ADV 2 UNIT 6 BITS OF CULTURE

Which weekdays were originally called "day of the Sun" (Sunnadaeg) and "day of the Moon" (Monandaeg) in old English? Select two answers.

• Sunday and Monday

• Monday and Tuesday

• Saturday and Sunday

• Thursday and Tuesday

The first ever recorded register of English is a long poem written in old English telling....

• the tale of a group of pilgrims as they go on a journey from London to Canterbury.

• the saga of a Danish warrior king named Beowulf

• the tragic story of Hamlet, prince of Denmark

• None of them

The English languge is the language with the most words, witth approximately...

• a quarter of a million words

• two million words

• a hundred thousand words

French fries got their name because...

• American soldiers named the dish French even though it was Belgium

• this form of eating potatos originated in France

• they were the favorite dish of French King Louis XV

Most conversations in English take part between...

• two native speakers of the language

• a native speaker and a non-native speaker of the language

• two non-native speakers of the language

Only two modern English wordsend in "-gry". What are they?

(a)  

Only one planet in the solar system is not named after a God. Which is it?

• Earth

• Pluto

• Mars

• Jupiter

What is special about these words: civic, radar, level and racecar?

• they are palidromes. You can spell them the same backwords.

• they are polissemic. They have more than one meaning.

• they cognates. They have the same spelling but different meaning in Portuguese.