ELTWeekly Issue #22, Quiz of the week

Hi all!

There are five questions in this week’s quiz. Answer them with the numbers 1-5. The answers will be displayed next week 🙂

Here are the questions:

1. How many words do you think there are in the English language?

a) 70,000    b) 170,000    c) 500,000    d) 2 million+

2. The following English words come from other languages. Can you guess which language they are borrowed from?

a) Tea    b) Coffee    c) Casserole    d) Potato    e) Shampoo

3. The American English word ‘zucchini’ means what in Standard English English?

a) leek    b) courgette    c) radish    d) spring onion    e) yam

4. Approximately how many languages are spoken in the world?

a) 1070      b) 1250     c)  2100    d) 2700     e) 3200

5. What percentage of the Internet is in English?

a) 55%     b) 69%    c) 86%    d) 92%    e) 95% .

NOTE: Please post your answers as comment.