English Language
Grammar
Vocabulary
Culture/Literature
Guess
100
Which of the following words is of Germanic etymology?
a) regal
b) kingly
c) royal
b) kingly
100
Finish the following sentence:
I'm looking forward _______________ tomorrow.
to seeing, to meeting, to calling, etc.
100
What do you call the holes in your nose?
nostrils
100
Where did Changez go to with Erica and her friends after they had graduated from Princeton?
Greece
100
How heavy is a Great White Shark?
2268kg
200
How many countries have English as (one of their) official language(s)?
a) 53
b) 60
c) 67
c) 67
200
JOKER
JOKER
200
Fill the gap: It is called a _______ of fish.
a) pack
b) swarm
c) school
c) school
200
What's the name of the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist?
Mohsin Hamid
200
How many words are in Shakespeare's Hamlet? (His longest play.)
29'551 words
300
Joker
Joker
300
Fill the gap with the words in brackets:
I was sure that Kate ... (leave) by the time I arrived.
would have left
300
Name three homophones (they sound the same but don't mean the same) used in the English language.
bear vs. bare -> "look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities"
cell vs. sell
I vs. eye
flour vs. flower
wholes vs. hole
know vs. no
300
Explain how "othering" takes place in The Reluctant Fundamentalist.
After 9/11 -> Changez perceives that he is treated differently.
People "look down" on him. Treat him with suspicion. He is alienated, called names.
etc.
300
How many lines does the Old English epic poem Beowulf have?
3182 lines
400
What word is the most used word in the English language?
"the"
400
Explain the difference between a defining and non-defining relative clause.
-
400
Name three German loan words used in English.
Kindergarten/garden
Doppelganger
angst
autobahn
Schadenfreude
400
Look at the following quote from The Reluctant Fundamentalist
“It seems an obvious thing to say, but you should not imagine that we Pakistanis are all potential terrorists, just as we should not imagine that you Americans are all undercover assassins.”
Why is this quote important? What is it telling us?
Irony & subtext -> Changez might possibly be a potential terrorist, while the American listener might possibly be an undercover assassin.
400
Into how many languages was Harry Potter translated?
79 (incl. Ancient Greek, Jiddish, Latin, Afrikaans)
500
Translate the following Middle English passage of John of Trevisa (ca. 1385):
Englischmen þeyz hy hadde fram þe bygynnyng þre manner speche, Souþeron, Northeron, and Myddel speche in þe myddel of þe lond, ...
Although, from the beginning, Englishmen had three manners of speaking, southern, northern and midlands speech in the middle of the country, ..
500
When does one use passive reporting verbs?
to report feelings, beliefs, opinions and rumours -> especially in journalism or other contexts
When we don't know or don't want to say who made the statement.
500
What does TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA mean?
Fear of the number 13.
500
Give an interpretation of the name "Changez".
Changez -> has to do with French "change".
Changez -> Dschingis Kahn -> conquerer
500
How many elephants can be found in the Kruger National Park (estimate June 2021)?
13'050