Jeopardy for the classroom

The alphabet

1. How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
2. What language does the English alphabet originally come from?
3. Each letter of the alphabet can be written two ways. One way is used at the beginning of sentences and for proper nouns, and the other is used at other times. What are these two kinds of letters called?
4. The English word "alphabet" derives from Greek and is simply a combination of the first two letters of the Greek alphabet. What are the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?
5. Name at least two Asian languages that use (nearly) the same alphabet as English.