Facts about the English Language | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

The average English speaker knows between: a. 2 000 and 3 000 b. 20 000 and 30 000 c. 200 000 and 300 000 words

Between 20 000 and 30 000 words

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True or false: Only 2 modern English words end in '-gry'.

True.

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26 letters in the English alphabet make up 40 / 44 / 52 individual sounds.

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banana

Go to last place!

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magnet

Take 10 points!

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shark

Other team loses 25 points!

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lifesaver

Give 5 points!

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Which is the most commonly used letter in English: a / e / o / i ?

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baam

Lose 20 points!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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rocket

Go to first place!

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thief

Give points!

seesaw

Swap points!

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shark

Other team loses 20 points!

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fairy

Take points!

thief

Give points!

If you write out all the numbers , you will not use the letter '?' until the word 'billion'. You can also spell every number up to '1000' without using the letter '?'

'b', 'a'

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Which word originated in 1839 as a funny abbreviation of 'oll korrect'?

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How many ways to spell the sound [i:] are there in this sentence: 'He believed Caesar could see people seizing the seas.' ?

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Today's English is a mixing of: a. French and Old English b. Ancient Egyptian and Greek

a. French and Old English

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English is the official language of the air. What does it mean?

It means it's the official language of airplane travel. All pilots and other air workers are required to pass a test in English.

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True of false: English used to have 27 letters instead of the current 26.

True

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A new English word is added to the dictionary every two years / two months / two hours.

Every two hours - 4000 new words are added to the dictionary every year.

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Into what type of English were Harry Potter books translated?

From British English into American English

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How many words did Shakespeare add to the English language: over 50 / 150 / 1500?

Over 1500

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