#7931, aired 2019-02-18 | LANGUAGES $800: Here's one way to write "thank you" in this Asian language Korean |
#7912, aired 2019-01-22 | LANGUAGE FAMILIES $2000: Dravidian languages include this one that preceded "Tigers" in the name of an Asian separatist group Tamil |
#7378, aired 2016-10-12 | LANGUAGE LAB $1600: These 2 South Asian languages, sometimes jointly abbreviated Hirdu, have few structural differences Hindi & Urdu |
#7323, aired 2016-06-15 | AROUND THE WORLD $600: The 4 most spoken languages in the world are Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish & this other Asian one Hindi |
#6621, aired 2013-06-03 | ASIAN LANGUAGES $400: Telugu is an official language of this country's Andhra Pradesh state India |
#6621, aired 2013-06-03 | ASIAN LANGUAGES $800: "The language of Canaan" mentioned by Isaiah is thought to be this one still spoken today Hebrew |
#6621, aired 2013-06-03 | ASIAN LANGUAGES $1200: Iran's official language is Persian, also known as this; it's written in the Arabic alphabet Farsi |
#6621, aired 2013-06-03 | ASIAN LANGUAGES $1600: Wu is the second-most common dialect in China, behind this one Mandarin |
#6621, aired 2013-06-03 | ASIAN LANGUAGES $4,000 (Daily Double): Sundanese & Dutch are 2 of the major languages spoken in this island nation Indonesia |
#6612, aired 2013-05-21 | National Geographic Bee WINNING QUESTIONS $2000: In 1995 kids had to I.D. this landlocked central Asian country with Pashtu & Dari as official languages Afghanistan |
#6042, aired 2010-12-14 | LANGUAGES $800: In the 17th century Jesuit missionaries developed a written form of this Asian language known as Quoc Ngu Vietnamese |
#5350, aired 2007-12-07 | LANGUAGES $1600: "Bai nai" or "Where are you going?" is a greeting in this Asian language whose name also ends in -ai Thai |
#4867, aired 2005-11-08 | CELEBRITY ALUMNI $800: This co-star of the film "Charlie's Angels" studied Asian languages & culture at the Univeristy of Michigan Lucy Liu |
#3075, aired 1998-01-02 | LANGUAGES $300: About 3/4 of the people of Singapore speak this Asian language Chinese |
#2856, aired 1997-01-20 | LANGUAGES $100: Lao, the official language of this southeast Asian country, is mostly monosyllabic Laos |
#2511, aired 1995-07-03 | LANGUAGES $200: More loanwords in present-day Japanese come from this Asian language than from any other Chinese |
#2467, aired 1995-05-02 | LANGUAGES $1000: Telugu & Malayalam are Dravidian languages spoken in the southern part of this Asian country India |
#1402, aired 1990-10-09 | OFFICIAL LANGUAGES $1000: Although the Asian country is now called Myanmar, this is still its official language Burmese |
#157, aired 1985-04-16 | LANGUAGES $400: Word "boondocks" comes from Tagalog, spoken in this Asian island nation the Philippines |