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Competition Time!
The Competition Time! page of the first Year of Europe newsletter gave four questions each in a different language, as shown below.  Translate and answer each question.  Add together the four numbers you come up with.

Then see how many different languages you can translate the wording of the number into.  For example, if your answer is ‘sixty-three’ how would it be written in French, German, Punjabi etc.  The person with the correct answer listed in the most languages will be the winner.

There will be a small prize for each of the following age categories:

3-6 years
7-11 years (Primary)
11-18 years
18+ (Teachers entries are welcome)

Send all entries with your name, age and school address to:

Linda Cottrell
Year of Europe Co-ordinator
Martineau Education Centre
Balden Road
Harborne
Birmingham B32 1JQ

Phone: 303 1160
Fax: 303 1172
E-mail: Linda_Cottrell@birmingham.gov.uk

The Year of Europe Newsletter 1 is available from our Downloads page.


The Questions

Question One



Question Two

Hur många av dessa länder är medlemmar av EU?


Question Three

How many of the following originated in Europe:

Hamburger
Frankfurter
Pizza
Vindaloo
Chop Suey
Sauerkraut
Sherry
Bacalao

Question Four

Wie viele Länder grenzen an Österreich?