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How Much Do You Know About English?

Answer these trivia questions about the English language.
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Last updated: June 9, 2019
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1. What language family does English belong to?
Romance ✓
Germanic ✓
Slavic ✓
2. What language did English directly derive from?
Vulgar Latin ✓
Vulgar Slavic ✓
Anglo-Frisian ✓
3. Approximately how many people speak English In the world?
1.5 billion ✓
500 million ✓
360 million ✓
4. How many sovereign countries have English as an official language?
55 ✓
102 ✓
75 ✓
5. In which of these countries is English NOT the official language?
The UK ✓
Australia ✓
The United States ✓
6. After the U.S. which country is home to the most English speakers?
India ✓
The U.K. ✓
Nigeria ✓
7. What percentage of countries in the world teach English?
50% ✓
100% ✓
80% ✓
8. How many English dialects are spoken in the U.S.?
10 ✓
24 ✓
50 ✓
9. How often is a new word is added to the dictionary?
Every month ✓
Every two hours ✓
Every day ✓
10. In its earliest known written record, the English alphabet had how many letters?
15 ✓
23 ✓
29 ✓
11. All people in the world who perform these jobs MUST speak some English.
Flight Attendants and Customs Agents ✓
Doctors and Nurses ✓
Air Traffic Controllers and Commercial Pilots ✓
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