Страноведческая викторина по английскому языку

1.task: Match parts of the UK with their capitals: 

2.task: Match the holidays and their dates:

3.task: Match the authors and their works:

4.task:  Find the right answer.

In Trafalgar Square there is a monument to … . 

A) Nelson B) Henry VIII C) William the Conqueror 

5.task: Choose the right answer.

Which is not a university town? 

A) Bath B) Oxford C) Cambridge 

6.task: Choose the right answer.

Which is the symbol of the republic of  Ireland ? 

A) The rose B) The daffodil C) The shamrock 

7.task:  Choose the right answer.

There are … stripes on the American flag. 

A) twelve B) thirteen C) fourteen 

8. task: Choose the right answer.

The Statue of Liberty was given to the USA by … . 

A) the UK B) Canada C) France  

9.task: Choose the right answer.

Who stood in London’s streets and helped children to cross them?

A) policemen  B) parents  C) lollipop ladies 

10.task: Find the right answer.

What happened in the summer of 1666 in London? 

A) The Olympic Games  B) The Great Fire C) The Festival 

11.task: Find the right answer.

Which country is not a part of the UK?

A) Scotland  B) Wales  C) Iceland

12. task: Choose the right answer.

London Zoo is situated in ... Park.

A) Hyde  B) Regent’s  C) St. James’s 

13.task: Choose the right answer.

 It has been a fortress, a palace, a zoo, a treasury:

A) Big Ben B) Buckingham Palace C) The Tower of London

14.task: Choose the right answer.

Where does Queen Elizabeth live? 

A) Tower of London  B) Buckingham Palace  C) Trafalgar Square 

15.task: Match 2 columns:

16. task: Find the second part of the names of London’s places of interest:

17.task: Choose the right answer.

Madame Tussaud’s Museum is famous for:

A) the history and magic of cinema and TV  B) wax figures  C) the statue of the famous Peter Pan 

Answers:

1.

2. 

3. 

4. C

5. A

6. C

7. B

8. C

9. C

10. B

11. C

12. B

13. C

14. B

15. 

16. 

17.B