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Miscommunications while travelling

Authored by Anna Iwaniuk

World Languages

9th - 12th Grade

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Miscommunications while travelling
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1.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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A volunteer enjoyed the fried noodles served with soup at an Asian restaurant and asked the waitress for their name.

Misunderstanding her accented response, he believed they were called “Kwan Chi noodles.”

What did the Asian waitress really said?

2.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A newcomer to the U.S. kept seeing “Ped Xing” on street signs and wondered who this famous Chinese person was, only to later realize it stood for "_________”.

3.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

In a small French town, a traveller, panicking while being lost, approached locals and asked, “Où est le choo-choo?” while mimicking a whistle. The amused locals directed them to the station. What station?

train

bus

underground

railway

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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In Japan, a tourist used the emoji, thinking it represented a high-five, only to learn it signifies prayer or ________ in Japanese culture

excuse

gratitude

apology

sorrow

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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In Boquete, Panama whilst attempting to buy jeans one tourist spent five minutes telling a store assistant about his desire to buy pants for horses (caballos) instead of men (__________) in his broken Spanish.

cavalleros

cabaleros

caballeros

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