1
What common English word for a small café or restaurant comes from French, meaning "wine shop" or "little cafe"?
Brasserie
Bistro
Cantina
Trattoria
2
Which word, meaning a kind of pasta, comes from the Italian word for “little worms”?
Linguine
Fusilli
Tortellini
Vermicelli
3
The word “kindergarten,” meaning a school for young children, originated in which language?
Italian
French
Dutch
German
4
The English word “robot” was first used in a 1920 play written in what language?
French
Bronze Age Greek
Czech
German
5
Which common word for a social blunder comes directly from French and literally means “false step”?
Lapse
Faux pas
Gaffe
Faux pay
6
The English word “algebra” comes from which language, originally meaning “reunion of broken parts”?
Arabic
Sanskrit
Latin
Italian
7
Which word meaning a sudden seizure or violent fit comes from the Greek word for “to seize”?
Equinox
Epitaph
Epilepsy
Euphoria
8
The word “guru,” used in English to mean an expert or teacher, originally comes from which language?
Sanskrit
Aramaic
Old English
Kiswahili
9
What English word for a style of cooking or the kitchen itself is directly borrowed from French?
Gastronomy
Cuisine
Menu
Pâtisserie
10
The English word “fiancé” for an engaged man comes from which language?
French
Arabic
Spanish
Latin