Answer the questions.

40. What is the national Scottish costume called? (kilt)

41. It was the residence of English Kings and Queens, then a prison, and now it is a museum (the Tower of London).

42. What is the nickname of orators in the Speakers’ Corner? (‘ Soap-box preachers’- уличные ораторы)

43. Who wrote about the adventures of Sherlock Holmes? (Arthur Conan Doyle)

44. At what battle did William the Conqueror in 1066 win a victory? (at the battle of Hastings)

45. What does the abbreviation I.Q. stand for? I.Q. = Intelligence Quotient

46. What do you call a person who was born within the sound of St Mary-le-Bow Church bells, a native of London?

Cockney

47. Give the names of the authors of the following books:

a. “David Copperfield” a. Charles Dickens

b. “Pygmalion” b. Bernard Shaw

c. “The Old Man and the Sea” c. Ernest Hemingway

d. “The Picture of Dorian Grey” d. Oscar Wilder

e. “Much Ado about Nothing” e. William Shakespeare

f. “An American Tragedy” f. Theodore Dreiser

48. What is the administrative unit in England? (a county)

49. What is the dynastic name of the British Monarchy? (House of Windsor)

50. The Prime Minister is …

a. the Head of the State b. the leader of the Party which wins the elections

c. the Speaker of the House of Commons d. the Speaker of the House of Lords

51. What is the official residence of the Queen in London? Buckingham Palace

52. What is the colloquial name of a London policeman? Bobby (after Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850), British Conservative statesman, who, as Home Secretary, set up the Metropolitan Police Force in 1828)

53. What do they call a person who travels by train or by car between his work in town and his home in the country? commuter (маятниковый мигрант. Житель пригородной зоны или окраины, ездящий на работу в город.)

54. What exam do English schoolchildren take at 16? GCSE= General Certificate of Secondary Education

55. In what city were the famous “Beatles” born? Liverpool

56. How does the English traffic differ from ours? (they drive on the left side of the road)

57. What is the name of Great Britain’s Prime Minister today? (David Cameron)

58. Who are the central characters in detective stories by Agatha Christie? (Poirot and Miss Marple)

59. Why did the Romans call Britain Albion? (“Alba” means “white” in Latin and the first thing Romans saw when they came were the white chalk cliffs on the coast of Britain)

60. What cross appears on the English Flag?

a. The white diagonal cross of St. Andrew on a blue ground.

b. The red cross of St. George on a white ground.

c. The red diagonal cross of St. Patrick on a white ground.

61. Odd man out. Four of the persons named below have something in common, but the fifth man is very much out of place. Who? a. Coleridge b. Tennyson c. Byron d. Nelson e. Wordsworth

62. Who can you see on the top of the column in Trafalgar Square in London? (Admiral Nelson)

63. What is the capital of:

· Australia (Canberra)

· Canada (Ottawa)

· New Zealand (Wellington)

· Scotland (Edinburgh)

· Wales (Cardiff)

· Northern Ireland (Belfast)

· the USA (Washington)

64. When did the Great Fire of London destroy London? (1666)

65. At what age do English boys and girls begin going to a primary school? (at the age of 5)

66. When were Oxford and Cambridge Universities established? (1249, 1284)

67. What theatre did Shakespeare write most of his plays for? (for the Globe Theatre)

68. Who was the first sovereign to live at Buckingham Palace? (Queen Victoria; 1819-1901)

69. What is the maximum length of British Parliament? (5 years)

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