The Big Quiz On Language Origins
15 Questions
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Questions and Answers
- 1.Ironically enough, the word "mistress" originally comes from the French for what?
- A.
Male
- B.
Harmony
- C.
Follower
- D.
Bride
- 2.The word "lobster" takes its name from the Latin for which insect?
- A.
Locust
- B.
Beetle
- C.
Moth
- D.
Ant
- 3.The word "light" comes from the Latin word for which celestial body?
- A.
Sun
- B.
Moon
- C.
Planet
- D.
Star
- 4.The word "hazard" comes from an Arabic term for what?
- A.
Drum
- B.
Dice
- C.
Demon
- D.
Disaster
- 5.The word "chocolate" originally stems from the language of which civilization?
- A.
Incas
- B.
Olmec
- C.
Mayans
- D.
Aztecs
- 6.What is the general term for an impairment in language ability?
- A.
Agnosia
- B.
Apraxia
- C.
Ataxia
- D.
Aphasia
- 7.William Jones is most famous for discovering the relation between Latin and which language?
- A.
English
- B.
Greek
- C.
Hebrew
- D.
Sanskrit
- 8."Pulling my leg" and "keep an eye out" are examples of which literary device?
- A.
Idiom
- B.
Synecdoche
- C.
Simile
- D.
Allusion
- 9.Which linguist created Esperanto?
- A.
L.L. Zamenhof
- B.
Petro Stojan
- C.
Charles Kay Ogden
- D.
George Dalgarno
- 10.Walloon is a language spoken widely in parts of which country?
- A.
Belgium
- B.
Norway
- C.
Wales
- D.
Australia
- 11.Afrikaans is an official language of which country?
- A.
Namibia
- B.
Kenya
- C.
Nigeria
- D.
South Africa
- 12.As of 2012, which part of Canada recognizes Inuktitut and Inuvialuktun as official languages?
- A.
Yukon Territory
- B.
Labrador
- C.
Northwest Territories
- D.
Nunavut
- 13.As of 2012, the official languages of Israel are Hebrew and which other language?
- A.
German
- B.
English
- C.
Aramaic
- D.
Arabic
- 14.Undeciphered as of 2012, the writing system known as Linear A was used on which island?
- A.
Great Britain
- B.
Crete
- C.
Sicily
- D.
Madagascar
- 15.Which of the following scripts is not part of the modern Japanese writing system?
- A.
Katakana
- B.
Hanja
- C.
Kanji
- D.
Hiragana
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