Question:* What is the British English word used to refer to the American English word "pants"?
Answer: • trousers
Question:* What does the British term "uni" mean in American English
Answer: • College
Question:* What is the American English equivalent of the British English expression "flogging a dead horse"?
Answer: • beating a dead horse
Question:* The term "dustman" is not an American English word. What does the word "dustman" mean in British English?
Answer: • a trash collector
Question:* What does the term "curriculum vitae (or CV)" refer to in American English?
Answer: • rèsumè
Question:* Choose the most common British usage: I need to stop and fill my car with some _____, my tank is empty.
Answer: • petrol
Question:* Which of the following is a spelling typical of American English?
Answer: • analyze
Question:* What is the American English equivalent of the British English word "flat"
Answer: • apartment
Question:* Which of the following is an example of a spelling typical of British English?
Answer: • colour
Question:* The closest American English expression to the British English expression "Going on holidays" is
Answer: • Taking a vacation
Question:* Which British English word is used for the American English word "elevator (of a building)"?
Answer: • lift
Question:* The word "biscuit" in British English refers to what word in American English?
Answer: • cookie
Question:* She got a great price on her flat. What is the American term for "flat"?
Answer: • Apartment
Question:* What is the British English equivalent of elevator?
Answer: • lift
Question:* Which of the following is a spelling typical of British English ?
Answer: • honour
Question:* In American English, the word "pants" is typically used to describe outerwear worn over the legs and abdomen. What word is used in British English?
Answer: • trousers
Question:* Which of the following is a noun commonly used in British English which is used in American English to signify an Elevator?
Answer: • a lift
Question:* What is a British English word synonymous with the word cookie?
Answer: • biscuit
Question:* Which of the following is an example of a spelling typical of American English?
Answer: • color
Question:* What does the "ground floor" in British English typically correspond to in American English?
Answer: • first floor
Question:* In American English, what does it mean to ask for the check after a meal?
Answer: • You are asking for the bill
Question:* In British English the phrase "Zebra Crossing" is used to describe what in American English?
Answer: • a pedestrian crosswalk
Question:* In American English, the word "football" is used to name a sport played with a lemon shaped ball and large shoulder pads. What sport does the word "football" identify in British English?
Answer: • soccer
Question:* Which of the following is a spelling typical of American English?
Answer: • honor
Question:* "Hello" is a common greeting in both the UK and America. Which of the following is a more common, shortened version of this greeting used in America?
Answer: • Hi
Question:* Choose the correct spelling in American English:
Answer: • The fire place made the room quite cozy.
Question:* In American English, the words mad and angry have the same meaning. What does the term "mad" mean in British English?
Answer: • insane
Question:* What is the American English equivalent of the British English word "autumn"?
Answer: • fall
Question:* In American English the term intersection is used to describe when two or roads meet. What is this term in British English?
Answer: • a crossroads
Question:* When a British person is knackered, what is s/he feeling?
Answer: • Exhausted
Question:* In British English, chips are equivalent to the American term ____.
Answer: • fries
Question:* Which of the following is not a typical American English spelling?
Answer: • organise
Question:* In American English "( )" marks are known as "parentheses". What are they often referred to as in British English?
Answer: • brackets
Question:* Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is quoted as saying "Terrorism is wrong, full stop". What would be the American English equivalent?
Answer: • Terrorism is wrong, period
Question:* Which of the following is an example of a spelling typical of American English?
Answer: • recognize
Question:* In British English, if your milk has "gone off" is has done what in American English?
Answer: • gone bad
Question:* What is the British English equivalent of the American English term "counter-clockwise"?
Answer: • anti-clockwise
Question:* In British English, the abreviation "WC" stands for...?
Answer: • water closet
Question:* Choose the most common American usage: It's dark outside, I'm going to go grab a ______.
Answer: • flashlight
Question:* What is the American English equivalent of the British English expression "touch wood"?
Answer: • knock on wood
Question:* In British English the word 'knackered' means what in American English?
Answer: • exhausted
Question:* A 'tyre' in British English is called what in American English?
Answer: • a car tire
Question:* Which of the following is a spelling typical of British English?
Answer: • centre
Question:* Which of the following vehicle nouns is not typical of American English?
Answer: • lorry
Question:* In British English, a sweet treat typically made with flour, butter and water is called what?
Answer: • a biscuit
Question:* In British English, a rubber is an eraser. What does the term "rubber" typically mean in American English?
Answer: • a condom
Question:* Which of the following is an example of a spelling typical of British English?
Answer: • recognise
Question:* In American English, the word Randy is often a name. This is a completely different concept in British English. What does the word "randy" mean in British English?
Answer: • to desire a person intimately
Question:* If you use British English and are eating chips, what are you eating in American English?
Answer: • french fries
Question:* The word "garbage" is often used in American English to refer to household waste. What is the British English equivalent?
Answer: • rubbish
Question:* Which of the following is a spelling typical of British English?
Answer: • monologue
Question:* The plural of "Math" in British English is which of the following?
Answer: • maths
Question:* Which of the following is the American English equivalent of the word "Lorry" in British English?
Answer: • a truck
Question:* In Britain, political candidates "stand for election". What would be the American English equivalent?
Answer: • run for office
Question:* What is the American English word for the British English word "pavement"?
