Викторина для 10 класса

Intellectual

game

‘ J E O P A R D Y ! ’

Warming-up

SMS language is a term for abbreviations and slang which are used because there is need in making phone messages shorter.

TASK

Two teams have to decode one and the same text written in SMS English as quicker as they can. The quickest team gets 10 points. The other team – 5 points.

It will be a start for your total score.

My smmr hols wr CWOT.

  My summer holidays were complete waste of time.

B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :-@ kds FTF. 

Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend and their three screaming kids face to face.

ILNY, its gr8. 

I love New York, it’s great.

Bt my Ps wr so {:-/ BC o 9/11 tht they dcdd 2 stay in SCO & spnd 2 wks up N. 

But my parents were so worried because of September 11 that they decided to stay in Scotland and spend two weeks up north.

Up N, WUCIWUG - 0. 

Up north, what you see is what you get – nothing.

I ws vvv brd in MON.

I was extremely bored in the middle of nowhere. 

0 bt baas & ^^^^^. 

Nothing but sheep and mountains.

AAR8, my Ps wr :-) - they sd ICBW, & tht they wr :-) wth the pc&qt...  

At any rate, my parents were happy – they said it could be worse, and that they were happy with the peace and quiet.

IDTS!! 

I don’t think so!

I wntd 2 go hm ASAP, 2C my M8s again. 

I wanted to go home as soon as possible, to see my mates again.

2day, I cam bk 2 skool. 

Today I came back to school.

I feel v O:-) BC I hv dn all my hm wrk.

I feel very saintly because I have done all my homework. 

Now its BAU ... 

Now it’s business as usual…

The stages of the game

1. A quiz.

2. The captains’ battle:

- a mini-quiz;

- ‘Look and Guess’.

The quiz

TASK

to choose one of the questions of the headings presented and respond to it.

The rules

If you choose, for example, BLUE 20 you will get 20 points, BLUE 50 – 50 points

and so on.

You can start with any question of any heading.

Time for thinking is 30 seconds maximum.

If the team didn’t answer the question, the other team has the right to give their answer if they know.

The colours of the columns mean:

- Blue field – SPORT

- Green field – GREAT BRITAIN

- Purple field – FAMOUS PEOPLE

- Red field – FASHION

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SPORT

10 points

What is the motto of the modern

Olympic Games?

«Quicker, higher, stronger »

SPORT

20 points

In what kind of sport was Sherlock Holmes successful?

Boxing

SPORT

30 points

Even a baby can raise the shell of this kind of sport.

It weighs 2.5 grams.

(Name the shell & the kind of sport)

A tennis ball, tennis

SPORT

40 points

This name unites the famous chess player and the young wizard.

Harry

SPORT

50 points

An athlete (sportsman) who goes sitting.

A chess player

GREAT BRITAIN

10 points

Who invented penicillin?

When?

An English scientist

Alexander Fleming in 1929

GREAT BRITAIN

20 points

Where does

the legendary monster of Scotland live?

In Loch Ness

GREAT BRITAIN

30 points

He gathered the Knights of the Round Table

at his court at Camelot.

King Arthur

GREAT BRITAIN

40 points

Name at least four kinds of sports that were born in England.

Cricket, football, golf, rugby, horse racing, boxing

GREAT BRITAIN

50 points

What are the houses of the British Parliament?

The House of Lords (the Lords),

The House of Commons (the Commons)

FAMOUS PEOPLE

10 points

He is the genius of small forms.

He influenced many areas in the IT-world.

He is best known as the man

who radically changed the industry of mobile devices.

He invented the iPhone, iPad, the tablet PC.

Steve Jobs

FAMOUS PEOPLE

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FAMOUS PEOPLE

20 points

He is one of the most famous representatives of the IT-world.

He has had for many years the title of the richest man on the planet.

He is he founder of Microsoft.

Bill Gates

FAMOUS PEOPLE

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FAMOUS PEOPLE

30 points

He is a unique traveller of the XXth century.

There were almost 3,000 of applicants for this journey but they chose him.

He did his trip around the world alone.

Before starting the journey he said:

"Let's go!“

Yuri Gagarin

FAMOUS PEOPLE

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FAMOUS PEOPLE

40 points

He was an American inventor and businessman. He invented the phonograph, the motion picture camera and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb.

He contributed a lot to mass communication.

He invented a battery for an electric car, electrical power, recorded music and motion pictures.

Thomas Edison

FAMOUS PEOPLE

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FAMOUS PEOPLE

50 points

He and his elder brother were the inventors of the world's 1st successful airplane.

He became famous as a father of modern aviation and developed technology for the United States Army.

He made ​​the 1st flight on an airplane with a combustion engine.

Orville Wright

FAMOUS PEOPLE

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FASHION

10 points

What is the jacket

for the Nobel Prize?

Smoking

FASHION

20 points

Which style helps fashion designers not invent anything new?

Retro

FASHION

30 points

Which city in Northern Italy is the capital of Italian fashion?

Milan

FASHION

40 points

What is a long, narrow stage that models walk along in a fashion show?

A runway

FASHION

50 points

Why did the great Spanish artist Dali believe that people who prefer fashionable clothes could be only sympathize?

Because: ‘What is fashionable today will inevitably be out of fashion tomorrow’.

The captains’ battle

The captains’ battle

Mini-quiz

Mini-quiz

The rules of the mini-quiz

The questions are for both captains.

That captain who will be quicker and give the correct answer gets points.

• Which is the oldest university of England?

• Which is the oldest university of England?

(University of Oxford).

(University of Oxford).

• What is the monetary unit of the UK?

• What is the monetary unit of the UK?

(Pound sterling).

(Pound sterling).

If the answer isn’t correct the other captain can answer if she or he knows.

To respond you have to raise your hand.

1 point a correct answer.

• Which is the oldest university of England?

University of Oxford

• What is the monetary unit of

the UK?

Pound sterling

• What is rugby?

Sports game with the oval ball

• In the county of Nottinghamshire there was the ancient royal forest. It was called Sherwood Forest. What name of the legendary hero was it associated with?

With the name of Robin Hood

• What do the English usually eat for breakfast?

Oatmeal, toasts with marmalade, scrambled eggs and bacon

• To which literary character is the museum dedicated on Baker Street in London?

To Sherlock Holmes

• Tea is a traditional English drink. With what do the English usually drink tea?

With milk

• Name the author of the Harry Potter books.

J. Rowling.

• What is a traditional English dish for Christmas?

Turkey

• What is an English writer who was born in Stratford-upon-Avon?

Shakespeare

"Look and Guess"

TASK is

to guess what an UK attraction is depicted.

The picture shown is for both of the captains. That captain who will be quicker and give the correct answer gets points.

1 points a correct answer.

A double-decker bus

The Stonehenge

Tower Bridge

Ben

Big

The Palace of Westminster

London Eye or Observation wheel