Презентация к мероприятию "Страноведческая викторина по английскому языку для 10-11 классов"

USA Quiz Are you an expert on the USA? Try this quiz and find out

Автор презентации: Остроносова Евгения Михайловна учитель английского языка МБОУ-сош№3

Клинцы 2016

1 ROUND

• How many states are in the USA?

• 48
• 50
• 52

2. What is the American flag called?

• Union Jack
• Union Flag
• Stars and Stripes

3. When did Christopher Columbus discover America?

• In 1492
• In 1592
• In 1692

4. Which of the following is not a US state?

• Alaska
• Hawaii
• Tahiti

5. When is the birthday of the United States celebrated?

• On December, 25 th
• On July, 4 th
• On March, 8 th

6. The Statue of Liberty was designed by Frederic Bartholdi and was given to the US by France in 1884 as a symbol of Franco-American friendship. But who was the model for the statue?

• Bartholdi’s wife
• Bartholdi’s mother
• Bartholdi’s daughter

7. Which country is bigger, Canada or America?

• Canada
• America

8.The ‘Big Apple’ is a popular nickname -

• Los Angeles
• New York
• Chicago

9. Your American friends say you, ‘Let’s go see a ball game.’ What do they mean?

• volleyball
• basketball
• baseball

10. Where in the United States can you find the Golden Gate Bridge?

• San Francisco
• San Diego
• New Orleans

11 . The two largest political parties in the US are the Republicans and the Democrats. The Republican Party is traditionally represented by an elephant. What animal represents the Democratic Party?

• a monkey
• a donkey
• a tiger

12. What colour are the taxis in New York?

• black
• green
• yellow

13. The man in the picture is a symbol of the USA. What’s his name?

• Uncle Ben
• Uncle Tom
• Uncle Sam

14. What is the New York underground called?

• the metro
• the subway
• the tube

15. How often do American people choose a new President?

• every four years
• every five years
• every three years

16. British people call them chips. What do Americans call them?

• English fries
• German fries
• French fries

17. Which University did Bill Gates go to?

• Harvard University
• Yale University
• Columbia University

18. The average American girl has ten Barbie dolls. But when was Barbie created?

• in 1959
• in 1979
• in 1989

19. What do American people call their police officers?

• bobbies
• cops
• dogs

20. The building in the picture is

• the White house
• the Capitol
• the Pentagon

2 ROUND

• Do you know famous Americans?
• 1. He was the sixteenth president of the United States. In 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, giving political freedom to 3 million blacks living in the South. He was killed during a theater performance in Washington D.C.

• He was a man who transformed the world. The car he built changed the lives of people everywhere. He built an automobile powered by a gasoline engine.

• 3. He invented the first telephone in 1876.

• She was an American poet. She is now recognized as one of the greatest poets of 19 th – century America.

• He was a writer. He had to leave school to make money. In 1897, he went to Alaska to find gold. Instead, he found ideas for his stories.

• His real name was Samuel Langhorn Clemens. He wrote two masterpieces – The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

• She is an American singer and actress. Her performance in the musical “Funny Girl” in 1964 made her major star.

SPECTATOR GAME

• Сколько полосок на флаге США?
• Что они обозначают?
• Сколько звезд на флаге США?
• Что они обозначают?
• Губернатором какого штата является А.Шварценегер?
• Сколько человек проживает на территории Соединенных Штатов?
• Назовите центр киноиндустрии в США?
• В каком веке Соединенные штаты стали государством?
• Где располагается правительство США?
• Какие океаны омывают территорию США?
• В честь кого Америка получила своё название?
• Как называется американская валюта?
• Кто является действующим президентом США?

3 ROUND

Штаты США

• Нью–Мексико
• Колорадо
• Нью-Йорк
• Филаделфия
• Калифорния
• Иллинойс
• Алабама
• Аляска
• Аризона
• Арканзас
• Коннектикут
• Северная Дакота
• Южная Дакота
• Делавэр
• Флорида
• Джорджия
• Гавайи
• Индиана
• Канзас
• Луизиана
• Мэриленд
• Массачусетс
• Мичиган
• Миннесота
• Миссисипи
• Миссури
• Монтана
• Небраска
• Нью-Хемпшир
• Нью-Джерси
• Северная Каролина
• Огайо
• Орегон
• Пенсильвания
• Род-Айленд
• Техас
• Юта
• Вермонд
• Виргиния
• Вашингтон
• Висконсин
• Южная Каролина
• Вайоминг
• Айдахо
• Айова
• Кентукки
• Мэн
• Невада
• Оклахома
• Теннеси

4 ROUND

DEMONSTRATION

GOOD LUCK!

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