What do you know about Great Britain?

1. What do you know about Great Britain?

ГУО «Средняя школа №7 г.Гомеля»
What do you know about
Great Britain?

2.

Geography
100
200
300
400
500
Symbols
100
200
300
400
500
Famous Places
100
200
300
400
500
Legends and Traditions
100
200
300
400
500
Famous People
100
200
300
400
500
Food
100
200
300
400
500

3. Geography 100

The official name of the country is that long.
ANSWER: The United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland

4. Symbols 100

Name all the plant symbols of all parts of
the UK.
ANSWER: England – red rose, Scotland –
thistle, Wales – leek and daffodil, Northern
Ireland – shamrock.

5. Famous Places 100

ANSWER: Stonehenge

6. Legends and Traditions 100

This legendary outcast lived in the forest,
robbed the rich and practiced archery.
ANSWER:
Robin Hood

7. Famous People 100

ANSWER:
Princess
Diana

8. Food 100

It is a stereotype that the British are
number 1 at drinking tea. They drink a lot
of this drink.
ANSWER: Coffee

9. Geography 200

In French – Pas de Calais, in English – ?
ANSWER : the Strait of Dover

10. Symbols 200

What does it mean if the British flag is high
above the Buckingham Palace?
ANSWER: The Queen is in the residence.

11. Famous Places 200

This Scottish lake is famous for its
mysterious occupant.
ANSWER:
Loch Ness

12. Legends and Traditions 200

It’s a tradition to have hot drink with milk
and sweets at a certain time.
ANSWER: five o’clock tea

13. Famous People 200

ANSWER:
Charles
Darwin

14. Food 200

In the Middle Ages, to conserve fruit people
used that bee product.
ANSWER: Wax

15. Geography 300

The name of the UK’s highest point
resembles a human name. But where does
this “human” “live”?
ANSWER: Ben Nevis ‘lives’ in the
Highlands, Scotland

16. Symbols 300

Only one flag is not represented in the
Union Jack. What mythological creature is
on it?
ANSWER:
Red Dragon

17. Famous Places 300

This landmark was built by a Roman
emperor to keep the wild Scotts away.
Today it is a border between Scotland and
England.
ANSWER:
Hadrian’s Wall

18. Legends and Traditions 300

According to the legend, the Scotts wear
this under their kilts.
ANSWER: Nothing

19. Famous People 300

ANSWER:
Rowen Atkinson

20. Food 300

To prepare this infamous Scottish meal, you
need chopped sheep lungs, liver, heart,
stomach bag and oatmeal. The organs
and oatmeal are sewed in the stomach
and boiled for about 3 hours. What is the
name of this dish?
ANSWER: Haggis

21. Geography 400

This Scottish city is sometimes called
“Athens of the North” because of its
wonderful architecture.
ANSWER:
Edinburgh

22. Symbols 400

If you know this logo, you will name the
band.
ANSWER:
Queen

23. Famous Places 400

This town used to be the capital of the
Viking land. Today there is a marvelous
Viking museum in it.
ANSWER:
York

24. Legends and Traditions 400

There is a wonderful old wedding tradition
which advises brides to have these 4 items
in their dress. Can you enumerate them?
ANSWER: Something old, something new,
something borrowed, something blue

25. Famous People 400

ANSWER:
Teresa
May, PM

26. Food 400

In spite of its name, black pudding is not a
sweet dish. It’s made of meat. Can you
guess how we call it in Russian?
ANSWER:
кровяная колбаса

27. Geography 500

According to the proverb, you needn’t take
coal with you heading to this English town
ANSWER: Newcastle

28. Symbols 500

While the Tower of London is a symbol of
London, these birds are the symbol of the
Tower. If they fly away, the country will
die.
ANSWER:
Ravens

29. Famous Places 500

This small Scottish village is still popular
with runaway couples who want to get
married quickly. This is done by the local
blacksmith.
ANSWER: Gretna Green

30. Legends and Traditions 500

Two Vikings quarreled whom to be the king
of Ireland. So they decided to make a
boat race. The winner was to take the
thrown. One of them, O’Neil by name,
couldn’t sail fast enough, so, to become
first to reach the land, he did that.
ANSWER: He cut off his left hand and threw
it on the land.

31. Famous People 500

This man “cut down the tree of the royal
family” but Britain wouldn’t become a
republic.
ANSWER: Oliver Cromwell

32. Food 500

This drink appeared before Christ was born.
The Picts made it of heather (вереск).
The legend says that it made them so
brave, courageous and fearless that even
Julius Caesar wasn’t able to conquer
them.
ANSWER: Ale / Beer

33. Список источников основного содержания

Козикис, Д.Д., Медведев, Г.И., Демченко, Н.В. British
Studies / Страноведение. Великобритания. – Минск:
Лексис, 2007.
Козикис, Д.Д., Барановский, Л.С. How do you do, Britain
/ Добрый день, Британия! – Минск: Вышэйшая школа,
2008.
Лапицкая, Л.М. и др. Английский язык в 8 классе (с
электронным приложением). – Минск: Вышэйшая
школа, 2013.
Юхнель, Н.В. и др. Английский язык в 10 классе. –
Минск, Вышэйшая школа, 2015.

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