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Quiz - programme “Happy chance” “What do you know about Great Britain?”

(Страноведческая игра «Счастливый случай»- «Что ты знаешь о Великобритании?» на английском языке)

I round: “What do you know about Great Britain?”

(“Что ты знаешь о Великобритании?»)

Choose the correct answer from the variants listed below.

1. What is the official name of the country whose language you study?

a) Great Britain b) England c) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

2. How many countries does the United Kingdom consists of?

a) two b) three c) four

3. Which is the largest island of the British Isles?

a) Ireland b) Isle of Man c) Great Britain

4.What is a capital of Scotland?

a) Manchester b)Edinburgh c)Cardiff

5. What is a capital of Wales?

a) Edinburgh b)Cardiff c)Liverpool

6. What is a capital of Northern Ireland?

a) Cardiff b) Dublin c) Belfast

7. What is a state system of the United Kingdom?

a) a constitutional monarchy b) a parliamentary republic c) a limited monarchy

8. What is the symbol of the United Kingdom?

a) a bald eagle b) Britannia c) a rose

9. What is the name of the British national flag?

a) the Union Jack b) the Saint Andrew’s Cross c) the Saint David’s Cross

10.Which is the longest river in Britain?

a) the Clyde b) the Severn c) the Thames

11. What is the emblem of England?

a) a shamrock b) a red rose c) a leek

12. What is the emblem of Scotland?

a) a daffodil b) a dragon c) a thistle

13. What are the emblems of Wales?

a) a shamrock, a clover and a red hand b) a rose and the Saint George’s Cross

c) a dragon, a daffodil, a leek, a dove

14. What is the emblem of Northern Ireland?

a) a shamrock b) a red rose c) a thistle

15. What chambers does the British Parliament consist of?

a) the Senate and the House of Representatives b)The House of Lords and the House of Commons c) the Cabinet of Ministers and the Shadow Cabinet

16. Who presides in the House of Lords?

a) the Lord Chancellor b) the Speaker c) the Chancellor of the Exchequer

17. Where does the British Premier live and work?

a) at 10 Downing Street b) in the Houses of Parliament c) in Buckingham Palace

18.What is the name of the poet who was called “The Father of English Poetry”?

a) W. Shakespeare b) George G. Byron c) Geoffrey Chaucer

19.Who is the official head of the UK?

a) the President b)the Houses of Parliament c) the Queen

20. What is London residence of Queen Elizabeth II?

a) the Tower of London b) Windsor Castle c) Buckingham Palace

21. Where is Nelson’s Column situated?

a) in Parliament Square b) in Trafalgar Square c ) in Piccadilly Circus

22. Where are British kings crowned?

a) in St. Paul’s Cathedral b) in Westminster Abbey c) in Canterbury Cathedral

23. Who was the architect of St. Paul’s Cathedral in London?

a) Sir Christopher Wren b) Edward Bailey c)Henry Tate

24. The ravens are a famous sight of …

a) the Tower of London b) London zoo c) Covent Garden

25. Scottish surnames begin with …

a) O’ b) Mac or Mc c) de

26. What is the Scottish national costume for men?

a) the tuxedo b) the bearskin c) the kilt

27. What lake does the famous Scottish monster live in?

a) Lough Erne b)Loch Lomond c) Loch Ness

28. What is the most famous sport event in Scotland?

a) the Highland Games b) Commonwealth Games c) the Wimbledon Championship

29. What country is called a land of castles and princes?

a) England b) Northern Ireland c) Wales

30. What universities have the highest academic reputation in the UK?

a) Oxford University and Cambridge University b)London University and Bristol University c)Red-brick universities

31. What is the school-leaving age in the United Kingdom?

a) 16 b) 13 c) 18

32. Which of the following stages of British education is not obligatory?

a) nursery school b) primary school c) secondary school

33. What is the top secondary school in Great Britain?

a) Chiswick Community School b) Eton c) Harrow

34. What is the highest mark in British schools?

a) A b) C c) G

35. What is the Englishmen’s favourite drink?

a) orange juice b)coffee c) tea

36. The large bag of wool on which the Lord Chancellor sits in the House of Lords.

a) woolbag b) woolsack c) woolbox

37. The political centre of London is …

a) Tower of London b) Westminster c) Piccadilly Circus

38. The colour of taxis in London is …

a) black b) red c) yellow

39. The major spectator sport in Britain.

a) basketball b) football c) handball

40. What is the official religion in the United Kingdom?

a) Catholicism b)Orthodoxy c) Protestantism

Points: 40.

