Miscellaneous
The word for a baby cat in English
What is a kitten?
What is the Star Spangled Banner?
The nickname of the US flag and anthem
A famous philosopher who developed a theory of language that focuses on "language games"
What is Ludwig Wittgenstein?
You answer me, but I never ask you questions. What am I?
What is a telephone?
Last weekend I went ____ a party.
The word for a baby bird in English
What is a chick?
What is the nickname of the metro system in London?
What is the Tube?
An ancient word for talking about the analysis and critical interpretation of important texts
What is exegesis?
I’m full of keys but I can’t open any door. What am I?
What is a piano?
The opposite of "le mauvais choix", in English
What is the right choice?
Say the number aloud in English: 9,475
Nine thousand, four hundred seventy five
Which country do the isles of Wight, Anglesey and Guernsey belong to?
What is England?
The field of linguistics known as the "study of signs"
What is semiotics?
I always run but never walk, often murmur but never talk, have a bed but never sleep, have a mouth but never eat. What am I?
What is a river?
What word could be correctly combined with all of the following: Interview, application, description
What is job?
What Americans call sneakers, the British call ________.
What percentage of people in the US do not speak English at home? A) 50% B) 16% C) 22% D) 43%
C) 22%
A theory of language which states that words can (and should) reflect the real world exactly?
What is a Mimetic theory of language?
I have a single eye but cannot see. What am I?
What is a needle?
The part of speech used to talk about the relationship between a noun and the other parts of its clause
What is a preposition?
What Americans call a truck, the British call a _______.
Lorry
What nationality are Kiwis?
What is New Zealand?
Norman Fairclough described two ways of exerting power. The first was through coercion, often using physical violence. The second was through the manufacture of __________, often using language.
What is consent?
I sit in a corner while travelling around the world. What am I?
What is a stamp?
The simple past tense of the verb "to catch". (spell it out!)
Caught