Impress The Examiner Cards 2

Question 1

Name a far off nation that has adopted the Cockney accent

Answer 1

New Zealand

Question 2

Name a royal individual who had started to use estuary english and cockney pronunciations

Answer 2

Queen Elizabeth II

Question 3

What has caused many New Zealandians to use Cockney?

Answer 3

Immigration

Question 3

When did researchers claim that Queen Elizabeth no longer only spoke in Received Pronunciation?

Answer 3

2000

Question 4

What programme influenced many Glaswegians to speak with an Estuary English accent?

Answer 4

East Enders

Question 5

Name a word Gen Alpha individuals use that Gen Z often don’t understand

Answer 5

Skibidi

Question 6

What percentage of Gen Alpha people said “Skibidi” was their favourite word?

Answer 6

20%

Question 7

When did the word “Skibidi” emerge? (To the month)

Answer 7

May 2023

Question 8

What series does the word “Skibidi” come from?

Answer 8

Skibidi Toilet

Question 9

Name a word related to killing that has experienced semantic bleaching due to Gen Alpha

Answer 9

Slay

Question 10

Name a phrase Gen Alpha individuals will sometimes say that many older people do not understand. “What the..”

Answer 10

“What the sigma?”

Question 11

What term were police officers told not to say due to it being potential racism?

Answer 11

‘Blacklisted’

Question 12

Which political figure has banned diversity, equality and inclusion regulations from their government?

Answer 12

President Trump

Question 13

What is “white fragility”?

Answer 13

The idea that some white people will not be able to cope with information they receive about racism

Question 14

What is the issue with the concept of “white fragility” in relation to all ethnicities learning about racism?

Answer 14

People from other ethnicities could also not be able to cope with what they learn about racism

Question 15

What does the term “mature adult” supposedly imply for young adults?

Answer 15

Implies young adults cannot be mature

Question 16

What did James Esses say about the police reforms and wokeness on X?

Answer 16

It had damaged many institutions

Question 17

What is the reality for many working class people in terms of worrying over words?

Answer 17

They are much more likely to worry about their finances instead

Question 18

Which pronoun have railroad workers been told to use rather than gender-based ones?

Answer 18

“They”

Question 19

Which directive pronoun have railroad workers been told to use?

Answer 19

“You”

Question 20

What do railroad companies call this language they are adapting?

Answer 20

“Passenger speak”

Question 21

Why have railroad staff been told to avoid the word “passenger”

Answer 21

It is gender-specific

Question 22

How will “pregnant women” be referred to by railroad workers?

Answer 22

“Pregnant people”

Question 23

How many pages long is the handbook railroad workers must read to understand language changes they need to make?

Answer 23

130 pages long

Question 24

How long is the handbook Red Cross staff have been given on how to change their language?

Answer 24

12 pages long

Question 25

What term have Red Cross staff been told to use rather than “he” or “she”?

Answer 25

“Mx”

Question 26

What has happened to the terms “biological male” and “biological female” in the Red Cross workplace?

Answer 26

They have been abandoned

Question 27

Why was a Gen Z employee fired from a hedge-fund?

Answer 27

She was not talking in a professional wayW

Question 28

What did the Gen Z employee say about their interactions with workers and the way they spoke?

Answer 28

It seemed to be effective for them

Question 29

What fraction of adults under 30 supposedly get their news from TikTok?

Answer 29

1/3

Question 30

What is the situation with the formality of news reports on tiktok?

Answer 30

They are more informal

Question 31

How many months has it taken the Australian Military to change the language they use?

Answer 31

6 months

Question 32

What is the new Australian Military term for unmanned aircraft like drones? (UAS)

Answer 32

Uncrewed aircraft systems