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Тема 3. British Royalty.

  1. In the west the British Isles are washed by ___.

The Indian Ocean

*the Atlantic Ocean

the Red Sea

the Pacific Ocean

  1. The National Football team in Britain is ___.

Liverpool

no National Team

*Manchester United

Chicago Bulls

  1. In England the national drink is ___.

Juice

beer

*whiskey

stewed fruit

  1. The first National Park in America was ___ National Park.

Grand Canyon

Walt Disney

Sequoia

*Yellowstone

  1. ___ has the reputation to be typically American game.

Cricket

*baseball

jogging

hockey

  1. The most widely known natural wonder in America is called ___.

Death Valley

Yellowstone

Stonehenge

*Niagara Falls

  1. The head of Great Britain is the ___.

*Monarch

President

Prime Minister

Vice President

  1. The native Americans are called ___.

Blacks

Dutch

*Indians

Spanish

  1. The colours of Scottish national flag are ___.

Red and green

*blue and white

blue and red

white and yellow

  1. The American Motor city Detroit was founded by ___.

John Chrysler

John Kennedy

*Henry Ford

Anthony Cadillac

  1. The oldest College in Cambridge is ___.

Clare College

King’s College

Pembroke College

*Peterhouse

  1. The Patron Saint of Scotland is ___.

St. David

St. John

*St. Andrew

St. Patrick

  1. The ship of Pilgrim Fathers who sailed to America in 1620 in search for freedom was ___.

The Buccaneer

*the Mayflower

the Saint Mary

the Titanic

  1. The America’s Cup is world’s famous international ___ competition.

Sailing

football

*rugby

baseball

  1. The Old Bailey in London is ___.

Department store

market

Art Gallery

*Central Criminal Court

  1. King Henry’s wife whose name was ___ was beheaded in the Tower of London.

*Anne of Boleyn

Catherine of Aragon

Jane Seymour

Catherine Howard

  1. Who of the US Presidents is represented on the two dollar banknote?

Thomas Wilson

*Thomas Jefferson

Abraham Lincoln

Delano Roosevelt

  1. Which of these countries wasn’t the British colony?

India

*China

Australia

New Zealand

  1. What does the Scottish word ‘Haggis’ mean?

*a national dish

a national dance

a national festival

a national song

  1. Southern Ireland became independent after the long and severe struggle in ___.

1927

*1921

1917

1930

  1. Britain’s first welsh born Prime Minister was ___.

Neil Kinnock

David Lloyd George

Tony Blair

*Winston Churchill

  1. The most sparsely populate state in America is ___.

*Alaska

Taxas

Nevada

Oregon

  1. A traditional English sport is ___.

*fox hunting

bear hunting

hare hunting

deer hunting

  1. According to the British Law a child up to the age of sixteen ___.

Mustn’t be bathed

mustn’t be left home alone

mustn’t be beaten

*must be taught

  1. The name “City of Big Shoulders’ is given in America to ___.

New York

Atlanta

Chicago

Detroit

  1. The name of the author of the world famous bestseller ‘Harry Potter’ ___.

Jean

*Joanne

Judith

Jane

  1. The world famous actor whose name is Charlie Chaplin was born in ___.

Manchester

New York

*London

Brazil

  1. The centre of American tobacco industry is ___.

California

Texas

*North Carolina

South Carolina

  1. Duke Ellington is a famous American ___.

*jazz composer

novelist

singer

film producer

  1. An outstanding event which took part in Atlanta in 1996 was ___.

The production of the film ‘Gone with the wind’

the All American baseball Tournament

the World Football Cup

*the Olympic Games

  1. Many people in Scotland have surnames which start with MacMillan or MacDonal‘Mac’ means ___.

*the son of

sir

the family

the tribe

  1. The subway in London is often called ___.

Underground

metro

*tube

pipe

  1. Scottish lakes are called ___.

*loch

lago

line

fiord

  1. The nickname for the USA government is ___.

Uncle John

Uncle Nick

Uncle George

*Uncle Sam

  1. Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London is called ___.

