World Language General Knowledge #1 - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What is the English translation of the Spanish word "amigo"?	Friend	99%
Which country has 11 official languages including English, Afrikaans, and Xhosa?	South Africa	93%
What variety of Chinese is most commonly spoken in Hong Kong?	Cantonese	78%
What is the French word for "French"?	Français	78%
What archaic English word was a familiar form of the word "you"?	Thee or Thou	74%
What language does the word "algebra" come from?	Arabic	73%
Which Central American country has English as an official language?	Belize	66%
What alphabet does the Russian language use?	Cyrillic	66%
What is the term for a language derived from Latin?	{Romance} Language	66%
What capital city has a name that means "Fair Winds" in Spanish?	Buenos Aires	63%
What is another name for the Farsi language?	Persian	63%
What is the official language of Angola and East Timor?	Portuguese	59%
What is the English translation of the German word "Schwein"?	Pig	58%
What is the official language of Bangladesh?	Bengali	57%
Which country has 36 official languages, including Spanish, Quechua, Aymara, and Chiquitano?	Bolivia	55%
What written language was deciphered by using the Rosetta Stone?	Egyptian Hieroglyphs	55%
Which common European language has 32 letters including Ł and Ż?	Polish	55%
What is the study of languages called?	Linguistics	51%
In what language were the most important Hindu texts written?	Sanskrit	51%
Among languages that were deliberately invented, which one has the most speakers?	Esperanto	47%

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