II round “A black horse” – The most famous sights in London

(«Чёрная лошадка» - Известные достопримечательности Лондона)

Name the place which description you’ll read here.

1. This place is best known as the Queen’s home.

2. The most educational centers in the country.

3. The Tower with a huge bell, from which people in Britain take time.

4. The most democratic park.

5. The meeting’s point of six streets.

6. The ancient church, where a lot of kings were crowned and buried.

7. The finest bridge in London, which cross the Thames.

8. The most imposing building, in which the British Parliament sits.

9. Where is Nelson’s Column situated?

10. This masterpiece was built by the famous English architect Sir Christopher Wren in the XVIIth century.

Points: 10.

III round “The secretive (magic) numerals”

(«Таинственные числа»)

Write correctly the numerals from sentences you’ll read here.

1. How many parts is London divided into?

2. How many ravens are always at least at the Tower of London?

3. How old is London?

4. How many people do in London live?

5. How many chambers does the British Parliament consist of?

6. When was the Battle of Trafalgar?

7. When can you watch the Changing the Guard?

8. When was the Great Plague?

9. One pound equals …pence.

10. What is the population of the United Kingdom?

Points: 10.

IV round “The mysterious barrel” – Famous Englishmen

(«Таинственная бочка»- Известные англичане)

Guess the Englishmen who have worldwide fame.

1. She was born in 1891. She was a worldwide writer. She wrote 75 detective stories. Her main character was an old woman named Miss Maple. She died in 1976.

2. He is a creator of the English historical novel. He was born in 1771 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He published his finest novels “Ivanhoe”, “Rob Roy” and others. He died in 1832. There is his memorial in the Poet’s corner in Westminster Abbey.

3. He was born in 1564 in Stratford-on-Avon, where he received a classical education. He was one of the world’s greatest writers. When he was twenty-one he went to London. There he became an actor and began to write plays. He wrote many beautiful sonnets and plays for the famous Globe Theatre. Later he was one of the owners of the Globe Theatre. His most famous play is “Romeo and Juliet”. He died in 1616.

4. This man is one of the greatest scientists in the world. He was born in 1809. He applied the theory of evolution to the human race. He died in 1882 and buried in Westminster Abbey.

5. He was born in 1859. He did much for the English detective literature. But he was an outstanding writer, because he wrote some scientific stories. His famous hero was Sherlock Holmes.

6. He was an English novelist, a short-story writer and a poet. He was born in Bombay, India, in 1865 where his father worked at that time. When he was six years old, his parents sent the boy to England. At twenty-one he published his first book of poems. A year later he wrote a book of short stories about India. He is best known for his works for children, especially “The Jungle Book”. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907.

7. She was a very nice woman. And she was a real English princess, too. That was the woman whom everybody loved. She had two sons and her husband was the Prince Charles. Her death was passed by strange events.

8. He was one of the most important scientists who ever lived. He was born on 25 December, 1642, in Woolsthorpe. He spent most of his life in Cambridge. He became a world-famous physicist, mathematician, and natural philosopher. He formulated laws of universal gravitation and motion that explain how objects move on the Earth and in the sky. He made discoveries in optics and built the first reflecting telescope. He invented an area of mathematics called calculus and wrote a lot of books.

9. He was born in London, England; on 16 April 1889.He didn’t have a very happy childhood. His brother and he were in the workhouse. He started his career as an actor when he was nine. When he was 21, he joined a traveling music-hall company. Soon after he went to America and became the famous comic film star. People remember him as a funny little man in baggy trousers and a small bowler hat.

