Pub Quiz

[wrinklypear]

I've never been to Liverpool in Cornwall!??!

St. Ives is correct, over to you Mark.

Mike

[Mark]

This is a three part Quiz

1. What is the most widely spoken language in the world
2. How many languages are spoken in the world today roughly to the nearest 10
3. Now name them

[wrinklypear]

I only know the answer to part 1.

Bull**** is the commonest language? Isn't it?

Otherwise it must be Spanish.

Mike

[Judith]

Nah, it's Chinese isn't it? Topical with the Olympics - if you are being picky, I'd say Manderin Chinese.

Number of languanges - pure guess at 3600

And they are ..... yeah right!
Judith

[Trackerdog]

The answer to the first question is the same as Judith's.. Chinese-Mandarin

Question two is a guess at around 4000

Question three...Yea right!

[wrinklypear]

Okay, I'll get serious.

In retrospect I'd agree with Judith and Michael on the first answer but given that there are lots of different cultures and dialects I reckon it's more like 7000, given the population of the world being around 6 billion (and 9 million bicycles in Beijing?), it's just a simple mathematical calculation based on the Standard deviation of a probability distribution of demographic data and exponential estimation of the mean and median in the third quartile.

Actually it's another guess.

And they are....yea right!

Mike

[Mark]

I only know the answer to part 1.

Bull**** is the commonest language? Isn't it?
Maybe

Otherwise it must be Spanish.
No

Mike

Last edited by Mark on Thu Sep 04, 2008 12:39 pm, edited 1 time in total.

[Mark]

Judith is the first one right with Chinese (Mandarin) Approx. number
of speakers 1,075,000,000 (English 514,000,000 )

Number 2 Judith No

Trackerdog No


Mike I think that infection has gone to your brain

[wrinklypear]

Does that mean I got it wrong again then?

[Mark]

No ones right yet too low too high

ps lets forget naming them