European Day of Languages

September 26 is declared to be European Day of Languages by the European Council and the day is supposed to celebrate the linguistic diversity, plurilingualism (keep your dictionaries handy) and lifelong language learning.
How many languages do you know? How many can you speak? If you have learned at least one foreign language properly it's easier to learn more as you have already acquired skills to do so.

The Stone City High celebrated the day by organizing quizzes for different classes. The questions of the quizzes were compiled by the students who had a task to ask questions about Europe, its culture and languages.

Here is a selection of questions that were asked:

1. How many countries are using the euro in their everyday life?
2. What is considered to be the most difficult language in Europe?
3. In which two cities are the buildings of the European Parliament?
4. Who is the Pope at the moment?
5. In which city was formed the famous pop group - the Beatles?
6. Who is the famous Norwegian artist, who painted 'the Scream'?
7. What are the state languages of Vatican?
8. How many years has Queen Elizabeth II ruled in England?
9. Who are called the 'sprat-thieves'?
10. Where are the British kings and queens crowned?
11. Which town hosted the last Olympic Games?
12. Do you know where the Nobel Prize originates from?
13. Which is the most forested country in Europe?
14. What is the motto of the European Union?
15. Where in Europe there is the largest sand city in the world?
16. Which languages are the Baltic languages?
17. Which countries will join the European Union in 2007?
18. By whom was the the EU anthem originally written?
19. Which is the smallest country in Europe?
20. Which European language is the most beautiful?
21. Which are the 2 most popular religions in Europe?
22. Why is Switzerland not a part of the EU?
23. Which 3 languages characterize the historical development of Europe?
24. How many words from the Greek language are used in Europe?
25. How many official languages are there in the EU?
26. Does the Polish language have cyrillic alphabet?
27. How many countries belong to Europe?
28. Which town was the first European capital of culture?
29. Name the famous Norwegian author and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature for 1920?
30. Name the group of languages where the European languages belong (total number of people speaking these languages is 3 billion)?

You know all this? You can check your answers here...

If you spot any mistakes then let me know.