The English language

Question 1

How many people spoke English at Shakespeare's time in the late 1500s?

Accepted Answer

6 million

Question 2

How many people have English as a first language (mother tongue)

Accepted Answer

Around 400 million

Question 3

Which of these is a British word?

Accepted Answer

colour

Question 4

More people have English as a second language than as a first language.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

Which of these is a British word?

Accepted Answer

lift

Question 6

Which of these is a British word?

Accepted Answer

biscuits

Question 7

Who invaded Britain around year 500?

Accepted Answer

Anglo-Saxons

Question 8

When did Shakespeare write most of his plays?

Accepted Answer

In the 1500s

Question 9

Which of these is a British word?

Accepted Answer

film

Question 10

What does lingua franca mean in Norwegian?

Accepted Answer

Fellesspråk

Question 11

Which of these is a British word?

Accepted Answer

theatre

Question 12

When did the American colonies for a union and become a nation?

Accepted Answer

1783

Questions 12