*French

* German

*Greek

* French

50

Paulo Coelho’s 'The Alchemist' holds the Guinness World Record for the most translated book by a living author. it has been translated in.....

*50

*30

*80 languages

* 80 

and it has been distributed in 170 countries

50

Which country has got the second highest number of Spanish speakers?

* Mexico

* Spain 

* the USA


* The USA, coming second after Mexico

50

The language of 'La Gomera' spoken off the coast of Spain consists entirely of...........

* whistles