Викторина "Привет, Америка" 9 класс
занимательные факты по английскому языку (9 класс)

Hello America!

Quiz.

1. The official name of America is

a) the USA or the US    b) the USSR    c) the UK

2. America was discovered by

a) Vasco da  Gama    b) Ferdinand Magellan     c) Christopher Columbus

3.The  Native Americans were

a) Indians    b) Celts   c) Mexicans

4. The area of the USA is

a) over 9 mln. sq. kl    b) over 10 mln. sq. kl     c) over 6 mln. sq. kl  

5. The capital of  America is

a) New York     b) Boston    c)Washington, DC

6. The  first  president of the USA was

a) Abraham Lincoln    b) George Washington    c) Franklin D. Roosevelt

7. In  America the official language (s) is/ are

a) English     b) English and French    c) English and German

8. American money is

a) euros and cents    b) dollars and cents    c) pounds and pennies

9. The  national symbol of America is

a) the rose    b) the bald eagle    c) the shamrock

10. The American flag has

a) thirteen stripes      b) thirty  stripes      c) fifty stripes

11. What do the strips (seven red and six white) on the American flag mean?

a) the original thirteen States that were united in 1776 

 b) the  original seven States that were united in 1776  

 c) the  original six States  that were united in 1776    

12. What do the stars on the American flag mean?

a) the  number of  large cities today     b) the number of  states today

 c) the  number of  colonies today  

13. Americans  celebrate  Independence  Day

a) July 4    b)December 25    c) February 14

14.Americans  began  to celebrate  Flag Day since

a) .  June  14,  1777      b) July 4, 1776   c)  on February 14, 1269

15. Why is dollar described in such way    $   ?  

(because  SU   was abbreviation  and low part of  the letter U erased (стёрлась)

and the lines left   $   )

16.The first skyscraper in America was in

a) New York City     b) Chicago     c) San Francisco

17. Where is the tallest  skyscraper  in  America now?

a) in New York City   b)  in Chicago    c) in San Francisco

18. The largest city and port in the USA is

a) New York       b) Washington      c) San Francisco

19. The  most famous symbol of America is

a)  the  Empire  State Building    b) the Statue of  Liberty    c)the Rockefeller Center

20. What country presented the Statue  of  Liberty  to America?

a) Russia   b) Great Britain    c) France

21. New York is  

a)  the Big Pine-apple    b)the  Big  Apple    c) the Large  Orange

22. New York  consists  of  … boroughs. What are they?

a)  7     b) 3    c) 5     (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten  Island, the Bronx)

23. New York  is  on

a)  the  Mississippi  River   b)  the Colorado   c) the Hudson  River  

24. The Twin Towers of the World Trade Center were ruined  

a)  on  January  22, 2000    b) on September 11, 2001    c)   on November 13, 2009  

25. The  tallest  skyscraper in New York  after September 11, 2001 became  

a)  the Empire State Building     b) the Chrysler  c) the Pan American buildings

26. The Empire State  Building  has … floors

a)  96    b) 103   c) 105

27. John  D. Rockefeller  II was

a) a rich aristocrat who believed in people and didn’t believe in money

b) a famous architect and designer   c) a famous scientist

28. The  most famous musical is

a) Mexico   b) Chicago   c) New York

29. The  national sport in America is

a) football     b) soccer    c) baseball

30. The  first  man on the Moon was

a) John Glen    b) Yuri Gagarin   c) Neil Armstrong