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Do you know English
and English-speaking countries?
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The plan of the quiz.
English-speaking countries
Royal family quiz
-5 points
USA quiz – 5 points
Canada quiz – 5
points
Australian animals quiz – 10 points
2. Borrowings – 27 points
3. Idioms quiz
Nose idioms – 5 points
Colour idioms – 5 points
4. Guess the melody – 13 points
Total – 60 points
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TASK 1
QUIZ
ENGLISH-SPEAKING
COUNTRIES
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TASK 1. PART 1.
Команда 1
The county which is
called “The Gardens of England”.
The royal headwear.
The famous university
of England, not Cambridge.
Команда 2
The word for a “king” or a “queen”.
The name of Queen Victoria’s husband.
The name of Prince William’s brother.
Команда 3
The pre-historic monument in the south-west of England consisting of huge stones.
The biggest part of Great Britain.
The home town of the Beatles pop group.
Команда 4
A historic castle in central London built by William the Conqueror, a former prison.
The birthplace of William Shakespeare.
The main square in the centre of London.
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TASK 1
PART 2
Royal family Quiz
How well do you
know the British royal family?
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1. What is the family name
of the
present royal family?
Tudor
Smith
Stuart
Windsor
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2. When did
Queen Elizabeth II
become Queen?
1942
1952
1962
1972
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3. Which university
did Prince William attend?
Oxford University
Cambridge
University
St Andrews University
London University
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4. Who was once part of the British
horse-riding team in the Olympic Games?
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Prince
Andrew
Princess Anne
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5. Which member of the royal
family is president of England’s
Football Association?
a) Prince Charles
b) Princess Anne
c) Prince William
d) Prince Harry
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Answers.
1. Windsor is the family name of the
present royal family.
2. Queen Elizabeth II became Queen
in 1952.
3. Prince William attended St Andrews University.
4. Princess Anne was once part of the British horse-riding team.
5. Prince William is president of England’s Football Association.
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1) The Statue of Liberty was designed by
Frederic Bartholdi and was given to the US by
France in 1884 as a symbol of Franko-American friendship. But who was the model for the statue?
Bartholdi’s wife
Bartholdi’s mother
Bartholdi’s daughter
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2) Which country is bigger, Canada or
the USA?
Canada
The USA
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3) Your American friends say to you, “
Let’s go see a ball game.”
What do they mean?
volleyball
basketball
baseball
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4) The two largest political parties in the
US are the Republicans and the Democrats. The Republican
Party is traditionally represented by an elephant. What animal represents the Democratic Party?
a donkey
a tiger
a monkey
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5) What is the New York underground called?
the
metro
the subway
the tube
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Answers.
The model for the Statue of Liberty was
Bartholdi’s mother.
Canada is bigger than the USA.
A ball game
is baseball.
A donkey represents the Democratic Party.
The New York underground is called the subway.
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1. The capital of
Canada is
Toronto
Montreal
Quebec
d) Ottawa
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2. Which animal is an official emblem of
Canada?
a) the beaver
b) the moose
c) the polar bear
d) the
black cat
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3. Which place in Canada is called ‘the
honeymoon capital of the world’?
the Yukon
Newfoundland
Montreal
Niagara Falls
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4. Which Canadian singer had a worldwide hit
with a song from the Titanic movie?
Avril Lavigne
Shania Twain
Celine
Dion
Diana Krall
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5. The Canadian head of state is
a) the
Queen
b) the President
c) the Prime Minister
d) the Governer General
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Answers.
The capital of Canada is Ottawa.
The beaver is
an official symbol of Canada.
‘The honeymoon capital of the
world’ is the Niagara Falls.
Celine Dion had a hit with a song from the “Titanic”.
The Canadian head of state is the Queen.
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TASK 1
PART 4
AUSTRALIAN
ANIMALS
QUIZ
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Match the animals
with their names
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a) echidna
b) koala
c) emu
d) platypus
e) dingo
f) lyrebird
g) kookaburra
h)
anteater
cockatoo
j) wombat
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Answers.
1 – kookabarra
2 –cockatoo
3 – platypus
4 – koala
5
– anteater
6 – dingo
7 – lyrebird
8 – echidna
9 –
wombat
10 - emu
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The English language has many words which have
been borrowed from other languages. Can you guess where
the following words come from?
Match the word and the language.
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French Greek Italian
Russian Spanish
German
Turkish Hindi Japanese
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French: menu, cafe, bouquet
Greek:
physics, theatre, chemistry
Italian: pizza, soprano, fresco
Russian:
sputnik, vodka, samovar
Spanish: guitar, canyon, tango
German: hamburger, kindergarten,
poodle
Turkish: coffee, kiosk, caviar
Hindi: shampoo, bungalow, pyjamas
Japanese: kimono, hara-kiri, judo
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Can you match the “nose” idioms on the
left with their definitions on the right?
to pay through
the nose
to follow one’s nose
to keep one’s nose clean
to have one’s nose in the air
to have one’s nose in the book
to keep out of trouble,
especially trouble with law
b) to be reading
c) to pay too much
d) to go straight ahead
e) to behave as if you are
better than someone else
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Answers.
to pay through the nose
to follow one’s nose
to
keep one’s nose clean
to have one’s nose in the
air
to have one’s nose in the book
c) to pay too much
d) to go straight ahead
to keep out of trouble,
especially trouble with law
e) to behave as if you are
better than someone else
b) to be reading
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Match the idioms with the correct definition.
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1. to be in the red
a) to be
in a dangerous situation
b) to be bleeding
c) to have
spent more money than you had in your bank account
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2. to have green fingers
a) to wear green
gloves
b) to be very good at gardening
c) to be
very interested in the environment
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3. to feel blue
a) to be fond of
the colour blue
b) to enjoy a beautiful blue sky
c)
to be sad or depressed
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4. to want everything in black and white
to
want information in a very clear written form
to be
a fan of old black-and-white films
to buy only black or white clothes
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5. to see life through rose-coloured glasses
a) to
wear glasses with pink lenses
b) to see the world
better than it really is
c) to be colour-blind
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Answers.
to be in the red
c)
to have spent more money than you had in
your bank account
2. to have green fingers
b) to be very good at gardening
3. to feel blue
c) to be sad or depressed
4. to want everything in black and white
a) to want information in a very clear written form
5. to see life through rose-coloured glasses
b) to see the world better than it really is
