Colloquium Quiz

Qu.6 How many words and phrases are there in the English language?

Qu.3 What are the names of the members of ABBA?

Qu. 7 How old is the YSJ Student Union building?

Qu.7 Lemurs are native to which island country?

Qu.12 In which of these countries do people shake their head to mean ‘yes’ and nod to mean ‘no’?

Are you ready for round three: linguistic trivia?

Qu.4 The bible is the most translated book, but which book comes second for having the most translations?

Qu. 8 When is the birthday of Chris Hall?

Qu.1 What does the English word “jentacular” mean?

Qu.8 How many people in the world can speak at least some English?

Qu. 8 Which of these is the name of a real road in York?

Qu. 12 What is the actual name of the song the "renegade dance" is performed to?

Are you ready for round three: general knowledge trivia?

Are you ready for round one: York trivia?

Qu. 14 Where is Jurgen from bakeoff from originally?

Qu.2: What was the Roman name for York?

Qu.5 Which of these is not a quote from Dwight Schrute on The Office?

Qu. 13 Who is this?

Qu.6 What is the purpose of this inner lower section of the road in Shambles?

Qu.10 English is the official language of how many countries?

Qu.13 How many scripts/alphabets does Japanese use?

Qu.2 What is Baby Yoda’s real name in The Mandalorian?

Qu.7 What is the most used word in English conversation?

Qu.14 What is the most-spoken language in the world?

Qu.3 Can you have an accent in sign language?

Qu.4 What is Bon Jovi’s real name?

Qu. 10 What is the collective noun for a group of unicorns?

Qu.4 Which Roman Emperor died in York in 306AD?

Qu.3: Which of these is NOT one of the four main "Bars" surrounding the city walls ?

Qu.9 What is the longest word in the English language?

Qu.2 Who said “How it is we have so much information, but know so little?”

Qu. 5 Why do many of the older buildings in York overhang the street so much?

Qu. 9 What sort of animal is a mountain chicken?

Qu.1 What is the name of Thor’s hammer?

Qu. 6 "The curse of babino" is a famous phrase in which sport?

Qu.5 In Indonesian “air” means what?

Qu. 9 which scene from Harry Potter was filmed in York?

Qu. 11 What is entomophobia?

Qu. 11 What's the linguistic theory that proposes ‘a persons language dictates their thoughts and experience of reality’

Qu. 15 which of these languages is related to Spanish the most?

Qu. 10 Which celebrity went to YSJ?

Qu. 15 Which of these options is not a game played on "squid games"