THE EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES QUIZ No 1

No. 1 When was the European Day of Languages celebrated first? A) in 2001

NO. 2 How many living languages are there in the world? A) 2000 B)

No. 3 Which is the most widely used language in the world? A) Russian

No. 4 How many languages are spoken in Europe? A) 50 B) 70 C)

No. 5 Which is considered to be the oldest of the languages which are

No. 6 What alphabet do most European languages use? A) the Cyrillic alphabet B)

No. 7 Where does the word alphabet come from? A) From the first two

No. 10 Which language does the Germanic family include? A) English The correct answer

No. 11 Which language does the Romance family include? A) Russian The correct answer

No. 12 Which of the following languages belong to the Baltic language group? A)

No. 14 Which language does the Slavic family include? A) Bulgarian The correct answer

No. 17 From which language does the flower name tulip come from? A) Dutch

No. 18 The English word apple comes from A) The Greek god Appolo B)

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THE EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES QUIZ

No. 1 When was the European Day of Languages celebrated first? A) in 2001 B) in 2003 C) in 2005 The correct answer is: A) In 2001

NO. 2 How many living languages are there in the world? A) 2000 B) 4000 C) 6000 The correct answer is: C) 6000

No. 3 Which is the most widely used language in the world? A) Russian B) English C) Chinese The correct answer is: C) Chinese

No. 4 How many languages are spoken in Europe? A) 50 B) 70 C) 100 The correct answer is: B) 70

No. 5 Which is considered to be the oldest of the languages which are still spoken in Europe? A) Basque The correct answer is: B) Galician A) Basque C) Greek

No. 6 What alphabet do most European languages use? A) the Cyrillic alphabet B) the Greek alphabet C) the Latin Alphabet The correct answer is: C) the Latin Alphabet

No. 7 Where does the word alphabet come from? A) From the first two letters of the Greek alphabet C) from the name of the Greek god Alphaeus D) From the Egyptian word for writing The correct answer is: A) From the letters of the Greek alphabet alpha and beta

No. 10 Which language does the Germanic family include? A) English The correct answer is: B) French A) English C) Polish The Germanic family includes: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, Icelandic, German, Dutch, English, Yidish

No. 11 Which language does the Romance family include? A) Russian The correct answer is: B) Polish C) Italian The Romance family includes: Italian, French, Spanish, Portugese, Romanian

No. 12 Which of the following languages belong to the Baltic language group? A) Polish B) Latvian C) Lithuanian D) Finnish The correct answer is: B) Latvian C) Lithuanian

No. 14 Which language does the Slavic family include? A) Bulgarian The correct answer is: A) Bulgarian B) Icelandic The Slavic family includes: Russian, Ukrainian, C) Yidish Belorussian, Polish, Czech, Slovak, Slovenian, Serbian, Croatian, Macedonian, Bulgarian

No. 17 From which language does the flower name tulip come from? A) Dutch B) German The correct answer is: C) Turkish

No. 18 The English word apple comes from A) The Greek god Appolo B) Adam in the Bible C) the Italian town Abbela The correct answer is: C) the Italian town Abbela This town was known for its delicious apples.