ОЛИМПИАДА ПО СТРАНОВЕДЕНИЮ
олимпиадные задания по английскому языку

Олимпиада по страноведению по английскому языку

1. Christopher Columbus landed in America in:

a) 1620           b) 1942                 c)1492

2. Washington, D.C. is a:

a) state                  b) country          c)district

3. How many states are there in the USA?

a) 50                    b) 52             c) 25

4. In which month is Thanksgiving Day celebrated?

                a) December                     b) February               c)November

5. Who fought against racial discrimination in the 1960`s?

a) Martin Luther King     b)Frank Lloyd Wright            c)Emily Dickinson

6. Who built the 1-st car?

a) Benjamin Franklin                b) Alexander Bell              c) Henry Ford

7. What is the national symbol of America?

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

8. Where is the Statue of Liberty?

a) New York           b) California        c) Los Angeles

9. When do Americans celebrate Independence Day?

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

10. Where does the President of the USA  live and work?

a) in Congress            b) in  the White House                  c) in the Pentagon

11. Which is the biggest state in the USA?

a) Texas          b) California             c)Alaska

12. In which city is Hollywood?

a) New York                b) San Francisco          c)  Los Angeles

13. What is the national sport in America?

a) football                b)  baseball            c) soccer

14. Which city is the financial and business centre?

a) New York           b) Washington, D.C.             c) Los Angeles

15. What kind of State is the USA?

a) parliamentary monarchy         b) federal republic          c) constitutional republic;

16. Who is the head of the State and government nowadays?

a) the Prime Minister                b) the President               c)  the Secretary of State

17. Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

a) George Washington     b) Thomas Jefferson     c)Benjamin Franklin

18. What river was the capital of the USA built on.

a)  Mississippi          b) Potomac          c) Severn

19. He began programming computers at 13, the founder of software corporation.

a) Bill Gates             b) Harrison Ford            c) Betsy Ross

20. The first …… were made in 1873 in California by Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis.

a) sportswear      b) baseball caps    c)  jeans

21. There are about 800 …… a year in the USA. It looks like a windy funnel and acts like a hoover.

a) earthquake    b) tornadoes    c) eruption

22. What tragic event happened on September 11, 2001? 

a) The Twin Towers in New York were destroyed by terrorists. 

b) The America war in Afghanistan began. 

c) The American war in Iraq started. 

23. What is the name of the building of the US department of Defense? 

a) the Mission Control Centre    b) the Pentagon     c)the War Ministry 

24. What American State is situated 50 miles from Russia? (Alaska)
25. What is the capital of the USA? (Washington, D.C.)
26. What is the largest river in North America? (The Mississippi River)
27. Who wrote «The Old Man and the Sea»? (E. Hemingway)
28. What is the centre of the cinema production in the USA? (Hollywood)
29. What currency is used in the USA?(The American dollar)
30. Who created Mickey Mouse? (Walt Disney)