Statistics for English Language Quiz

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This quiz has been taken 28 times
The average score is 16 of 26

Answer Stats

Hint	Answer	% Correct
Countries where English is the native language of the majority (excluding creoles)	United States	100%
Branch thereof	Germanic	86%
The three forms of the language that evolved over time	{Old} English	86%
Countries where English is the native language of the majority (excluding creoles)	Canada	81%
Countries where English is the native language of the majority (excluding creoles)	Ireland	81%
The three forms of the language that evolved over time	{Middle} English	81%
Countries where English is the native language of the majority (excluding creoles)	United Kingdom	81%
Countries where English is the native language of the majority (excluding creoles)	Australia	76%
Any country with more than 100 million non-native speakers of English	India \| Nigeria \| Pakistan	76%
Script	Latin	76%
The three forms of the language that evolved over time	{Modern} English	71%
Countries where English is the native language of the majority (excluding creoles)	New Zealand	71%
Poet regarded as the greatest writer in the English language	William Shakespeare	71%
Language family	Indo-European	67%
The majority of English's vocabulary comes from this other Indo-European branch, including French and Latin	Italic	67%
Dialects of English most commonly considered "standard"	Recieved Pronunciation	67%
The Germanic people English is named after	Angles	52%
Country where the above originated	Denmark	52%
Country with the best non-native speakers of English according to the EF English Proficiency index	Netherlands	48%
French dialect which most influenced the vocabulary of English	Anglo-Norman	43%
Dialects of English most commonly considered "standard"	General American	38%
Island where their language originated	Great Britain	38%
The only other extant language descended from Middle English, sometimes considered a dialect	Scots	38%
The main Indo-European branch spoken on the above before this	Celtic	33%
Poet called the father of English literature	Geoffrey Chaucer	33%
The largest vowel shift in English, influencing all dialects	Great Vowel Shift	29%