Here are a few questions to
test your knowledge of
different languages from
around the world….
1. What is the Latin word for ‘chicken’?
a.
b.
c.
d.
ovus
chicus
pullus
eggus
2. If I asked for ‘brechdan a chaws’ in
Welsh, what would I get?
a.
b.
c.
d.
sandwich with cheese
chips and beans
chewy bread
bananas and chips
3. What does this Spanish proverb mean?
‘Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento
volando.’
a. a stitch in time saves nine
b. birds of a feather flock together
c. a bird in the hand is worth two in the
bush
d. it’s a small world
4. How do you say the number ‘one’ in
Turkish?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Iki
Bir
Üç
Dört
5. How do you say ‘cold’ in Scottish
Gaelic?
a.
b.
c.
d.
chan
againn
fuar
orm
6. How do Italians express the idiom
‘to hear a pin drop’?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Sentire volare una mosca
Non fare male a una mosca
Saltare la mosca al naso
Una mosca bianca
7. What does ‘Hoe laat is dit’ mean in
Afrikaans?
a.
b.
c.
d.
How is the weather?
Am I late?
What is the time?
Do you like my tie?
8. What is the Japanese word for ‘bird’?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Tori
Yagi
Tora
Uma
9. Which of the Hogwarts houses was
changed to ‘Poufsouffle’ in the French
translation of the Harry Potter books?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Gryffindor
Hufflepuff
Ravenclaw
Slytherin
10. What is the Māori name for the
stomach?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Puku
Toto
Niho
Upoko