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1
Union Jack
is the flag of...
England
Ireland
Scotland
United Kingdom
2
How many words can we find in the 7-letter word
"therein"
without rearranging any letters?
10
3
7
5
3
What is the only planet in our solar system that’s not named after a god?
Mercury
Uranus
Earth
Neptune
4
Who laughs last,
laughs never
laughs always
laughs sometimes
laughs best
5
How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
26
25
27
24
6
The oldest word in English is the word
GOD
WHO
MAN
I
7
What's the name of the famous desert in the USA?
Sahara
Silicon Valley
Green Valley
Death Valley
8
Twenty-five times four equals...
19
29
100
140
9
More English words begin with the letter “.....” than any other letter of the alphabet.
S
E
C
A
10
Who is
logophile
?
Lover of logoes
Lover of words
11
How many bases are there on a baseball field?
2
3
5
4
12
If a magazine is printed weekly, it is printed...
Once every week
Every day of the week
Twice a week
Once a month
13
If you spell out every number from 0 to 999, you will find every vowel except
e
a
i
u
14
How many holes does a typical golf course feature?
18
21
16
12
15
The highest population of English native speakers live in...
Africa
United States
Great Britain
Australia
16
Scolionophobia
is a fear of...
insects
snakes
school
people
17
Country that produces more oxygen than any other is...
United States of America
Russia
Canada
China
18
''Dropping the gloves''
means ...
playing
fighting
training
19
The country with the most lakes in the world is ...
China
United States
Canada
Russia
20
The most common letter in English is ...
u
i
e
a
21
I love to eat...
Blueberries
Blackberries
Raspberries
Strawberries
22
What is
the least
used letter in the English language?
Z
Y
X
Q
23
Engish idiom
''BREAK A LEG''
means
be careful
I wish you to break your leg
have fun
good luck
24
The word that is most mispronounced in the English language is...
literature (You can download classic literature online).
thistle (Be careful not to step on the thistle.)
catastrophic (A catastrophic earthquake struck the city).
pronunciation (English pronunciation is difficult)
25
I honestly don't think I can come tonight as I'm feeling a little
under the weather
.
I feel upset.
I feel sick.
I am lazy.
I am cold.
26
How many people speak English as their first language?
about 200 millions
about 360 millions
about 530 millions
about 89 millions
27
What is the approximate number of words in English as measured by Harvard/Google study in 2010?
about 600 000 words
about 450 000 words
about 800 000 words
about 1 000 000 words
28
When Canadians say '
'loonie''
they mean ...
a character of Looney Tunes
a duck
one-dollar coin
29
English idiom
''the ball is in your court''
means
you won the game
it's your turn to play
you lost the game
it's your turn to make decision
30
Today, the weather is ....
Snowy
Sunny
Rainy
Gusty
31
The
adjective
most often used to qualify the noun 'heart' is ...
loving
happy
brave
broken
32
In what country were the 2010 Winter Olympic Games held?
CANADA
CHINA
USA
ENGLAND
33
How many new words appear in the English language every year? (Harvard/Google study, 2010)
20500 words
8500 words
3500 words
1500 words
34
The chess term
“checkmate”
comes from a 14th century Arabic phrase,
“shah mat”
, which means...
“the king is helpless”
“the king is dead”
“the king is in danger”
35
English idiom
''BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE''
means
to have the choice between two unpleasant options
to have many options
to be bankrupt
36
How many definitions of the English words are there in the Oxford English dictionary?
about 600 000
about 400 000
about 1 million
37
My mother's brother is my...
Father
Cousin
Uncle
Grandfather
38
What do Canadians mean when they ask for
¨double-double¨
?
coffee and chocolate
coffee with two measures of creams
coffe with two measures of cream and two measures of sugar
coffee with two measures of sugar
39
The French Tennis Open is played on what kind of surface?
hard court
clay court
carpet court
grass court
40
What is special about the following sentence?
‘The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog’.
It is nonsensical.
It has no spelling errors.
It uses every letter in the English alphabet.
It has no grammatical errors.
