Викторина для 6-7 классов "Знаешь ли ты Британию?"
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THE QUIZ “DO YOU KNOW BRITAIN?”

1. What’s the name of the London underground?

A  Metro                                B Tube                        C Subway

2. What London Street is famous for shops?

A  Oxford Street                B Fleet Street                C Lombard Street

3. Which animal can look at the queen?

A a dog                        B  a cat                        C  a lion

4. Who wrote ‘Winnie-the-Pooh’?

A  L.Carrol                        B  O.Wide                        C  A.Milne

5. What is English marmalade?

A apple jam                        B orange jam                        C sweets

6. The traditional English drink is ________?

A coffee                        B cocoa                        C  tea

7. What river does London stand by?

A the Thames                        B the Seven                        C  the Clyde

8. Robert Burn is a _______ poet.

A  American                        B English                        C Scottish

9. The oldest university in Britain is in ______.

A  London                        B Edinburgh                         C Oxford

10. Who discovered the law of gravity when an apple fell on his head?

A  Darwin                        B Fleming                        C Newton

11. What tried to prove that our remote granddads and grannies were monkeys?

A  Churchill                        B Defoe                        C Darwin

12. Who is the author of ‘Lord of the Rings?’

A  Burns                        B Tolkien                        C Wilde

13. What is the name of a man the monument to whom stands in Trafalgar Square?

A  Nelson                        B Chaplin                       C Cromwell

14. Who is the first woman Prime Minister of Britain?

A  Thatcher                         B Livingstone                        C Scott

15. What is the name of a member of the Beatles who was killed in the USA?

A  Rowling                         B Lennon                        C Stevenson

16. What is the name of the Princess of Wales who died in car crash in Paris?

A  Debby                         B Dolly                C Diana

17. Who tried to blow up Parliament on November 5, 1605?

A  Arthur                         B Fawkes                        C Drake

18. What’s the name of the author of the Harry Potter books?

 A  Rowling                         B Alfred                        C Constable

19. A double-decker is _______?

A a bus                B a plane                C a train                 D a hotel room

20. The Tower of London is _____?

A a prison                          B a royal residence                        C a museum

21. The safest topic for conversation in England is ____.

A weather                 B music                C politics                 D love

22. On the whole the climate of Great Britain is_______.

A dry                 B mild                C frosty                D tropical

23. For Christmas dinner the British usually have___________.

A chicken                 B roast beef                C fish                D turkey

24. The capital of Northern Ireland is___________.

A  Dublin                         B Cardiff                        C Belfast

25. The kits is__________.

A a shirt                 B a skirt                        C trousers

26. The mysterious Lock Ness Monster is from________.

A  Wales                         B Ireland                        C Scotland

27.  The most popular sport in Britain is_________.

A ice hockey                 B baseball                        C football

28. The Beatles started their career in _____________.

A  London                         B Liverpool                C Cardiff

29. What’s the name of a brave scientist who discovered penicillin?

A  Newton                 B Kipling                C Fleming

30. What’s the name of a comic actor with a small black moustache, f bowler hat and a funny way of walking?

A  Scott                 B Chaplin        C Carroll

31. What’s the name of a famous English footballer?

A  Beckham                B Babbage                C Christie

32. Who’s the a author of Robinson Crusoe?

A  Defoe        B Carroll                C Victoria

33. What part of modern Britain was modern was called by the Saxons ‘the land of the foreigners’?

A  Scotland                B Wales                C England

34. Who is the symbol of the British nation?

A  Uncle Sam                B John Bull                C Union Jack

35. The colour that represents Ireland is _____________.

A green                B red                C yellow

36. Where is Glasgow situated?

A in Scotland                B in Wales                C in England

37. What’s the name of the British flag?

A  Star-Spangled Banner                 B Stripes and Stars                 C Union Jack

38. Where is Ben Nevis situated?

A in Scotland                B in Wales                C in England

39. The famous British newspaper which is printed on pink paper is _________________.

A  The Times                B The Guardian                C he Financial Times

40. Stonehenge is about ________year old.

A 40                B 400                C 4000

41. The British monetary system consists of____________.

A pounds and pence                B pounds, pence and shilling                C pounds, pence, penny

D pounds and penny

42. Which of this people are not elected in Great Britain?

A a member of Parliament                 B the Prime Minister                C a peer

43. Scottish or Irish surnames?

A O’Connor is ____________.

B McMahon is____________.

44. The English Channel stands for____________.

A The Strait of Dover                B Pas de Calais                C La Manche

45. Who is the founder of London?

A Alfred the Great                B Julius Caesar                C William the Conqueror