Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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What is English for "Amigo"? | Friend | 99%
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What country has 11 offficial languages including English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa? | South Africa | 93%
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What is French for "French"? | Français | 79%
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What variety of Chinese is most commonly spoken in Hong Kong? | Cantonese | 76%
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What archaic English word was a familiar form of the word "you"? | Thee or Thou | 72%
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What language does the word "algebra" come from? | Arabic | 71%
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Which Central American country has English as an official language? | Belize | 66%
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What is the term for a language derived from Latin? | {Romance} Language | 62%
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What alphabet does the Russian language use? | Cyrillic | 62%
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What capital city has a name that means "Fair Winds" in Spanish? | Buenos Aires | 61%
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What is another name for the Farsi language? | Persian | 60%
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What is the English translation of the German word "Schwein"? | Pig | 59%
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What is the official language of Angola and East Timor? | Portuguese | 55%
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What written language was deciphered by using the Rosetta Stone? | Egyptian Hieroglyphs | 55%
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What is the official language of Bangladesh? | Bengali | 52%
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What is the study of languages called? | Linguistics | 51%
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In what language were the most important Hindu texts written? | Sanskrit | 50%
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What country has 36 official languages, including Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, and Chiquitano? | Bolivia | 50%
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Among languages that were deliberately invented, which one has the most speakers? | Esperanto | 47%
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What is "nueve" plus "once"? | Veinte | 47%
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