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The Star Hour Great Britain The motto: “It’s better to see something once than to hear about it a hundred times”.
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Game 1 The MississippiSnowdon EdinburghThe Pacific Ocean The English ChannelThe Atlantic Ocean The Gulf of MexicoThe Thames The Strait of DoverThe Caribbean Sea CardiffThe North Sea The Rocky MountainsBen Nevis Yosemite ValleyThe Appalachians
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The Atlantic Ocean The Thames The North Sea Snowdon Ben Nevis Edinburgh The English Channel The Strait of Dover Cardiff
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Captain’s Game 2 England London 49 5 2,5 Scotland Wales Cardiff Edinburgh The Atlantic Ocean The Strait of Dover Snowdon Ben Nevis The Thames The Severn The North Sea The English Channel The Irish Sea
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Captain’s Game The Thames London 49 5 Scotland Wales Cardiff Edinburgh The Atlantic Ocean The Strait of Dover S nowdon Ben Nevis The North Sea The English Channel The Irish Sea 2,5 England The Severn
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Game 3: London 1.What is the population of London? a) 11c) 3 b) 5d) 7 2. Where does the British Prime Minister live? a) 12 Whitehallc) 7 Russel Street b) 10 Downing Street d) 15 Oxford Street 3. What is the head of the state? a) The Prime Ministerc) The Queen b) The Presidentd) The Speaker 4. What is the official residence of the Queen in London? a) Holyrood Housec) The Castle b) Buckingham Palaced) The Houses of Parliament
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Game 3: London 1.What is the population of London? a) 11c) 3 b) 5d) 7 2. Where does the British Prime Minister live? a) 12 Whitehallc) 7 Russel Street b) 10 Downing Street d) 15 Oxford Street 3. What is the head of the state? a) The Prime Ministerc) The Queen b) The President d) The Speaker 4. What is the official residence of the Queen in London? a) Holyrood House c) The Castle b) Buckingham Palaced) The Houses of Parliament
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Buckingham Palace The Tower Westminster Abbey The Houses of Parliament Game 4:The sights of London
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The Tower Game 4:The sights of London
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St. Paul’ s Cathedral The Houses of Parliament The British Museum Buckingham Palace
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The British Museum
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The Houses of Parliament Buckingham Palace Madame Tussaud’s museum
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Buckingham Palace
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Parliament Square Regent’s Park Trafalgar Square The monument to Admiral Nelson
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Trafalgar Square The monument to Admiral Nelson
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The National Gallery St. Paul’s Cathedral Westminster Abbey Covent Garden
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Westminster Abbey
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The National Gallery The British Museum The Tower of London The Houses of Parliament
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Westminster Abbey St. Paul’s Cathedral The Tate Gallery The British museum
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St. Paul’s Cathedral
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The British Museum The Tower of London The National Gallery The Victoria and Albert Museum
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The National Gallery
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St. James’s Park Hyde Park Regent’s Park Greenwich Park
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Hyde Park
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London Bridge Tower Bridge Stamford Bridge
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Tower Bridge
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Stradford-upon-Avon Game 5
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Glasgow
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Edinburgh
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Oxford
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Cardiff
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Brighton
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Game 6 1. The population of the country is 70 million people. It’s false. 2. The symbol of England is a rose. It’s true. 3. People speak only English in different parts of the country. It’s false. 4. The British flag is called “Stars and Stripes”. It’s false. 5. The climate is mild and humid. It’s true. 6. The full name of the country is Great Britain. It’s false. 7. The symbol of Wales is a daffodil. It’s true. 8. The symbol of Scotland is a leek. It’s false.
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It’s interesting to know… Different countries have different national emblems or symbols. This emblem was adopted by King James III, in the 15 th century. There is a legend that, in the 8 th century, an army of enemies were coming up at night to attack the castle, the seat of the Scottish kings. The army had no idea that an enemy was close until one of the barefoot soldiers stepped on ____ and cried of pain. The Scots heard the noise, ran out of the castle and defeated the enemies in the battle. Midsummer’s Day, June 24 th is the longest day of the year. On that day a very old custom at ______ is held. _______ is one of the Europe’s biggest stone circles that is 10 or12 metres high.The earliest past is 5000 years old. The Druid priests used _______for a calendar. They knew when the months and seasons start A daffodil An eagle A leek A thistle Stars and Stripes A birch tree Eisteddfod St. Patrick’s Day Summer Bank Holiday Statue of Liberty Stonehenge Gay Fawkes Night The Fens The Hadrian’s Wall III
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A Thistle
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Stonehenge
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Crossword Game 8 1 St. David’s Day is celebrated in this country 2. People of this country prefer the traditional festival of Hogmanay, of New Year’s Eve, to Christmas. 3. St. Patrick’s day is celebrated in this country. 4. The greatest holidays of this country are Christmas and Easter. 1. It made Great Britain a rich and powerful country. 1 2 3 4 Across Down 4 3 2 1
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