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Do you know English
and English-speaking countries?
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Guess the name of the team.
The first letter
of the answer corresponds
to the number.
TEAM 1
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8
8. The county which is called “The Gardens of England”.
7. The royal headwear.
6. The famous university of England, not Cambridge.
5. The second letter of the word “prince”.
4. The word for a “king” or a “queen”.
3. The name of Queen Victoria’s husband.
2. The name of Prince William’s brother.
1. The pre-historic monument in the south-west of England consisting of huge stones.
TEAM 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
7. The biggest part of Great Britain.
6. The home town of the Beatles pop group.
5. A historic castle in central London built by William the Conqueror, a former prison.
4. The birthplace of William Shakespeare.
3. The island to the left of the island of Great Britain.
2. The name of the famous English king who had a lot of wives.
1. The main square in the centre of London.
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The names of the teams are:
TEAM 1.
SHAMROCK
TEAM 2.
THISTLE
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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. Speaking – 5 points
5. Guess the melody – 13 points
Total – 80 points
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TASK 1
QUIZ
ENGLISH-SPEAKING
COUNTRIES
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TASK 1
PART 1
Royal family Quiz
How well do you
know the British royal family?
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Choose
the correct answer
a, b, c or d
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2. When did
Queen Elizabeth II
become Queen?
1952
1962
1972
1982
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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.
6. British monarchs are crowned in Westminster Abbey.
7. Lady Grey reigned for 9 days.
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Do you know?
Everybody knows that Henry VIII
had six wives. But not many people
know that his sixth wife, Catherine
Parr, had four husbands of her own
including Henry.
The surname of the British Royal Family is Windsor. This might sound very British, but the Royal Family’s ancestors were German. Queen Elizabeth II’s great-great-grandmother, Queen Victoria, was born in Britain, but her mother and her husband were both German.
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Choose
the correct answer
a, b or c
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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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Do you know
what it is ?
The Great Seal
of the USA
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WHO SAYS NUMBER 13 IS UNLUCKY?
This much
abused number is the keynote of the Great Seal
of the United States. In it there are:
13 stars
13 stripes
13 arrows
13 letters in the motto
13 olive leaves
13 olives
13 feathers on each arrow
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Choose the correct answer
a, b, c or
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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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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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Do you know
what ‘Strine’ is?
Australian people speak English
but their English is a bit different from British
or American English. They have their own special words and phrases called ‘Strine’.
Here are some examples:
Arvo – afternoon
Barbie – barbecue
Chrissie – Christmas
Cow – anything that is difficult
Crook – not well, ill
Dead horse – tomato sauce
Grizzle – to complain
Kanga or kangaroo - shoe
Lollies – sweets
Lolly – money
Mate – a best friend
Snags –sausages
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Can you work out what these sentences mean?
Hey,
mate! Come along to our barbie this arvo. We’re
going to cook the snags.
I don’t mean to grizzle, but I was feeling pretty crook during Chrissie.
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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: 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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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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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
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Do you know
what a Death Valley is?
Going to
Death Valley once meant danger and even death. It’s
the hottest place in the USA and summer temperatures there can reach 54 degrees ! Today it’s a national park and thousands of people drive there to enjoy the beauty of this strange land.
There are lots of ghost towns in Death Valley. In the 1800s people streamed to Death Valley looking for gold and silver. The terrible heat combined with hard work made people leave the towns.
Today, you can visit there eerie ghost towns and look inside old houses, prisons and banks to see how people lived back then.
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Task 4.
A CRAZY RACE
British Eccentricities
Speaking Quiz
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Try your luck in this simple test.
The English
police do not carry guns. They are the only
police force in the world not to be armed. Why?
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), channels of British TV do not show any adverts – only programmes. Why?
The United Kingdom (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) has two currencies. What are they, and why have two different forms of money!?
The French eat frogs and snails, but in England they eat toads. Why?
