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European Day of Languages Quiz

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    European Languages
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  • The "Silbo Language" is an ancient language, which is still taught in schools in La Gomera in Spain. What does it involve? Hand gestures, dancing or whistling?
    Whistling
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  • What was the first language spoken in outer space?
    Russian
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  • How many fake languages have been created for literature and film? Around 50, 100, 150 or 200+?
    200+
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  • What percentage of the European population is bilingual?
    More than 50%
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  • What percentage of Portuguese speakers live in Portugal? 5%, 15%, 50%, 85%?
    5%
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  • What does the Italian word "latte" mean?
    milk
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  • When you shake your head in Albanian, Greek, Turkish or Bulgarian, what does it mean?
    YES!
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  • How many genders does Turkish have?
    None
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  • Name a language which gives capital letters to all nouns. (There are only two in the world!)
    German and Luxembourgish
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  • What is Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia?
    Fear of long words!
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  • What was the first language to be printed?
    German
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  • Which language has two question marks for questions, one at the start and one at the end?
    Spanish
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  • How many languages are spoken in London?
    More than 300
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  • Where is Manx spoken?
    The Isle of Man
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  • What was the offical language of England for over 300 years between the Norman Conquest and the end of the 14th century?
    French
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