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1) Historically the territory of Great Britain is divided into …….. two parts three parts four parts The right answer: 3. into four parts: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
2) Where was William Shakespeare born? in London in Bristol in Stratford-on-Avon The right answer: 3. in Stratford-on-Avon
3) Cricket is a famous English sport game, isn’t it 3) Cricket is a famous English sport game, isn’t it? And do you know another meaning of this word? It is the name of ….. an insect an animal a bird The right answer: 1. It is the name of an insect – «сверчок»
4) What is the symbol of Wales? A red rose A thistle A daffodil The right answer: 3. A daffodil
5) In Scotland people speak … English and Welsh English and Gaelic English and Irish The right answer: 2. English and Gaelic
6) What book is this? It is a story about a boy who didn’t want to become grown up. He could fly and had a lot of adventures. Christopher Robin Peter Pen The Gingerbread Boy The right answer: 2. Peter Pen
7) What book is it? This is a story about a girl who wanted to visit one of her relatives but she had many problems on her way. At last a hunter helped her and her relative. Little Mermaid Sleeping Beauty Little Red Riding Hood The right answer: 3. Little Red Riding Hood
8) What monument is there in the middle of the Trafalgar Square? The Statue of William the Conqueror The Queen Victoria Memorial The Statue of Admiral Nelson The right answer: 3. The Statue of Admiral Nelson
9) When did the Great Fire of London take place? In 666 In 999 In 1666 The right answer: 3. In 1666
10) What holiday do Welsh people celebrate on the first of March? 1. St. David’s Day 2. St. Patrick’ Day 3. St. Paul’s Day The right answer: 1. St. David’s Day
11)What book is this? It is a story about three brothers. They wanted to build three houses in the wood. But the wolf destroyed two of them. Three Little Kittens Three Bears Three Little Pigs The right answer: 3. Three Little Pigs
12)What weather is very usual in Great Britain? 1. rainy 2. sunny 3. snowy The right answer: 1. rainy
13) The highest peak of Scotland is … Ben Nevis Snowdon Donard The right answer: 1. Ben Nevis
14) What is the oldest British monument? Stonehenge The Tower of London Big Ben The right answer: 1. Stonehenge
15) What holiday do English people celebrate on the 26th of December? Christmas Day Christmas Eve Boxing Day The right answer: 3. Boxing Day
16 ) The British celebrate Easter … in winter in summer in spring The right answer: 3. in spring
17) Scottish national dish is … champ haggis pudding The right answer: 2. haggis
18) What pies do English people have for Christmas dinner? Choco pies Cabbage pies Mince pies The right answer: 3. Mince pies
19) What is an English dish? Fish and chips Leek soup Speckled bread The right answer: 1. Fish and chips
20) What is the name of this sport game? Polo Rugby Cricket The right answer: 1. Polo 22
21) What street did Sherlock Holmes live in? High Street Fleet Street Baker Street The right answer: 3. Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson lived at 221b Baker Street between 1881-1904, according to the stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
22) What bird do English people call a Christmas bird? Sparrow (воробей) Robin (малиновка) Cuckoo ( кукушка) The right answer: 2. Robin
23) What museum is this?: The British Museum The Museum of London The Museum of Natural History The right answer: 1. The British Museum
24) Flag of what part of the UK is it? Scotland Northern Ireland England The right answer: 3. England
25) Who is the author of the book “Treasure Island” («Остров сокровищ)? Robert Louis Stevenson Agatha Christie James Fenimore Cooper The right answer: 1. Robert Louis Stevenson
26) What holiday do English people celebrate on the 5th of November? Thanksgiving Day Father’s Day Guy Fawkes’ Day The right answer: 3. Guy Fawkes’ Day
27) What does the word “cookies” mean in British English? biscuits cakes pies The right answer: 1. biscuits
28) Branch of what plant do English people often put on the Christmas pudding? Holly (остролист) Mistletoe (омела) Fir tree (ёлка) The right answer: 1. Holly
29) What is the capital of Scotland? Edinburgh London Belfast The right answer: 1. Edinburgh
30) What can we see in the Madam Tussaud’s Museum? Wax figures of famous people Clothes of old fashion Pictures of ancient painters The right answer: 1. Wax figures of famous people
31) Who is the official Head of Great Britain? The Queen The King The President The right answer: 1. The Queen
32) What is the favourite topic to discuss in the UK? children personal life of film stars weather The right answer: 3. The weather
33) Where is the famous lake Loch Ness situated? In Wales In Scotland In England The right answer: 2. In Scotland
34) How many Houses are there in the British Parliament 1. three 2. two 3. one The right answer: 2. Two (the House of Commons and the House of Lords)
35) What building is this? The Natural History Museum The Houses of Parliament Windsor Castle The right answer: 2. The Houses of Parliament
36) Who is the head of the government in Britain? Prime Minister The King The Queen The right answer: 1. Prime Minister
37) What should you do if you want to meet a witch at Hallowe’en? to put a pumpkin on the window sill to put your clothes on inside out and walk backwards to make a broomstick for a witch The right answer: 2. to put your clothes on inside out and walk backwards
38) What part of Britain couldn’t the Romans conquer? England Wales Scotland The right answer: 3. Scotland
39) What did the Emperor Hadrian build when he couldn’t conquer Scotland? Hadrian’s wall a wall a castle a fortress The right answer: 1. a wall
40) The UK is: a republic an absolute monarchy a constitutional monarchy The right answer: 3. a constitutional monarchy
41) Where was William the Conqueror (the King of England) from? from England from France from Rome The right answer: 2. from France
42) What is the name of the oldest university in the UK? Oxford Cambridge Harvard The right answer: 1. Oxford (1168)
43) What is it “the Union Jack”? the traditional English song the flag in the USA the flag of the United Kingdom The right answer: 3. the flag of the United Kingdom
44) What building is this? Westminster Abbey The Tower of London The Houses of Parliament The right answer: 1. Westminster Abbey
45) Where does the British Prime Minister live? In Downing Street In Baker Street In Whitehall The right answer: 1. Downing Street, 10
46)Where is the National Shakespeare Theatre? in London in Manchester in Stratford-upon-Avon The right answer: 3. In Stratford-upon-Avon
47) Is it the House of Lords or the House of Commons?
48) What is it? Tower Bridge London Bridge 1. Tower Bridge
49) People eat … for Christmas dinner turkey goose pork The right answer: 1. turkey
50) Lake Bala is the largest lake of … Scotland England Wales The right answer: 3. Wales
51) He wrote “Dracula” Alexander Milne Abraham Stoker Roald Dahl The right answer: 2. Abraham Stoker
52) Who wrote about the characters on the picture Lewis Carol Rudyard Kipling Alexander Milne The right answer: 3. Alexander Milne
53) The Head of the House of Commons is … Lord Chancellor Speaker The Queen The right answer: 2. Speaker
54) The symbols of St.Valentine’s Day are … chocolate, hearts, roses Turkey, pudding, presents Guy, fireworks, bonfires The right answer: 1. chocolate, hearts, roses
55) The name of the Queen is … Elizabeth I Elizabeth II Elizabeth III The right answer: 2. Elizabeth II