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Which of the following words does NOT rhyme? cleared, heard, beard, feared
Heard
100
True/False: Approximately 4,000 words are added to the English dictionary every year.
True!
100
The world's largest fish market is in what capital city? Tokyo, Japan Canberra, Australia Mexico City, Mexico Beijing, China
Tokyo, Japan
100
Pilots throughout the world must identify themselves in this language.
English
100
How many different alphabets are currently in use around the world? 39, 46, 58
46
200
Which word does not rhyme? aisle, I'll, ale, isle
ale
200
More words begin with this letter of the English alphabet than any other.
S
200
In the U.S., which is the most popular selling candy bar from a vending maching? Kit Kat Snickers Milky Way M & Ms
Snickers
200
How many different languages are spoken on the continent of Africa? 500 700 1000
1000
200
How many letters does the shortest alphabet have which is currently in use? 11, 13, 15
Bougainville is the largest island in the Solomons, a group of South Pacific islands North East of Australia. Some of the island natives use an alphabet of only 11 letters, the shortest alphabet on earth. This alphabet includes the same five vowels as our alphabet: a, e, i, o, and u.
300
Which word does NOT have the same /h/ sound? hour happy heir herb
happy
300
What is special about this sentence? The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog
It uses every letter in the alphabet.
300
Which of the following has NOT been on the menu of an international McDonalds. Phillipines:McDo; Australia:Kiwi Burger; India:McAloo Tiki Burger; England: McFish 'n' Chips
McFish 'n' Chips
300
The first alphabet was invented in: China, Japan, Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia
400
What is special about this word? pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis
It is the longest word in English is type of lung disease caused by inhaling ash and sand dust.
400
In what country was ice cream invented? Peru Spain The U.S. China
China
400
Put the following alphabets in order of useage today: Chinese, Arabic, Latin and Devanagari script (India)
2.6 billion people (36% of the world population) use the Latin alphabet, about 1.3 billion people (18%) use the Chinese script, about 1 billion people (14%) use the Devanagari script (India), about 1 billion people (14%) use the Arabic alphabet
500
Which word does NOT rhyme? though, through, although, thorough
through (sounds like threw)
500
What is special about this group of words? month, orange, silver or purple.
None of them have a word which rhymes.
500
Which country consumes the most turkey? Canada Israel U.S.A. France
Israel
500
The Khmer (Cambodia) alphabet has the most letters. How many does it have? 39, 52, 74
74