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Quizzes Created: 424 | Total Attempts: 1,019,578
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1.

In ancient times, the Roman Colosseum was used for what types of events?

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Answer: Sports And Entertainment
2.

What do you call a piece of land covered with bushes and trees?

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Answer: Forest
3.

Which land form is not always located near water?

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Answer: Plain
4.

Britain's Stonehenge is called a megalith because it is made of what?

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Answer: Giant Rocks
5.

What do you call the people in your family that lived before you?

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Answer: Ancestors
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What famous Italian landmark is known for not standing up straight?

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Answer: Leaning Tower Of Pisa
7.

What's the term used for items found in nature that have value in commerce?

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Answer: Natural Resources
8.

Which of the following is not a natural resource?

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Answer: Paper
9.

In Germany, what fruit would you use to make applesauce?

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Answer: Apfel
10.

What would you most likely find in a French person's "estomac"?

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Answer: Dinner
11.

A popular German drink is beer, known to German people as what?

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Answer: Bier
12.

"Neuf", "nueve" and "neun" are all ways of saying which number?

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Answer: Nine
13.

Where would you find a Russian "cosmonaut" at work?

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Answer: In Space
14.

What might an English speaker call the people the French refer to as "mere" and "pere"?

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Answer: Mother And Father
15.

A British one-story "flat" is what kind of home?

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Answer: Apartment
16.

In what French building would you see the latest "Harry Potter" movie?

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Answer: Le Cinema
17.

The French word "encore" may be translated as what English word?

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Answer: Again
18.

In a Spanish household "el padre y la madre" are parents to whom?

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Answer: Los Ninos
19.

"Ambulance" is French for a mobile version of what?

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Answer: Hospital
20.

If you are feeling ill, what Spanish professional would you call?

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Answer: El Medico
21.

What type of clothing would a Spanish speaker wear on top of "la cabeza"?

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Answer: A Hat
22.

"Azul", "rojo" and "verde" are Spanish words for what?

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Answer: Colors
23.

When seen in restaurants, the popular French phrase "a la carte" means what?

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Answer: On The Menu
24.

In what part of your body would you find what is known in Spain as "el cerebro"?

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Answer: The Skull
25.

If you don't buy a Spanish item because it is "muy cara", what is it?

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Answer: Very Expensive
26.

On the Spanish calendar, what comes right before "Junio, Julio y Agosto"?

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Answer: Mayo
27.

The unarmed Japanese fighting style, karate, gets its name from what phrase?

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Answer: Empty Hand
28.

What of these words is not a color used to describe grass?

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Answer: Rojo
29.

Which of these would be the main ingredient in a green "ensalada"?

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Answer: Lettuce
30.

A Spanish shirt, drink or pizza described as "grande" is what size?

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Answer: Large
31.

A French biscuit is what sugary, often-round desert?

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Answer: A Cookie
32.

In France, what month follows "Mars"?

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Answer: Avril
33.

In France, "lunettes de soleil" protect your eyes from what?

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Answer: The Sun
34.

What is the English name for the man French kids call "Papa Noel"?

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Answer: Santa Claus
35.

Which of the following would you say when leaving a late-night Spanish event?

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Answer: Buenos Noches
36.

Which French meal occurs latest in the day?

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Answer: Le Diner
37.

If a German cat is "unter" a table, where is it?

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Answer: Under It
38.

"Le hors d'oeuvre" is the French term for what pre-meal item?

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Answer: Appetizer
39.

Which prayer-ending word comes for the Hebrew for "so be it"?

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Answer: Amen
40.

"Un bain et un lavabo" are found in what room in a French home?

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Answer: Bathroom
41.

What is the English translation for the Spanish "no hay problema"?

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Answer: No Problem
42.

From what language did we get the word "ballet"?

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Answer: French
43.

"Mais" and "maize" are other languages' ways of referring to what cobbed vegetable?

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Answer: Corn
44.

Which of these numbers is the largest?

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Answer: Quatre
45.

What pasta got its name from the Italian for "little strings"?

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Answer: Spaghetti
46.

In what Spanish building would you find people lifting weights?

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Answer: El Gimnasio
47.

"Huevos" is the Spanish name for what common breakfast food?

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Answer: Eggs
48.

If you add "tres" and "ocho", what do you end up with?

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Answer: Once
49.

A French male "fiance" or female "fiancee" is one who is about to do what?

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Answer: Marry
50.

"Peras", "platanos" and "uvas" are all Spanish names for members of what food group?

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Answer: Las Frutas
51.

