Vikings
Foreign influences
A World Language
Vocabulary
Colonies
100

The way the Vikings travelled to England. 

What is by boat?

100

This people gave England words like church and window

Who were the Vikings?

100

The continent that gave us OK and teenager. And of course McDonalds and superhero movies. 

What is North America?

100

The meat from pigs. 

What is pork?
100

This unique Australian marsupial is famous for its pouch and ability to hop at high speeds. 

What is a kangaroo?

200

This is where the Vikings came from. 

What is Scandinavia?

200

This people occupied England in 43 AD and provided words such as animal and pedestrian

Who were the Romans?

200

Between 1788 and 1868 more than 162,000 convicts were transported to this country. 

What is Australia?

200

The meat from calves. 

What is veal?

200

This country, famous for its pyramids, was once occupied and under British control.

What is Egypt?

300

The name of the Vikings' language. 

What is Old Norse?

300

When colonizing the world, the British language was expanded by words like pyjamas and tea. What colony did pyjamas come from?

What is India?

300

The number of countries that have English as an official language. 

What is more than 50?

300

Words with a latin base, such as animal, civil and village came from this people. 

What are the Romans?

300

The British East India Company had a major role in this country, which is famous for Bollywood movies.

What is India?

400

The century when Vikings landed in England. 

What is the 8th century?

400

The people who lived there before England was a country. They built Stonehenge and their language is still spoken in Wales, Ireland and Scotland. 

Who were the Celts?

400

The Swedish language is estimated to have 80,000 words in use. How many are there in the English language?

100,000
170,000
190,000

What is 170,000?

400

The language of the aristocracy. 

What is French?
400

This place was given back to China in 1997 after being leased to Britain for 99 years.

What is Hong Kong?

500
Viking words that are still in use today in English. 

What is...

anger, bag, church, cut, egg, knife, ill, law, take, their, them, they, window, wrong, ugly...?

500

The year that William the Conqueror invaded England. Plus provided words such as curious and pork

What is 1066?

500

Anagrams: cat - act, peach- cheap, inch - chin

The author's name that's hidden in this anagram: 

I am a weakish speller

Who was William Shakespeare?

500

One of the tribes that invaded England around 410 AD. 

What are the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes?

500

The century that Captain John Smith founded the first permanent English colony at Jamestown in Virginia.

What is the 17th century?