INVADERS
Who invaded Britain in AD 43?
The Romans
What Anglo-Saxon words mean genders of people?
Man, woman
Who wrote 38 plays and made up 2,000 words?
Shakespeare
Who came from Germany (Angles, Saxons, Jutes)?
The Anglo-Saxons
What French words did nobles use for meat?
Beef and mutton
Who made the American dictionary?
Noah Webster
Who came around AD 800 and gave us 2,000 words?
The Vikings
What language gave us "safari"?
African, Swahili
What 20th-century invention gave us "blog" and "tweet"?
The internet
Who won the Battle of Hastings and became king?
William the Conqueror
What is "closet" in British English?
Wardrobe
What language did the nobles speak after 1066?
French
Who brought Latin back to Britain with religion?
Christian monks
What Australian word means a throwing stick which always comes back?
Boomerang
How many native English speakers are there?
375 million