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Lost in Translation? Words Across Languages

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  • What do we call this insect in English?
    Mosquito
    Little fly
    Mosskeeto
    Mousse Quito
  • "Xocolatl" is a word from a dead ______ language.
    Aztec
    Swiss
    Mayan
    Atlantic
  • 'Lemon' is a word that is similar in various languages. Which language is it originally from?
    Sanskrit
    Urdu
    Arabic
  • Where does the name for this sauce originate from?
    China
    Italy
    France
    Germany
  • According to psycholinguists, there is only one word in existence that's the same in every language, and that word is _____.
    no
    final
    huh
    haha
  • "Banana" is a word that sounds very similar in many languages. Where is it originally from?
    Nigeria and Cameroon
    Minionia and Cartonia
    Scotland and Ireland
    Senegal and the Gambia
  • "Dollar" describes currency in many countries. Where is the word from?
    Ancient Egypt
    Ancient Rome
    The Czech Republic (Bohemia) in the XVI century
  • "Actual" means ________ in English.
    at the present moment
    real
  • Where is the word "karaoke" originally from?
    Japan
    Malaysia
    Korea
    China
  • Which language does the word "penguin" come from?
    Spanish
    Welsh
    Portuguese
    Icelandic
  • What country is the name for this kind of dance from? (Bonus point: how do you pronounce it, in English?)
    Spain
    France
    Italy
    Portugal
  • Name the languages in the correct order: Friday / Divendres / Sexta-feira / Freitag / Föstudag
    English / Catalan / Portuguese / German / Icelandic
    English / Portuguese / German / Catalan / Icelandic
    Icelandic / English / Catalan / Portuguese / German
  • таксі: What does this Ukrainian word mean? Is it very similar in multiple languages?
    taxi - yes
    car ride - yes
    car ride - no
    taxi - no
  • How much of the English language originates from Latin?
    70%
    50%
    30%
    10%