10. He was born on the 30^th of November, 1874 in Britain, in a rich and famous family. In 1895 he graduated from Sandhurst Military Academy and in five years time, in 1900, became a Member of Parliament. He was the Prime Minister during the Second World War. Points: 10.

V round “The hurry after the leader”

(«Гонка за лидером»)

Write three forms of English verbs.

Be, write, have, go, do, cross, learn, play, build, become, think, tell, know, choose, see, want, leave, fly, get, understand.

Points: 10.

VI round “Forward”

(«Вперёд!»)

Translate correctly the phrases.

1. The full name of the country is the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

2. The UK is a constitutional monarchy. In law the head of the state is the Queen.

3. London is without doubt one of the most fascinating cities in the world.

4. When the Romans came it was a small village called Llyn Dyn.

5. The residence of the Houses of Parliament is in Westminster Palace.

6. The head of the state is the Queen Elizabeth II.

7. The Queen has always been popular with the British People.

8. The ravens are certainly among the most important residents in the Tower, for – so the story goes – if they ever leave, the Tower will fall and England with it.

9. One tower is a Clock Tower called Big Ben with a huge bell, from which all people in Britain take time.

10) One can say that the City is the money of London, the West End is the goods of London, and the East End is the hands of London.

Points: 10.

Ключи к конкурсам страноведческой игры «Счастливый случай»:

I round – 1. c; 2.c; 3. c; 4. b; 5. b; 6. c; 7. a; 8. b; 9.a; 10. b; 11. b; 12. c; 13. c; 14. a; 15.b; 16.a; 17. a; 18. c; 19. c; 20. c; 21. b; 22. b; 23. a; 24. a; 25. b; 26. c; 27. c; 28. a; 29. c; 30. a; 31. a; 32. a; 33. b; 34. a; 35. c; 36. b; 37. b; 38. a; 39. b; 40. c. (40 баллов)

II round – 1) the Buckingham Palace 2) Oxford and Cambridge 3) Big Ben and Clock Tower 4) the Hyde Park 5) the Piccadilly Circus 6) the Westminster Abbey 7) Tower Bridge 8) Westminster Palace 9) in the middle of the Trafalgar Square 10) St. Paul’s Cathedral (10 баллов)

III round – 1) 4; 2) 6; 3) about 2000 years; 4) more than 12 million; 5) 2; 6) 1805; 7) at 11.30; 8) 1665; 9) 100; 10) 60 million. (10 баллов)

IV round – 1) Agatha Christy; 2) Walter Scott; 3) William Shakespeare; 4) Charles Darwin; 5) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle; 6) Rudyard Kipling; 7) Princess Diana; 8) Isaac Newton; 9) Charlie Chaplin; 10) Winston Churchill (10 баллов)

V round –

Be – was/ were – been; think – thought – thought;

Write – wrote – written; tell – told – told;

Have – had – had; know – knew – known;

Go – went – gone; choose – chose – chosen;

Do – did – done; see – saw – seen;

Cross – crossed – crossed; want – wanted – wanted;

Learn – learned/ learnt – learned/ learnt; leave – left – left;

Play – played – played; fly – flow – flown;

Build – built – built; get –got – got;

Become – became – become; understand – understood – understood.

(20 баллов)

VI round – 1) Полное название страны – Соединённое Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии. 2) Соединённое Королевство Великобритания – это конституционная монархия. 3) Лондон, без сомнения, самый выдающийся из городов мира. 4) Когда пришли римляне, то это была маленькая деревушка под названием Лин Дин. 5) Расположение (резиденция) Английского Парламента – это Вестминстерский дворец. 6) Глава государства – королева Елизавета Вторая. 7) Королева всегда любима своим народом ( популярна в народе). 8) Вороны, определённо, являются самыми важными обитателями в Тауэре, как гласит легенда, если они улетят, то башня падёт и, Англия вместе с ней. 9) Одна башня является Часовой Башней, называемой Биг Бен, с громадными часами с боем, по которым весь народ в Британии узнает время. 10) Говорят, что Сити – это деньги Лондона, Уэст Энд – это добро Лондона, а Ист Энд – это руки Лондона. (10 баллов)

Максимальное количество баллов за всю игру - 100.