English-Speaking-

World Pub Quiz

 English-Speaking-World Pub Quiz

1. With over two billion speakers, English is the largest language by number of speakers, and the third largest
language by number of native speakers. What is the language with the most native speakers?

 1) Mandarin Chinese 2) Spanish 3) English

2. With 300 million native speakers, which country has the most native speakers of English?
 the United States of America
3. America has the most English speakers in total. The country with this flag has the second most English speakers
(native speakers and those who have learned it as an additional language) in the world. What country is
it? (Show flag of India. Alternatively, you can just ask, “Which country has the second most English speakers?”)
 India
4. This English-speaking country is home to 29 million sheep and around 4.6 million people. That’s 6 sheep per
person! It’s also well known as Middle Earth in the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit movies. What country is
it? (You can also show them photos of New Zealand here.)
 New Zealand
5. The English alphabet has 26 letters. The most used of them makes up 11% of the entire English language. Which
letter could that be?
 the letter E
6. Which tribe brought the English language to England?
 Anglo-Saxons
7. The most read book in the world is the Bible. But the most read book series, with over 400 million sold copies, is
English. What book series could that be?
 Harry Potter
8. What is the highest grossing movie of all time?
 Avatar (as of 2021, according to Box Office Mojo)
9. What is the most used word in the English language?
 the
10. This is the national flag of the United Kingdom. It has a name. What’s its name? (Show picture of the UK flag.
Alternatively, just ask for the name of the UK flag.)
 The Union Jack, or Union Flag, is the national flag of the United Kingdom.
11. Which other language influences American English the most?
 Spanish
12. The most populous African country which was part of the British Empire
Nigeria