welshbairn Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) That was so easy that I'm expecting Knightswood Bear to waltz in claiming an 11. Still only got a 6 though. At a pub quiz last night. Heard possibly THE worst quiz question in the history of pub quizzes. "Name the top 5 languages in the world spoken in the most countries". I asked for clarification a few times (native languages, number of speakers etc) but was none the wiser. A greenie for anyone who can get all 5 cos we certainly didn't manage it. I'm reading it as "Name the 5 languages in the world spoken in the most countries" Here's my guess: Arabic Spanish Swahili English French Edited August 22, 2014 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 At a pub quiz last night. Heard possibly THE worst quiz question in the history of pub quizzes. "Name the top 5 languages in the world spoken in the most countries". I asked for clarification a few times (native languages, number of speakers etc) but was none the wiser. A greenie for anyone who can get all 5 cos we certainly didn't manage it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As you say, very badly worded question. My take would be based on number of speakers - 1. Spanish 2. Mandarin 3. English 4. French 5. Arabic ??????????????????? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 I think he means the countries in the world which have this language as one of its national languages (going by the answer). You've both got 4 out of 5. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Spanish, English, French, Arabic, Portugese? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 As Roy Walker would say, keep pressing, keep guessing. You don't have to repeat Spanish, English, French and Arabic though... but what could the final language be?! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 8/10 - let down by athletics and graffiti. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 5/10, rather disappointing, thank goodness for the football questions! As for languages, the 4 we've already got, guessing it as whatever the major language is in India (other than English, of course), although I thought Mandarin would have been a good chance of being right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Hindi or Dutch. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) Malay? Southpacificislandeze Polynesian? Edited August 22, 2014 by welshbairn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Hindi or Dutch. That's the one I was trying to remember. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 If it's number of countries that it's got some kind of official status in how about German? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Punjabi ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie S Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) If the question refers (as it appears to do) to the number of countries in which each language is spoken then I'd have gone with English, French, Arabic and Spanish as the top 4. There are quite a number of Portuguese speaking nations, I would have expected it to be 5th. The only other contender I can think of is Russian as there are a lot of ex Soviet states out there. On the Guardian quiz today: a slightly lucky 10/10. I knew 8, had a strong feeling about the African country and guessed the runner. Edited August 22, 2014 by Frankie S 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 (edited) Heh. A swing and a miss by everyone, including Bully Wee Villa's cheeky double guess. If nobody gets it by lunchtime I'm awarding myself a greener. Edit: b*****d. Frankie G got it with Russian, which I suppose makes sense (can't vouch for the veracity of the answer though). Kudos on getting 10 out of 10. Just to do a bit of name-dropping, I met the answer to the runner question at a parkrun last week... top bloke. Edited August 22, 2014 by Cardinal Richelieu 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Klingon? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Thought Frankie S had it with Russian.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welshbairn Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 Esperanto 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightswoodBear Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 That was so easy that I'm expecting Knightswood Bear to waltz in claiming an 11. 8/10. Get it right up you 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cardinal Richelieu Posted August 22, 2014 Author Share Posted August 22, 2014 Sorry folks. Edited my response. Frankie gets it with Russian. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Florentine_Pogen Posted August 22, 2014 Share Posted August 22, 2014 BTW, just as a wee aside, pub quizmasters who do not make their questions crystal clear and completely unambiguous should be taken out and garrotted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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