Внеклассное мероприятие "Are you an expert of Russia?"
методическая разработка по английскому языку (6, 7, 8 класс)

Are you an expert of Russia?

My dear friends, I greet you in our intellectual auction, where you can earn money if you are clever and curious. Our money is not real. One banknote is called "1 BRAIN". You will answer questions about Russia (about its geographical position, population, history, cities, sights, outstanding people). If  your answer is correct you will get "1 BRAIN". (Учащиеся поднимают карточки с номером правильного ответа. В конце викторины подводятся итоги).

Geography 

1. What is the territory of Russia?

1.13 million square kilometres

2.about 17 million square decimetres

3. over17 million square kilometres

2. What is the deepest lake in Russia and in the world?

1.Lake Ilmen

2.White Lake

3. Lake Baikal

3. What does the word “Altai” mean?  

1. Golden

2. Rich

3. Green

4. What is the highest peak in Russia?

1.Mount Kazbek

2.Mount Elbrus

3.Pushkin Peak

5. Which are the oldest mountains in the Russian Federation?  

1. the Urals

2. the Caucasus

3. the Khibini

6. How many oceans is Russia washed by?

 1. two

 2. four

 3. three

7. What is the biggest island in Russia?

1.Island Sakhalin

2.Island Wrangel

3. White island

Population

8.What is the population of Russia?

1. about 145 million people

2. more than 200 million people

3. more than 300 million people

9.How many nationalities live in Russia?

1.160 nationalities

2.100 nationalities

3.210 nationalities

Cities

10.Who founded Moscow?

1.Timofey Nevezhyn

2.Peter the first

3.Yuri Dolgoruki

11.What city is not in the Golden Ring (Zolotoe Koltzo)?

1.Archangelsk

2.Yaroslavl

3.Ivanovo

12.What city is in the south of Russia?

1.Krasnoyarsk

2.Khabarovs

3. Krasnodar

13.Who founded St. Petersburg?

1. Yaroslav the Wise

2. Peter the Great

3. Elizabeth II

14.Which city was founded in 1703 and was the capital of Russian Empire for 200 years?

1.St. Petersburg

2.Moscow

3.Kiev

History

15.The Russian Revolution took place in:

1. 1914

2. 1917

3. 1918

16.Alexander II is well- know in Russia bacause:

1.He liberated the peasants

2.He won a lot of wars

3. He fought against Napoleon

17.The red – brick Kremlin is the largest fortress in Europe. The first Kremlin however was built from:

1. wood

2. stone

3.white brick

Outstanding people

18.Why is Mikhail Gorbachev so famous?

1.He started a war in Chechnya

2.He organized a great repression

3.He organized the perestroika

19.From what country did Joseph Stalin come?

1.Georgia

2.Belarus

3.Russia

20.Who is the youngest world chess champion?

1.Anatoly Karpov

2.Mikhail Botvinnik

3.Garry Kasparov

22.Leo Tolstoy lived in …

1. 17 century

2. 18 century

3.19 century

23.Who is the author of this painting?

1.Vasnetzov

2. Aivazovskiy

3. Shishkin

24.What is the name of this poet?

1.Yesenin

2. Nekrasov

3. Tvardovsky

25.What is the name of this writer?

1.Turgenev

2.Gogol

3.Mamin Sibiryak

Sights

26.What place of interest is it?

1. the Tretyakov Art Gallery

2. Fersman Mineralogical Museum

3. Pushkin Museum

27.What does the word «kremlin» mean?

1.Palace

2.Castle

3.Fortress

28.Which monument is not in Moscow?

1. St.Basil's cathedral

2. St.Isaak`s Cathedral

3. Cathedral of Christ the Savior

29.Where is the ‘Motherland Calls’ monument?

1.Saratov

2.Volgograd

3.Kaliningrad