!!5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!

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  • Dato: Mar 31, 2011
  • Tempo: 20:00
  • Address: Adreso videbla por ĉeestantoj

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  SEE WHO IS THE QUIZZZZZZ WINNNNNER BELOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

  invites you to its

!!5-YEAR ANNIVERSARY PARTY!!

FREE ENTRANCE FOR ALL

5 YEARS of WEEKLY meetings!!

Thursday 31 March 2011 (8pm - midnight)

Lottery*, quiz, games & surprisezzzz!

*LOTTERY for SUBSCRIBERS (PERMANENT Badge ONLY) WIN 100€ Voucher!!

DRINKS: SPECIAL PRICES FOR SUBSCRIBERS (Permanent Badge holders): 1€ discount per drink!

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From 8 pm - midnight: Practice ALL languages!

 

* MARCH 2011 ONLY Celebrate Polyglot Club 5-year ANNIVERSARY:

-20% discount on your
Polyglot Club Pemanent Badge 

- Students/unemployed: 15€ (instead of 19€)
- Workers: 23€ (instead of 29€)

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WHEN?
 
Thursday 31 March 2011 From 8 pm - midnight

WHERE?
 
SNAX Kfé
182 rue Saint-Martin 75003 Paris
Metro: Chatelet-Les Halles, Rambuteau, Etienne Marcel


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vincent profile picture vincentApril 2011

 

  is proud to announce the result for the 5-year Anniversary World Language Quiz !!!!!

 

THE WINNER IS ... 

...
...

Jirka with 32 pts!!!!    YEAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

 

Jirka can attend the next following PolyglotClub event : Saturday, Tuesday or Thursday to receive the WINNER PRIZE !!!!!!

 

 

You will find Quiz answers below !!! 

 

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World Languages Quiz ANSWERS

    • Question : Aleph, Beth, Gimel. - Of what language are they the three first letters of the alphabet?

    Answer : Hebrew

     

    • Alif, Ba, Ta. - And what language has those as its first in the alphabet?

    Arabic

     

    • What's the name of the Celtic language that was spoken on the Isle of Man?

    Manx

     

    • In normal every day written Hebrew ( magazines, books, signs, newspapers - primers for learning the language excepted )there are 22 consonants and how many vowels?

    Zero

     

    • Which one of the following Eastern European languages is not part of the Slavic language group?

    Hungarian

     

    • Which minor European continental language is considered to be the most closely related to the English language?

    Frisian

     

    • The Hebrew language is considered part of which family of languages?

    Afro-Asiatic

     

    • Which of the following languages of the Southwestern Native Americans was used as a code by the US Marines during World War II?

    Navajo

     

    • Which of the following is NOT necessarily a characteristic of an endangered language?

    It is spoken by people who live in isolated areas.

     

    • 96% of the world's 6800 languages are spoken by only 4% of its people.

    True

     

    • Which of the following statements about the world's languages is FALSE?

    Europe has no endangered languages.

     

    • These four countries have the greatest number of moribund languages in the Americas. Which country has the most, by twice as many?

    The United States of America

     

    • Creoles and pidgin languages are generally not included when linguists discuss endangered languages.

    False

     

    • Ainu once had 19 dialects and now has only about 15 speakers. Where is it spoken?

    Japan

     

    • Name the only major country of South America where Spanish is not an official language.

    Brazil

     

    • An archaic form of Spanish, spoken by the descendants of the Jews expelled from Spain in the 15th century, is called:

    Ladino

     

    • All Romance languages have got rid of the Latin scheme of six different cases for the noun, retaining only one case.

    False

     

    • Which number is this: pumpe, pempe, pet (Umbrian, Gaulish, Bulgarian)?

    Five

     

    • Which language puts the definite article ('the') at the end of the noun?

    Swedish

     

    • Which language is not spoken in South Africa?

    Swahili

     

    • What does 'hysteria' mean in Greek?

    The womb

     

    • Which of the following Indian languages doesn't belong to the Indo-European family?

    Tamil

     

    • What is the name for the Japanese logographic script based on Chinese characters?

    Kanji

     

    • How do you say China in Mandarin?

    Zhong Guo

     

    • From what language does the word 'ketchup' come from?

    Chinese

     

    • Which name is not of Hebrew origin?

    Peter

     

    • WRITTEN LANGUAGE: All of the following use the same alphabet, except which?

    Tajik

     

    • Some world languages use a different pitch in word pronunciation to convey different meanings. Which of the following isn't a tonal language?

    Mongol

     

    • Which of the following countries has an official language?

    Russia

     

    • Most languages' names are officially recognized worldwide. For which of these is this NOT the case?

    Macedonian

     

    • Which one of these languages has the largest number of native speakers?

    Bengali

     

    • Which language has no native speakers in Africa?

    Warlpiri

     

    • What was the language of the Aztecs?

    Nahuatl

     

    • In what country can you find most native speakers of Khmer?

    Cambodia

     

    • Which is the only Indo-European language, besides Russian, spoken in Central Asia?

    Tajik

     

    • Which of these is a close relative of Hungarian?

 

 

Estonian

 

vincent profile picture vincentApril 2011

  5 years Polyglot Club anniversary was GREEEAAAT!!!!   thanks for your participation, more than 250 people !!!! We will tell you soon who is the QUIZ winner. Bravo to Laurent   who won the 100 € voucher !!! Thanks to Fred for the pix (will be added soon ....)

Another big night tonight, don't miss the concert !!!! https://polyglotclub.com/france/ile-de-france/paris/event/2009 

vincent profile picture vincentApril 2011

    MERCI !!   mais  ou là là c'est dur de se réveiller ce matin !!! 

on travaille à la correction des quizz, on vous tiens au courant !!!! qui sera le gagnant ?? 

pcosta profile picture pcostaApril 2011

C'était SUPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER..!!!!!!!!!! 


 

vincent profile picture vincentMarch 2011

L'ANNIVERSAIRE C CE SOIR !!!!!

vincent profile picture vincentMarch 2011

  J-1 AVANT L'ANNIVERSAIRE!!!!!

pat profile picture patMarch 2011

  ... but enough room for 6,000 languages!

 
vincent profile picture vincentMarch 2011

not enough room for 6000 people!