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Before the Angles and Saxons arrived in the British Isles, _________ languages were spoken in this region.

• Romantic

• Italic

• Celtic

• Gothic

The period of Old English is said to have ended in 1066, with the arrival of the __________, who brought with them a new vocabulary.

• Lombardi

• Normans

• Alsatians

• Scots

In grammar, English can have many 'moods'. Which is these is NOT a mood in English (but is a mood in other languages)?

• Subjunctive

• Indicative

• Dubitative

• Conditional

In Australian English, if someone is 'ropeable', it means that the person is __________.

• irritated and upset

• over excited

• anxious or worried

• ready to do a hard day of work

In New Zealand English, a pair of these is known as _________.

• slip ons

• flip flops

• jandals

• thongs

In English, the abbreviation 'lb.' represents the measurement of weight 'pound'. The abbreviation 'lb.' comes from the Latin term, __________.

• libra pondo

• libera banda

• librum bardum

• libelus abandus

The prefix 'pan-' in words like, pandemic, panorama, panacea, and pantheism comes from the _________, meaning 'all' or 'everyone'.

• Arabic

• Hebrew

• Latin

• Greek

In which year was the complete Oxford English Dictionary last released as a hard-copy version?

• 1997

• 1989

• 2016

• 2003

The letter þ in Old English was pronounced:

• 'th' as in Thursday

• 'dg' as in judge

• 'sh' as in ocean

• 'ch' as in church

The person almost single-handedly responsible for introducing the spelling conventions of American English was __________.

• Nicki Minaj

• Cardinal Richelieu

• Robert Merriam

• Noah Webster