1) In which country are there twice as many pigs as people? a) Germany b) Denmark c) Ireland d) Iceland 2) What is red wine in Spanish? a) vino tinto b) vino rojo c) vino roso d) vin rouge 3) Which of the following languages are written from right to left? a) Hebrew b) Maltese c) Japanese d) Arabic 4) Which country uses the internet code SE? (e.g. www.website.se) a) Switzerland b) Singapore c) Sweden d) Spain 5) Which is Italy's largest employer? a) Fiat b) Dolce & Gabbana? c) Alitalia d) Ferrari 6) To whom did Charles V say he spoke Spanish? a) God b) his wife c) his horse d) his butler 7) What percentage of UK companies is losing business because of language barriers? a) 20% b) 10% c) 40% d) 5% 8) How many clogs are produced in Holland each year? a) 50,000 b) 1 million c) 2 million d) 3 million 9) Which of the following languages spoken in Europe today is considered to be the oldest? a) Galician b) Basque c) Icelandic d) Greek 10) To which country does the adjective 'Lusitanian' refer to? a) Latvia b) Lithuania c) Poland d) Portugal 11) Vodka is the diminutive of the Russian word for: a) 'wine'? b) 'alcohol'? c) the river 'Volga'? d) 'water'? 12) Where does the word 'alphabet' come from? a) From Sanskrit b) From the first two letters of the Greek Alphabet c) From the name of the Greek god Alphaeus d) From the Egyptian word for 'writing' 13) From which language does the flower name 'tulip' come from? a) Latin b) Turkish c) German d) Dutch 14) Which of the following languages are written in the Cyrillic alphabet? a) Russian b) Finnish c) Georgian d) Bulgarian 15) Which stone helped in the deciphering of the hieroglyphs by European researchers? a) Napoleon's stone b) Babel stone c) Rosetta Stone d) Hieroglyphius 16) Who was the founder of Esperanto? a) Ferdinand de Saussure b) J. R. R. Tolkien c) Naom Chomsky d) Ludwig Lazarus Zamenhof 17) Which book is considered to be the world's oldest? a) The Koran b) Adam Bede's Historia c) The Epic of Gilgamesh d) Chanson de Roland 18) What is a reverse dictionary? a) A dictionary which starts with the letter 'z' and ends with the letter 'a' b) A dictionary listing words alphabetically from their last letter c) A dictionary which provides etymological information d) A dictionary which provides phonological information 19) In which of the following countries is German an official language? a) Liechtenstein b) Switzerland c) Austria d) Belgium e) Luxembourg f) The Netherlands 20) The official language of Azerbaijan is called? a) Azerbaijanian b) Azerbaigianic c) Azerban d) Azeri 21) Where is Aleut spoken? a) Alaska b) Siberia c) Norway d) Greenland 22) In which country is the language Cymraeg spoken? a) Ireland b) Scotland c) Wales d) Faroe Islands 23) Where do sign languages come from? a) They have been copied to the great apes living in Africa. b) They were invented by the French Abbé de l'Epée between 1760 and 1789 c) They have been created in the language laboratory from the Gallaudet University (USA) d) They emerged naturally where deaf people were gathered together and are present also in some indigenous populations

European Day of Languages Quiz 2024

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