A World of Medical Emergencies Quiz

Answer: Spanish

I would be asking the receptionist in Spanish if he could call me a doctor, the word "doctor", can also be used instead of medico.

Answer: French

I would be speaking in French and telling them that I have a stomach ache. French is the official language in 29 countries, most of which are located in Africa, the language is also official in another 12 dependent entities.

Answer: Cornwall

The Cornish language, also known as Kernowek, has the same Celtic roots as Welsh and Breton. Although the language came close to dying out in the nineteenth century, the twentieth century saw a revival. It is the only part of England which has its own official language, although many other parts have different dialect expressions for things.

Answer: Dutch

Dutch is a Western Germanic language which developed from Lower Franconia, it is mainly spoken in the Netherlands and Belgium, although the Dutch dialect spoken in Belgium is known as Flemish as it is spoken in the area of Flanders. Dutch is also spoken in the Netherlands Antilles, Suriname and in Indonesia.

Answer: Portuguese

You would be speaking in Portuguese, and you would be saying I need a dentist. Portuguese is also spoken in Brazil and in some African and Asian countries.

Answer: Croatia

The Croatian language is written in the Latin alphabet, unlike the neighbouring Serbia which uses Cyrillic and Latin script. The languages are similar, and in the days of the Yugoslavia the language was often referred to as Serbo-Croat. The expression I've used translates as 'my knee hurts', so I hope he'll be able to diagnose the problem without testing my vocabulary any further.

Answer: Norwegian

Gyjør dette vondt means does this hurt in Norwegian. Norwegian has two different forms of written language, one is the "Book Norwegian" known as Bokmal, and the "New Norwegian" which is Nynorsk, the Bokmal is becoming more and more common in everyday usage.

Answer: Polish

Its official Polish name is Polski, it is the second most widely used Western Slavic language, the Polish alphabet has 9 more letters than the English one, according to the latest statistics of 2011, there are approximately 50 million people who speak Polish around the world.

Answer: Italian

You would be speaking Italian and you would be telling the tour guide that you have a cold.

Answer: Hungary

You would be in Hungary and you would have a throat ache. Hungarian is considered to be one of the hardest languages to learn. It derives from the Finno-Ugric languages, mainly to Ugric and it is not related to any Slavic, Germanic or Romance languages.