New Years Quizz

New Year Lyceum Express

1. For American people he is Saint, for some others he is Father. Who is he? Name him in English, French . (Santa Clause in the USA, Père Noël in France, DedMoroz in Russia)

2. The legend of Santa Claus began with which 4th century saint?

(Saint Nicholas)

3. Name the historical homeland of Christmas and then of the New Year Tree. (Germany)

4. Guess whose words (a modern day character) are these: “Look at that. I’ve been impaled” (Prompt: or in other words “Look! I’m a barbecue”) (Olaf, “Frozen”)

1. 5. What is the address of the main characters in the film “Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!” ? (3d Stroiteley Street, house 25, apartment 12)

1. Do you want to build a snowman?... Name 5 parts or items of a snowman! (button or carrot (nose),hat, broom, scarf, (pieces of) coal (eyes), pipe etc.)

2. Name three Christmas carols (English).

(Silent Night, Jingle bells, We wish you a merry Christmas, Rudolph the Reindeer, deck the halls)

3. For American people he is Saint, for some others he is Father. Who is he? Name him in English, French ..

4. What is the name of the village that is described in one of Gogol’s works? (Dikanka)

5. Name three typical kinds of Christmas food. (roast turkey, Christmas pudding/cake/ham, roast potatoes, cranberry sauce, gingerbread etc)

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2. The legend of Santa Claus began with Saint Nicholas. He is the patron saint of children, shopkeepers, pawnbrokers and sailors among other things.

3. The Christmas tree tradition started in Germany in the sixteenth century. Queen Victoria’s husband, Albert, who was from Germany, brought the tradition to the United Kingdom and German immigrants took it to the United States at the end of the 1800s

4. impale –насаживать, пронзать