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The European Day of Languages

26th September
1
The European Day of Languages
has been celebrated every year
since……
A B
2005 1985
C D
1995 2001
2
In which EU country would
you eat ‘paella’?

A B
Spain Greece
C D
Germany Sweden
3
In which EU country would
you find the Mont Blanc?

A B
UK Denmark
C D
Finland France
4
Which EU country has super
highways called ‘Autobahn’?

A B
Italy Germany
C D
France Spain
5
How many living languages are
there estimated in the world
today?

A B
Around 6000 Around 3500
C D
Around 250 Around 500
6
Which one of these EU countries
has the smallest population?

A B
Belarus Malta
C D
Romania Hungary
7
How many stars are there on
the EU flag?

A B
20 12
C D
15 7
8
Which is the largest EU
country?

A B
France Poland
C D
Germany Spain
9
Which EU country has the
largest population?

A B
Italy France
C D
Germany Ireland
10
The smallest country in
Europe is ...?

A B
Malta Moldova
C D
Croatia Vatican City
11
 ‘Pinocchio’ is Italian for?

A B
Pine ears Pine nose
C D
Pine eyes Pine head
12
 The European Parliament is
based in three different cities,
excluding….

A B
Amsterdam Brussels
C D
Strasbourg Luxembourg
13
How many countries are
there in the EU?

A B
25 28
C D
22 36
14
Which is the country with the
highest number of languages
spoken on its territory?
A B
China Russia
C D
Japan Turkey
15
Which EU country is the most
visited in the world?

A B
UK Norway
C D
Spain France
16
Which European language gave us
the words ‘cookie’, ‘nitwit’ and
‘sleigh’?
A B
Norwegian Dutch
C D
Czech Finnish
17
 Only ... % of the world’s
population have English as their
mother tongue?
A B
4 50
C D
30 10
18
How many official languages
are spoken in the EU?

A B
2 24
C D
12 28
19
‘Fika’ in Swedish means…

A
B
shower with
kisses an idiot
C D
coffee-break feel hungry
20
Which of the following languages
is written from right to left?

A B
Japanese Maltese
C D
Arabic Chinese
21
Which one of these EU countries
did not adopt the euro as
currency?
A B
France Germany
C D
Denmark Belgium
22
When did Lithuania join the
EU?

A B
2001 2008
C D
2003 2004
23
‘Vino’ is the Spanish word for wine.
What word is used in Spanish to
define red wine?

A B
Rojo Tinto
C D
Roso Tantum
24
‘tietokone’ in Finnish literary means a
knowledge machine. What is it?

A B
TV Computer
C D
Mobile Radio
25
In which European country are
there twice as many pigs as
people?
A B
Sweden Austria
C D
Denmark Germany
26
How many words does the active
vocabulary of a person contain?

A B
50.000 9.000
C D
150.000 30.000
27
 “Κέντρον Ελληνικής
Γλώσσας” is written in…

A B
Greek Maltese
C D
Georgian Hungarian
28
 Thank you for
participating!

And the winner is……

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