European Day of Languages10-minute Quiz – Years 9-13

26 September 2012

As a class, please answer all the questions on a bit of scrap paper. Write the name of the class and the teacher, mark your entry using the answers at the end of this slideshow, and pop it in Mr Berry’s pigeonhole.Good luck!

Lesson 1 starter

1. What would we say in English?

• Egészségedre!

• À tes souhaits!

• ¡Salud!

• Gesundheit!

2. In which country are up to 175 languages spoken, including the four below?

• Tagalog

• Spanish

• Bisaya

• Waray-Waray

3. Which is the odd one out?

• Jambo

• Buenos días

• Arrivederci

• Guten Tag

4. Which is the odd one out?

• Swahili

• Tagalog

• Shona

• Lingala

5. Which is the odd one out?

• Colombia

• Canada

• Rwanda

• Cameroon

6. Which is the odd one out?

• Frühstück

• petit déj

• dinner

• desayuno

7. Which is the odd one out?

• paella

• tortilla

• gazpacho

• ravioli

8. Which language is this?

ελληνικά• Bulgarian

• Serbian

• Russian

• Greek

9. Which language is this?

русский язык• Russian

• Polish

• Greek

• Hindi

10. Which language is this?

• Urdu

• Thai

• Mandarin

• Arabic

11. Which language is this?

• Arabic

• Hebrew

• Bengali

• Norse

12. What do all these mean in English?

• salaam

• pace

• shalom

• pokój

13. What would we say in English?

• Atā!

• Viso gero!

• Do widzenia

• Wiederschauen!

14. Tie-breaker: Can you name any of the European dishes on today’s DinerMite menu?

The answers:

1. Bless you!2. The Philippines3. Arrivederci (the others mean hello)

4. Tagalog (the others are African languages)5. Colombia (Spanish-speaking - the others use French/English)6. ‘dinner’ (the others mean breakfast)

7. ravioli (Italian - the others are Spanish dishes)

8. Greek9. Russian10. Mandarin11. Bengali12. Peace13. Goodbye!