Answer: • sidewalk
Question:* Which of the following words is typical of British English?
Answer: • petrol
Question:* Which of the following is a spelling typical of British English?
Answer: • traveller
Question:* Choose the most common British usage: I took a week long ______ last summer.
Answer: • holiday
Question:* In American English, a wallet is typically a folding container used to store money. What is this called in British English?
Answer: • a billfold
Question:* The infant needed to get her napkin changed. Is "napkin" British or American English?
Answer: • British
Question:* In British English, you would go where to pick up your prescription?
Answer: • a chemist
Question:* In British English, what word is used to refer to the covering for the engine on a car?
Answer: • a bonnet
Question:* What does the word "Jelly" refer to in British English?
Answer: • a dessert made of colored gelatin
Question:* Which of the following is a typically British English word?
Answer: • motorway
Question:* What is a UK quid?
Answer: • A pound
Question:* Choose the most common usage in American English: He erased the drawing with a(n) ______.
Answer: • eraser
Question:* What British English word is used for the American English word "comforter"?
Answer: • duvet
Question:* What is the British English equivalent of the American English expression "a tempest in a teapot"?
Answer: • a storm in a teacup
Question:* The American word "sneakers" is equivalent to _____ in British English.
Answer: • trainers
Question:* What is the British English equivalent of the American English expression "take it with a grain of salt"?
Answer: • take it with a pinch of salt
Question:* Which of the following is not typically used in British English?
Answer: • gotten
Question:* Which of the following is a spelling typical of British English?
Answer: • oestrogen
Question:* What is the British English equivalent for the American English work "trunk (of a car)"?
Answer: • boot
Question:* What is the British English equivalent of the American English expression "skeleton in the closet"?
Answer: • skeleton in the cupboard
Question:* Which of the following is unique to British English?
Answer: • The dust bin
Question:* Which of the following is not commonly used as a past tense or past participle in British English?
Answer: • gotten
Question:* In British English, a group of individuals is treated as a single entity. Which of the following would be a correct sentence, according to this rule?
Answer: • The Parliament sits in its chairs.
Question:* Which of the following is not a noun with a typical American English spelling?
Answer: • annexe
Question:* What is the British English equivalent of the American English expression "blow (or toot) one's horn"?
Answer: • blow one's own trumpet
Question:* There are some differences in pronounciation between British and American English. In American English, the h in the word "herb" is not pronounced. Is this the case with British English?
Answer: • no, in British English you pronounce the h
Question:* In American English, the word "Caravan" is often used in association with gypsies and carnivals. In British English, what does this word identify?
Answer: • a trailer
Question:* The term "Lady Bird" is a British English word used to signify what animal in American English?
Answer: • a lady bug
Question:* True or false? A British motorbike is the same thing as an American dirtbike.
Answer: • False
Question:* In British English, the idea of a main street or thoroughfare is called what?
Answer: • a high street
Question:* Which of the following words is typical of British English?
Answer: • postman
Question:* What is the British English equivalent of the American English expression "sweep under the rug"?
Answer: • sweep under the carpet
Question:* There are several differences in vocabulary between British and American English. Which of the following represents a term used by speakers of British English?
Answer: • anti-clockwise
Question:* What is the British English equivalent of the American English expression "a drop in the bucket"?
Answer: • a drop in the ocean
Question:* Select the sentence that implements British English:
Answer: • You must fulfil your duties.
Question:* In American English, the word "cupcake" identifies a small cake that typically fits in the palm of one's hand. What is this cake called in British English?
Answer: • a fairy cake
Question:* What do you commonly call a zipper in British English?
Answer: • A zip
Question:* In American English, the word "undershirt" is used to describe a shirt worn under an outer shirt like a sweater. What word is used in British English?
Answer: • a vest
Question:* In British English, which of the following is the definition of the word "Juggernaut"?
Answer: • an 18 wheel truck
Question:* Which of the following is not a typical American English wording?
Answer: • sailing boat
Question:* In British English prom might refer to a _____, while it would likely refer to a _____ in American English.
Answer: • concert; high school dance
Question:* Which of these statements is true?
Answer: • A UK pint is larger than a US pint
Question:* In British English, a sweater might be called a:
Answer: • All of these are possible options
Question:* What can "buck" mean to an American person?
Answer: • All choices are correct
Question:* The word "skip" is not only a verb in British English. Which of the following is it used to identify?
Answer: • a dumpster
Question:* A British first aid kit contains paracetamol, which should be replaced with ______ in a US first aid kit.
Answer: • acetaminophen
Question:* In British English, a "scrappy" person is likely:
Answer: • fiesty and opinionated
Question:* In British English, an "articulated lorry" is used to describe what in American English?
Answer: • a tractor trailor
Question:* In American English, if a discussion ends in a "moot point" the subject is no longer relevant. Is this the case with the British English definition of "moot"?
Answer: • this is not the case
Question:* Is the following usage acceptable in British english? Which company are coming to the event.
Answer: • Yes
Question:* What American word is equivalent to the British term "tom"?
Answer: • Prostitute
Question:* ___ is a British term for greenhouse.
Answer: • stove
Question:* In American English, tick-tack-toe is a game involving crosses and zeros. What is this game called in British English?
