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How Much Do You Know About English?

Answer these trivia questions about the English language.
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1. What language family does English belong to?
Romance
Slavic
Germanic
2. What language did English directly derive from?
Vulgar Latin
Anglo-Frisian
Vulgar Slavic
3. Approximately how many people speak English In the world?
500 million
1.5 billion
360 million
4. How many sovereign countries have English as an official language?
102
55
75
5. In which of these countries is English NOT the official language?
The United States
The UK
Australia
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?
80%
100%
50%
8. How many English dialects are spoken in the U.S.?
50
10
24
9. How often is a new word is added to the dictionary?
Every two hours
Every day
Every month
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.
Air Traffic Controllers and Commercial Pilots
Flight Attendants and Customs Agents
Doctors and Nurses
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