Feeder

raven master

*beefeater

raven feeder

  1. During the American Civil War the American President was ___.

Andrew Jackson

Thomas Jefferson

*Abraham Lincoln

Woodrow Wilson

  1. The longest river of the USA is the ___.

Mississippi

Potomac River

*Missouri

Colorado

  1. In London there are no trams since ___.

1956

*1954

1945

1960

  1. The seat of the Head of the English Church is in ___.

*Nottingham

York

Chester

Canterbury

  1. Kent is called the ___.

Valley of England

Forest of England

*Garden of England

Park of England

  1. The Tower of London was founded by ___.

Edward

Henry VIII

Richard the Lion-heart

*William the Conqueror

  1. The flag of the United Kingdom is called ___.

Union John

*Union Jack

Union Bob

Union James

  1. The territory of the UK is divided into ___.

*counties

districts

states

regions

  1. Only the Royal Bank of Scotland issues ___.

Two pound notes

*one pound notes

eleven pound notes

three pound notes

  1. London was built as a ___.

Saxon village

Dane capital

Angle fortress

*Roman fortification

  1. In Southern states of America they brought slaves from ___.

Scandinavia

*Africa

China

Asia

  1. Steam engine was invented in ___.

America

Canada

Russia

*Britain

  1. The largest and the most important catholic church in England is ___.

St. Anna Church

Westminster Cathedral

*St. Paul’s Cathedral

St. Mungo Cathedral

  1. The bird which is a symbol of America is ___.

A two headed eagle

an eagle

*a bald eagle

a hawk

  1. The symbol flower of Wales is a ___.

*yellow daffodil

white rose

purple violet

red daisy

  1. The name of the English national hero Admiral Lord Nelson was ___.

George

*Horatio

John

Henry

  1. Thanksgiving as a holiday was first celebrated in America by the ___.

*the English settlers

the Indians

freed slaves

American cowboys

  1. English king Henry VIII had ___ wives.

Five

eight

*six

seven

  1. The Constitution of the United States of America was adopted in ___.

1789

1785

1782

*1787

  1. The flower symbol of Scotland is a ___.

*thistle

orchid

daisy

lily

  1. The main street of New York and a theatrical centre is ___.

Greenwich

*Broadway

Brooklyn

Manhattan

  1. The name given to a policeman in Oxford is a ___.

‘terrier’

‘hound’

*‘bulldog’

‘poodle’

  1. American Jack London is a famous ___.

Composer

singer

poet

*writer

  1. A person who is born in the East End of London is called ___.

‘Preacher’

*‘Cockney’

‘Folky’

‘Hogmanay’

  1. The first name of New York was ___.

New Munster

New Netherlands

New Utrecht

*New Amsterdam

  1. The colours of Welsh national flag are ___.

*green and white

red and brown

blue and green

navy and purple

  1. American dollar got its name from ___.

The French luidor

*the German thaler

the Spanish doubloon

the English pound

  1. All Scotsmen celebrate on the 25th of January the birthday of ___.

Robert Bruce

*Robert Burns

Robert Louis Stevenson

Walter Scott

  1. The American state Alaska spans ___ time zones.

*4

2

3

5

  1. The second most common spoken language of the USA is ___.

Chinese

*Spanish

French

German

  1. The symbol of Northern Ireland is ___.

A rose and a spade

a daisy and a sword

a lily and a shield

*a shamrock and a red hand

  1. Scottish national clothes for men are called ___.

Blanket

brat

*kilt

pillow

  1. The national flag of America was adopted on June, 14 in ___.

*1777

1978

1976

1975

  1. In Britain first year students are called ___.

‘babies’

‘newcomers’

‘buddies’

*‘freshers’

  1. The Great Fire of London occurred to be in ___.

*1666

1667

1665

1668

  1. The motto of the USA is ___.

‘God Save the President’

‘God Bless America’

‘God Save America’

*‘In God We Trust’

  1. The name of the ‘father of antibiotics’ is ___.

*Alexander Fleming

Joshua Fleming

Paul Fleming

Ian Fleming

  1. Stonehenge is supposed to be a ___ temple.

Gaelic

*Druid

Pilgrim

Gremlin

  1. How many rooms of the American White House are open to the public?

9

10

*5

8

  1. According to the American Constitution a senator must be at least ___.

21 years old

40 years old

25 years old

*30 years old

  1. The main principle of the American Constitution is ‘private property is the backbone of liberty’. Who put it forward and is known as ‘the Father of the Constitution’?

*James Madison

Benjamin Franklin

Samuel Wilson

Robert E. Lee

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