"Что? Где? Когда?"

What? Where? When?

Intellectual game

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question 1

• In the novel of an American writer the 2 main characters were so much alike that the political leader of the country changed. Name the novel and the author.

Mark Twain “The Prince and the Pauper”

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question 2

• Old English was very different from modern English. But there are some words that you can recognize .Attention! Look at the screen. Translate the words of old English into modern English:

drenkan slepan nyne sunne god nigt

drink, sleep, nine, sun, good night

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Question 3

• All journalists try their best to find the most exciting and surprising news to attract the readers. But one editor-in-chief once said “When a dog bites a man that is not news but that is news when ………..Continue the idea of the editor-in-chief.

Question 3

Question 4

Give the Russian equivalent to a very wise English proverb “Those who live in glass houses should not throw stones”.

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Question 5

• Thousands of tourists come to a famous place in Britain to see somebody that has never been seen and to visit the museum devoted to that never seen somebody. What is the place and who is that mysterious somebody?

Loch Ness, Loch Ness Monster.

Question 6

• Attention! The black box! There is one thing in this box which was brought by a famous English traveller Sir Walter Railegh from his trip to America. He borrowed it from American Indians and since that time it has always been very popular in Europe. If you guess what Sir W.Railegh brought to Europe from America you will get it as a present.

Potatoes

Question 7

• Attention! The black box! In this box there is something that in Russian is called by the name of a very popular British sport game. What is there in the box?

Гольфы

Question 8

• Attention! Look at the screen! Look at these French words. Having joined in pairs these words came to the Russian language. Find these words in our native language.

Question 8

• pot – горшок
• nez –нос
• velur – мягкий
• garder – хранить
• cheveux – волосы
• cacher – прятать
• robe – платье
• pencer –защемлять

Пенсне, шевелюра, гардероб, кашпо

Question 9

• There is a country which is highly developed now and has a good reputation. But it has a very dark past. It was founded many years ago by criminals. What country is it?

australia

Question 10

• Attention! Look at the screen! On the screen there are 5 portraits. Which portrait does not suit the group?

Question 10

Brad Pitt. All the others are Davids.

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