Norman Darlo
This fun quiz is all about words borrowed into English and which languages they come from. Don’t forget to share how well you do 
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Answers correct per Wikipedia. Cover image Creative Commons.
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Question of 15
From which language was the word ‘Ukulele’ borrowed into English?
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Hawaiian
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Spanish
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Maltese
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‘Ski’ is a loanword from which language?
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German
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Norwegian
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French
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‘Sauna’ came into English from which language?
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Portuguese
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Japanese
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Finnish
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Which language gave English the word ‘shampoo’?
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Russian
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Italian
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Hindi/Urdu
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Where did the word ‘wow’ come into English from?
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Hebrew
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Scots
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Turkish
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‘Alcohol’ staggered into English from which tongue?
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Arabic
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Greek
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Irish
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The word ‘budgerigar’ flew into our language from which foreign tongue?
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German
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Hausa (West Africa)
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Gamilaraay (Australia)
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The word ‘tea’ came from which language into our own?
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Chinese
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Hindi/Urdu
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Swahili
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The word ‘coach’ started out in which language before making its way into English?
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Portuguese
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Hungarian
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Dutch
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Which language did the word ‘fascist’ originate in?
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Italian
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German
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Russian
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‘Behemoth’ made its way into English from which language?
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Malay
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Latin
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Hebrew
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‘Commando’ started life in which language before settling down in English?
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Afrikaans
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Somali
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German
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‘Galore’ – sure which language could that be from, at all, at all?
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Gaelic
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Esperanto
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Japanese
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Question of 15
‘Robot’ arrived in English from which language?
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Chinese
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Basque
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Czech
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Which language did ‘graffiti’ originate in?
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Danish
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Italian
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Hebrew
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Just got 8 right. I enjoyed it well Norman.
Thanks for taking the quiz, Mohan!
i feel like i am smarter by 1 inch haha. just kidding great job norman challenging indeed.
I know it was challenging! An inch of smartness is a great inch
oh yeah an inch leads to 2 inches… and so on…
This is true is SO many different senses
Bija jauki pameginat. That is in Latvian and means it was good to try. I got seven right basically guessing.
Lieliski! Guessing well is an important life skill
To je za mene težak kviz … sem se pa veliko veliko naučil my friend
Sreḱen sum što uživav vo kvizot, Lado!
I apologize my friend…This is a difficult quiz for me … I learned a lot
I understand, Lado
Thanks for trying the quiz!
I got 5 right answers. Quiz is great.
I am glad you enjoyed it, Milica
Very nice friend. Thanks for participating
I was not good, I only have 8 correct answers
That is over 50%, Vida, so you got a pass
11 of 15, good one there!!
Nice score, Kim! Thanks for participating
A good selection. I slipped up on one of these – it was a toss-up on “coach” but the coin came down the wrong way!
Well done, John. Coach was a weird one. I think that and goulash are likely the only Hungarian words we have in English!
Great quiz Norman. I missed 5 overall, but the origins of words is always fun to learn!!
It is a topic that has fascinated me since childhood!
I got 12 out of 15. Not too shabby.
Bot shabby at all – nice score, Gary!
Not even
Nine out of 15 on this quiz. Nice quizzes that you share here.
Glad you like them, Deep. This was a fun quiz to make too
My pleasure to praise you for your great quizzes.
Interesting poll. I got only 4
Never mind the score, so long as you enjoyed it
Great quiz as always. Missed #6. Really thought the answer would have been Irish.
Well you shoulda been right! Well done, you