Weird English Quiz

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Weird English Quiz

Our lesson goal for today:

Have a little English fun together !

What is this:

"Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch"

1. A character from Lord of the Rings
2. An actual place where people live
3. The noise you make when you're choking
4. You just hit your head on your laptop keyboard

Queen Elizabeth
the second lived to be ...... ?

1. eighty-three
2. one hundred and twenty-nine
3. ninety-six
4. only fifty-one, but under a lot of stress

Born in 1926, Queen Elizabeth II
 was  queen from 1952 till 2022! 

This is Queen Elizabeth I

She was queen from

1558 - 1603

(which is why this

is a painting and 

not a photo)

What is the one word that is always spelled incorrectly in every English dictionary?

of course ..

Which is an ingredient in the traditional Scottish dish Haggis?

1. Heart
2. Liver
3. Lung
4. Heart, liver, ánd lung

I know right?!

Haggis is a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck (heart, liver, and lungs), minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and cooked while traditionally encased in the animal's stomach.

(Wikipedia)

One of the things that the city of Liverpool is famous for:

1. Dancing birds
2. Singing 'insects'
3. Swimming dogs
4. Painting flamingos

The Beatles are from Liverpool!

Which of these is an actual cheese related event in Gloucester, England?

1. Rolling cheese down a hill and chasing it
2. Fondue parties with hundreds of people
3. Building little houses made out of cheese
4. None. Cheese is forbidden in Gloucester

Seriously...

Guess the accent

where are these people from? 

What accent does Billy Connolly have?

Where is Steve Irwin from?

What is a 'pangram'?

1. A sentence that contains every letter of the alphabet at least once.
2. A grammatical error commonly found in informal texts.
3. A short sentence that rhymes and conveys wisdom or a lesson.
4. A rare form of poetry that contains no vowels.

Approximately how many new words are added to the dictionary each year?

1. almost 40
2. almost 400
3. almost 4,000
4. almost 40,000