HISTORY OF ENGLISH QUIZ | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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How do you call the language English has derived from?

Proto Germanic

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Which stage is also known as Elizabethan English?

Early Modern English

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What period was Hadrian's Wall built in?

Old English

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What period is Geoffrey Chaucer's "Cantebury Tales" an example of?

Middle English

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During the Middle English period many words were borrowed from which two languages?

Latin and French

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Which Tudor monarch is known for her long and prosperous reign often referred to as the "Golden Age"

Queen Elizabeth I

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How many sounds are there in English?

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What significant work was published in 1755 that had a significant impact on Englsih language usage?

"A Dictionary of the English Language" by Samuel Johnson. This comprehensive dictionary, often referred to as "Johnson's Dictionary," was a milestone in the de

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Who built Hadrian's Wall?

The Romans

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What's the name of the stage which started with the Roman Invasion?

Old English

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What language was spoken by aristocracy during the period of Middle English?

French

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What was the language spoken by the different tribes descended by the Celtic culture?

Common Britonic

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What major event had a profound impact on the English language during the Middle English period?

The Norman Conquest of 1066

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