The most commonly spoken German pronoun, "ich", means what?

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Answer: I
52.

Who would bring you your dinner in a French "restaurante"?

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Answer: Un Serveur
53.

"Liber", the Latin word from which "liberate" and "liberty" are derived, means what?

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Answer: Free
54.

What's the American equivalent of a British barrister or solicitor?

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Answer: Lawyer
55.

In what setting would you find a French "professeur" and their "etudiantes"?

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Answer: Classroom
56.

Urb, the Latin word for "city", is the root of what English word?

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Answer: Urban
57.

If you are having German "tomatensuppe" with your grilled cheese, what are you eating?

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Answer: Tomato Soup
58.

In the Spanish version of the fairy tale, how many little pigs were harassed by the big, bad wolf?

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Answer: Tres
59.

"Terra", the Latin root of "terrain" and "territory", means what?

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Answer: Earth
60.

What Italian word for "master" is often used for a conductor or music teacher?

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Answer: Maestro
61.

If an Australian tells you "that's not my bowl of rice", what is he saying?

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Answer: I Don't Like That
62.

If the French say it's "humide" outside, how does the air feel?

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Answer: Damp
63.

If a German person says "Guten morgen", what time of day could it be?

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Answer: 11AM
64.

What types of merchandise would you find at a Spanish "paperaria"?

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Answer: Pens And Paper
65.

"Danke" is the German word for what expression of gratitude?

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Answer: Thank You
66.

Which word do we get for the Italian for "broken banker's lenders' table"?

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Answer: Bankrupt
67.

Which Afrikaans word, meaning "small", is used to describe a skinny person?

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Answer: Slim
68.

What colors is the dog the Spanish call "El dalmata"?

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Answer: Black And White
69.

If you want to leave a French house, what do you need to open?

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Answer: La Porte
70.

Many people add sugar and milk or cream to what German drink?

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Answer: Kaffee
71.

What number comes immediately after "cero, uno, dos, tres, cuatro"?

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Answer: Cinco
72.

In Spanish, "agua" is water and "leche" is milk; what is "jugo"?

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Answer: Juice
73.

In French, if "moi" means "me" and "tu" means "you", what does "nous" mean?

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Answer: We
74.

What is the Spanish word for the color blue?

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Answer: Azul
75.

"Ringing up" someone in London requires the use of what?

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Answer: A Telephone
76.

If you wanted to light a French room, what would you turn on?

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Answer: Une Lampe
77.

"Siete" is the Spanish number of what?

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Answer: Days In A Week
78.

"El gato Siames" is what kind of family pet?

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Answer: Siamese Cat
79.

What Tahitian word is defined as "marks made on skin"?

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Answer: Tattoo
80.

Two slices of German "brot" are used to make what lunchtime staple?

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Answer: Sandwich
81.

What word means the same as the French "souvenir"?

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Answer: Keepsake
82.

If you gave a French birthday girl "la carte et le cadeau", what did you give?

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Answer: A Card And Gift
83.

The Italian dried flour paste used in cooking gave its name to what food?

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Answer: Pasta
84.

What fruit can be described as "poupre", "violett" or "morado"?

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Answer: A Grape
85.

Which of these tasks does a Spanish "secretario" not do at work?

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Answer: Laundry
86.

What is the meaning of the French phrase "bon voyage"?

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Answer: Have A Good Trip
87.

Looking at "sombreros" in a "sombrereria" means you are in the market for what item?

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Answer: A Hat
88.

If, in Spanish, someone says "Gracias", what is the correct response?

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Answer: De Nada
89.

What is the meaning of the Latin "pes", from which we get "pedestrian" and "pedal"?

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Answer: Foot
90.

If your car's engine is overheating, who should you call?

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Answer: El Mecanico
91.

Which of these does the British and Australian term "bloke" describe?

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Answer: A Man
92.

By what slang word do the British refer to people from the United States?

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Answer: Yankee
93.

If you have a pain in "la dent" or "el diente", who should you go see?

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Answer: The Dentist
94.

A British "Give-Way" road sign is equal to what triangular American sign?

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Answer: Yield
95.

The Latin word "minor", the root of "minority", means what?

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Answer: Less
96.

The Italian word "bank" refers to a table belonging to whom?

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Answer: A Money Lender
97.

"Kindergarten", from the German, translates as what?

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Answer: Children's Garden
98.

"Tres" is French for what English modifier?

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Answer: Very
99.

Where would you not wear a Spanish "biquini"?

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Answer: Mountains
100.

A Spanish calendar features how many months in a year?

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Answer: Doce
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