Группа Т-178. Занятие за 20.03.2020 г.
Страноведческий материал: викторина «Великобритания».
Срок сдачи работ: 27.03.2020 г.
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Quiz: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Choose the correct answer from the variants listed below.
1. What is the official name of the country whose language you study?
a) Great Britain b) England c) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2. How many countries does the United Kingdom consist of?
a) four b) three c) two
3. What is the capital of Scotland?
a) Manchester b) Edinburgh c) Cardiff
4. What is the capital of Wales?
a) Edinburgh b) Cardiff c) Liverpool
5. What is the capital of Northern Ireland?
a) Cardiff b) Dublin c) Belfast
6. What is the state system of the United Kingdom?
a) a constitutional monarchy b) a parliamentary republic
7. What is the symbol of the United Kingdom?
a) a bald eagle b) Britannia c) a rose
8. What is the name of the British national flag?
a) the Union Jack b) the Saint Andrew's Cross c) the Saint David's Cross
9. What is the emblem of England?
a) a shamrock b) a red rose c) a leek
10. What is the emblem of Scotland?
a) a daffodil b) a dragon c) a thistle
11. What are the emblems of Wales?
a) a shamrock, a clover and a hand b) a rose and the Saint George's cross
c) a dragon, a daffodil, a leek, a dove
12. What is the emblem of Northern Ireland?
a) a shamrock b) a red rose c) a thistle
13. What chambers does the lent consist of?
a) the Senate and the House of Representatives b) the Ноuse of Lords and the House of Commons c) the Cabinet of Ministers and the Shadow Cabinet
14. Who presides in the House of Lords?
a) the Lord Chancellor b) the Speaker c) the Prime-Minister
15. Who presides in the House of Commons?
a) the Lord Chancellor b) the Speaker c) the Chancellor of the Exchequer
16. Where does the British Premier live and work?
a) at 10 Downing Street b) in the Houses of Parliament c) in Buckingham Palace
17. What natural resources bring the most profits to the British economy?
a) coal reserves b) oil reserves c) water
18. In what sector of the economy does the majority of the population work?
a) in primary industries b) in secondary industries c) in tertiary industries
19. What is the fastest way to cross the English Channel?
a) through the Channel Tunnel (the Chunnel) b) by bat c) by ferry
20. What is the most important airport in Great Britain?
a) Heathrow Airport b) Gatwick Airport c) Stansted Airport
21. What is the most famous place of pagans' sun worship in England?
a) temple to the goddess Minerva in Bath b) Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain c) Dartmoor National Park
22. What is the main cathedral of I he Anglican Church?
a) St. Paul's Cathedral b) Canterbury Cathedral c) Salisbury Cathedral
23. What is the official religion in the United Kingdom?
a) Catholicism b) Orthodoxy c) Protestantism
24. What is the school-leaving age in the United Kingdom?
a) 16 b) 13 c) 18
25. Which of the following stages of British education is not obligatory?
a) nursery school b) primary school c) secondary school
26. What is the top secondary school in Great Britain?
a) Chiswick Community School b) Eton c) Harrow
27. What is the highest school mark in British schools?
a) A b) С с) G
28. Further education comprises....
a) comprehensive schools b) universities and colleges of higher education
c)work-related courses and colleges that do not provide higher education
29. What do they call the following pattern of tuition: six months in college and six months in
industry?
a) a “sandwich” courses b) further education c) full-time tuition
30. What universities have the highest academic reputation in the United Kingdom?
a) Oxford University and Cambridge University b) London University and Bristol University
c)Red-brick universities
31. What is the first degree awarded by universities?
a) a bachelor's degree b) a master's degree
32. At a British university or college a tutor is
a) a person who examines students and gives them marks
b) a person who has the highest rank of the teachers in a department and delivers lectures
c) a member of a staff who teaches small groups of students and gives them help and advice.
33. What are the best English resorts?
a) Bristol and Southampton b) Brighton and Bath с) Leeds and Bradford
34. What is the tallest building in England?
a) the Tower of London b) the Canary Wharf Tower c) Hampton Court Palace
35. What place in England is called a kind of Disneyland?
a) Hampstead Heath b) Alton Towers c) Windsor Safari Park
36. What is the London residence of Queen Elizabeth II?
a) the Tower of London b) Windsor Castle c) Buckingham Palace
37. Where is Nelson's Column situated?
a) in Parliament Square b) in Trafalgar c) in Piccadilly Circus
38. Where are British kings crowned?
a) in St. Paul's Cathedral b) in Westminster Abbey c) in Canterbury Cathedral
39. Who was the architect of St. Paul's Cathedral in London?
a) Sir Christopher Wren b) Edward Bailey c) Henry Tare
40. The ravens are a famous sight, of....
a) the Tower of London b) London zoo c) Covent Garden
41. Scottish surnames begin with....
a) O' b) Mac or Me c) de
42. What is the Scottish national costume for men?
а) the tuxedo b) the bearskin с) the kilt
43. What lake does tin- famous Scottish monster live in?
a) Lough Erne b) Lixli Lomond c) Loch Ness
44.What is the most famous sport event in Scotland?
a) the Highland Games b) the Commonwealth Games c) the Wimbledon Championship
45. What country is called a land of castles and princes?
a) England b) Northern Ireland c) Wales
46. What is the most important festival of Welsh poetry and music?
a) Eisteddfod b) the Edinburgh Festival c) the Rock festival in Liverpool
47. What is the name of the six counties of Northern Ireland?
a) Antrim b) Ulster c) Causeway