languages day trivia quiz

Languages Day - 2009

Theme 1 - Question 1

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Theme 1 - Question 2

Theme 1 - Question 3

Watch the video that follows and write down 5 German words that sound very

similar to their English equivalent.

Theme 1 - Question 4

Hercules Clip

Theme 1 - Question 5

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Theme 1 - Question 6

Song Clip & Questions

Theme 1 - Question 7

Theme 2 – Question 1

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Theme 2 - Question 2

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Theme 2 - Question 3

You could eat a different French cheese on every day of the

year and still not have tasted all varieties of French cheese.

Theme 2 - Question 4

Theme 2 - Question 5What is this called?

Theme 2 - Question 6

It is the custom in ????? to give a colourful, cone filled with candy

and small gifts to children on their very first day of school.

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Theme 2 - Question 7

In ????? friends may greet each other by lightly kissing on the cheeks, once on the left cheek and once on the right.

Theme 2 - Question 8In which country might you see these?

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Theme 3 - Question 1Rank the countries of France, Germany & Japan from LARGESTto SMALLEST in terms of:

Theme 3 - Question 2Rank the countries of France, Germany & Japan from LARGEST to SMALLEST in terms of:

Theme 3 - Question 3

Theme 3 - Question 4Which of these is NOT a city in France?

Lyon

Nice

Marseilles

Brugge

Paris

Theme 3 - Question 5Which of these countries is not amongst the 4 countries that are closest to Japan?

North Korea

Russia

Phillipines

China

South Korea

Theme 3 - Question 6Which of these is further NORTH?

Theme 3 - Question 7

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Theme 4 – Question 1

Theme 4 – Question 2

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Theme 4 – Question 3

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Theme 4 – Question 4

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Theme 5 – Question 5

Theme 5 – Question 6

Theme 5 – Question 7

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Theme 5 – Question 8

The Tour de France is not actually restricted to France.

Name 2 other countries the race will visit in 2009.

Theme 4 – Question 9

Kobe Bryant

Johnny Depp

Eric Bana Kevin Rudd Steven Seagal

French Chinese Italian Japanese German

Theme 5 – Question 1

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Theme 5 – Question 2

Flickr image by R-A-DFlickr image by Jad_23

The ShogunThe ShogunOROR

The SamuraiThe Samurai

Theme 5 – Question 3

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Theme 5 – Question 4

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Theme 5 – Question 5

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Theme 5 – Question 6

This presentation has been produced by the Languages staff at Knox Grammar School with funds provided by the Australian Government through the Languages Program.