Take the Quiz - Timed General Knowledge Challenge | GK Mania

1 What is the difference between 'then' and 'than'?

A) Than refers to time

B) Then refers to time; than

C) They are the same

D) Then is for comparison

2 What is the most spoken language in South America?

A) Portuguese

B) English

C) French

D) Spanish

3 What is endangered language?

A) language at risk of

B) A dangerous language

C) A classified language

D) A coded language

4 What is the difference between 'who' and 'whom'?

A) Who is the subject form; whom is

B) Who is formal; whom is informal

C) Whom is the subject form

D) They are interchangeable

5 What is the study of place names called?

A) Geography

B) Sociology

C) Toponymy

D) Cartography

6 What is the study of word origins called?

A) Morphology

B) Phonology

C) Etymology

D) Semantics

7 What is the plural of 'sheep'?

A) Sheepen

B) Sheepes

C) Sheep

D) Sheeps

8 What is the term for a word spelled the same forward and backward?

A) Palindrome

B) Acronym

C) Portmanteau

D) Anagram

9 What is an abbreviation?

A) shortened form

B) A new word

C) A long word

D) A foreign word

10 What is the longest word in most English dictionaries?

A) Antidisestablishmentarianism

B) Floccinaucinihilipilification

C) Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

D) Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

11 What connects two sentences with 'and' or 'but'?

A) Preposition

B) Article

C) Conjunction

D) Pronoun

12 What part of speech modifies a verb?

A) Adverb

B) Adjective

C) Pronoun

D) Noun

13 What is the superlative form of 'bad'?

A) Most bad

B) More bad

C) Baddest

D) Worst

14 What is the study of language structure and rules called?

A) Grammar

B) Reading

C) Vocabulary

D) Spelling

15 What language is spoken in most of Brazil?

A) French