Orthography Jeopardy

Script Questions

100

_____ principle

rebus

200

What type of script writes consonants and vowels as distinct symbols?

alphabet

300

The Hebrew script is best described as _____.

an abjad

400

Changing writing direction every other line

boustrophedon

500

Writing was invented __ times

4 (possibly 5)

Rebus Principle

100

1

"i" before "e" except after "c"

200

2

economic growth

300

3

head over heels

400

4

scrambled eggs

500

5

miss a u-turn

Guess the Script Type

100

Οἱ δὲ Φοίνιϰες οὗτοι οἱ σὺν Κάδμῳ ἀπιϰόμενοι.. ἐσήγαγον διδασϰάλια ἐς τοὺς

Greek; alphabet

200

ყველა ადამიანი იბადება თავისუფალი და თანასწორი თავისი ღირსებითა და უფლებებით.

Georgian; alphabet

300

ቴሌቭዥን ማየት እና ቪዲዮ ጌም መቻወት ጥሩ እና መጥፎ ነዉ።

Amharic; abugida

400

മനുഷ്യരെല്ലാവരും തുല്യാവകാശങ്ങളോടും അന്തസ്സോടും സ്വാതന്ത്ര്യത്തോടുംകൂടി ജനിച്ചിട്ടുള്ളവരാണ്‌.

Malayalam; abugida

500

𒀀 𒈾 𒂍 𒀀 𒈾 𒍢 𒅕
𒆠 𒉈 𒈠
𒌝 𒈠 𒈾 𒀭 𒉌 𒈠
𒀀 𒉡 𒌑 𒈠 𒋫 𒀠 𒇷 𒆪

Cuneiform; logographic/syllabic

Chinese Logograph Meanings

100

一

"one" or "person"?

one

200

人

"rock" or "person"?

person

300

口

"mouth" or "sky"?

mouth

400

車

"car/cart" or "stove/grill"?

car/cart

500

山

"mountain" or "house"?

mountain

Give an Example

100

Alphabet

Roman alphabet, Greek alphabet, Cyrillic alphabet, etc.

200

Abugida

Devanagari, Javanese script, Tamil script, etc.

300

Logography

Chinese, Mayan, Hieroglyphics, etc.

400

Syllabary

Cherokee, Inuktitut, Japanese, etc.

500

Part syllabic, part morphographic

Mayan