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Stars and Stripes vs the Union Jack

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Stars and Stripes vs the Union Jack game quiz
"Both US and UK English spelling of words are accepted in FunTrivia quizzes. Neither is wrong with respect to the other, just different. This quiz will test your knowledge of differences in UK and US English usage."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Which one of the following is the UK English spelling of the word "color"?
    colour
    collor
    color
    cullor


2. Which one of the following would be counted as spelled incorrectly and not allowed at FunTrivia? haemoglobin, pediatrician, encyclopaedia
    haemoglobin
    encyclopaedia
    pediatrician
    They are all spelled correctly.


3. You're doing a quiz in the "Musicals Mixture" subcategory in Humanities and you come across a question that mentions the word "theatre". Is this word spelled correctly?
    Yes
    No


4. What is the UK English spelling of the colour "gray"?
    grayy
    gray
    grey
    grae


5. If you play quizzes in the health subcategories of Sci-Tech, you may come across the UK English spelling of the word "estrogen". Which of the following is it?
    estrogen
    oestrogen
    eestrogen
    estrogene


6. Americans will often pay for something by writing a "check". If someone living in the UK wanted to pay by the same method, what would they write?
    A chek.
    A check.
    A cheque.
    A checke.


7. What is the UK English spelling of the word "aluminum"?
    aluminium
    alluminum
    aluminum
    aluminnum


8. What is the UK English equivalent of the word "catalog"?
    catalog
    catalogue
    cattalog
    catalogg


9. The word "program" can have any number of meanings from a television show to a piece of computer software. In UK English usage, how is this word spelled when referring to a television show?
    prowgram
    program
    programme
    proggram


10. When published in the UK, the first book featuring Harry Potter was entitled "Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone".
    True
    False


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