English Language Facts Quiz

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English Language Facts Quiz

Test your knowledge about the fascinating world of the English language with our engaging quiz! Discover interesting facts, learn new things, and see how well you really understand English.

  • Explore over a dozen thought-provoking questions
  • Challenge yourself and your friends
  • Uncover surprising truths about words and language
13 Questions3 MinutesCreated by CuriousWordsmith42
A new word is added to the dictionary
every 2 hours
Every 2 days
Every 2 years
The shortest, oldest, and most commonly used word is ...
You
I
It
Believe it or not, there are some words that appeared in the dictionary because of printing errors. The nonexistent word “dord” appeared in the dictionary for eight years in the mid-20th century. It became known as a ...
€ghost word.”
"weird word."
"non-existent word."
There’s a name for words that we repeat often. They are called ...
Bad words
Crunch words
Crutch words
All pilots have to identify themselves and speak in English while flying, regardless of their origin, so English is called ....
The language of space
The language of the air
The language of international communication
The word “girl” was not initially used to refer to a specific gender. It used to mean ... (2 answers)
"child"
"helper"
"young person"
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious (*breath*) is ...... Word in English.
The longest
Is the strangest
Is not the longest
No language has more ...... that English.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Neologisms
The most common used letters in English are R, S, T, L, N, and ....
A
E
O
No word in the English language rhymes with ....
Month
Track
House
In approximately how many countries does the English language have official or special status?
10
15
35
75
Which country contains the largest English-speaking population in the world?
India
England
China
The USA
Roughly what proportion of the world's population is fluent or competent in English?
One person in 1,000
One person in 100
One person in 10
One in four
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