Language quiz

How many languages are there in the world?

• 70

• 700

• 7,000

• 70,000

What is the most spoken language in Europe?

• German

• French

• Spanish

• Italian

• Irish

Answer explanation

There are 97,000,000 German speakers in Europe, followed by French with 71,500,000

... of the world population is bilingual or plurilingual.

• 1/4

• 1/3

• 1/2

• 2/3

What is the language official language in use in all three of the cities that are political centres of the Union: Brussels, Belgium; Strasbourg?

• German

• French

• Spanish

• Irish

How many people speak Irish in the world?

• 102,000

• 302,000

• 502,000

• 1.2 million

Lukaku (football player) speaks...

• French, Dutch, Irish, Spanish and Italian

• French, Dutch, Irish, Spanish and German

• French, Dutch, German, Spanish and Italian

• Portuguese, Dutch, Irish, Spanish and Italian

Answer explanation

Lukaku actually speaks 7 languages! French, Dutch, Irish, Spanish, Italian, Lingala and English

... speaks French, English and Japanese.

What are the three working languages of the EU?

• French, English, Irish

• English, Spanish, French

• German, English, Spanish

• French, German, English

What language is this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXF1Si3LEEU

Answer explanation

French! It won several prizes at the music awards ceremony called Les Victoires de la Musique in 2023.

In what language is this song?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QhyYngmW0I&t=19s

Answer explanation

Italian!