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Fun English Trivia

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  • Roughly what proportion of the world's population is fluent or competent in English?
    One in four
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  • Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world?
    India
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  • In approximately how many countries does the English language have official or special status?
    75
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  • Which of the following is probably the most widely used English word throughout the world?
    Okay
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  • How many words are in the lexicon of Basic English?
    850
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  • The English language is conventionally divided into three historical periods. In which of these periods did William Shakespeare write his plays?
    Middle English
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  • Which of the following is the longest word that appears in a play by William Shakespeare?
    Honorificabilitudinitatibus
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  • An acronym is a word formed from the initial letters of a name. An eponym is a word derived from the proper name of a person or place. What term is used for a word that's derived from the same root as another word?
    Paronym
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  • What is the present participle form of hunt?
    Hunting
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  • What literary term means a word that has a similar meaning to another word?
    Synonym
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  • The word "hotel" originated in which language?
    French
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  • What is the meaning of the prefix geo?
    Earth
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  • What is the word for a second-year student in high school or college?
    Sophomore
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  • S'agapo means "I Love You" in which language?
    Greek
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  • What punctuation mark ends an imperative sentence?
    A Period Or Exclamation Point
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  • What does "minuscule" mean?
    Very Small
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