- What European language is the national language of Equatorial Guinea? It is the only country in Africa to have this language as its main language.
- Which Ancient Greek playwright wrote plays called The Birds, The Clouds and The Assemblywomen?
- South Africa has 11 official languages. Name any one of them, other than English and Afrikaans.
- Which Japan-born British author won the Booker Prize in 1989 for The Remains of the Day? He was also nominated for the prize in 1986, 2000 and 2005.
- Which German author wrote The Tin Drum?
- The language of which alphabet is traditionally said to have been developed by King Sejong in the 15th century?
- Who wrote the hugely successful thrillers The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons?
- Franz Kafka was a Czech novelist, but in which language did he write novels?
- Who wrote Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim and The Secret Agent?
- What is the Russian word for a train station? It takes its name from the name of a large station in London.
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- What European language is the national language of Equatorial Guinea? It is the only country in Africa to have this language as its main language.
A: Spain - Which Ancient Greek playwright wrote plays called The Birds, The Clouds and The Assemblywomen?
A: Aristophanes - South Africa has 11 official languages. Name any one of them, other than English and Afrikaans.
A: Any from Zulu, Xhosa, Ndebele, Sotho, Northern Sotho Swati, Tsonga, Setswana, Venda - Which Japan-born British author won the Booker Prize in 1989 for The Remains of the Day? He was also nominated for the prize in 1986, 2000 and 2005.
A: Kazuo Ishiguro - Which German author wrote The Tin Drum?
A: Gunter Grass - The language of which alphabet is traditionally said to have been developed by King Sejong in the 15th century?
A: Korean - Who wrote the hugely successful thrillers The Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons?
A: Dan Brown - Franz Kafka was a Czech novelist, but in which language did he write novels?
A: German - Who wrote Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim and The Secret Agent?
A: Joseph Conrad - What is the Russian word for a train station? It takes its name from the name of a large station in London.
A: Vokzal (from the station Vauxhall)
I’m challenging the answer to question 8. I’ve seen quite a few of his manuscripts and fairly sure they were all in German.
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You’re quite right, thank you! Just a typo as I tried to do things too fast…
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