“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”

1.

2.

“Who Wants
to Be
a Millionaire?”

3.

The name of the river in London
is…
a) The
b) The
c) The
d) The
Mississippi
Thames
Nile
Thamus

4.

What is the Tower of London now?
а) a
b) a
c) a
d) a
prison
museum
house
fortress

5.

Who is the head of England?
а)the Queen
b) the Tsar
c) the Princess
d) the Prince

6.

Where does the Queen live ?
a)the Tower of London
b) the White house
c) the Winsor palace
d) the Buckingham palace

7.

In what country do men wear
skirts?
a) France
b) England
c) Scotland
d) Norway

8.

What can you see in Trafalgar Square?
a) Nelson statue
b) King memorial
c) Queen memorial
d) Michael Gorbachev memorial

9.

London is nearly…
a) 1000 years old
b) 2000 years old
c) 3000 years old
d) 4000 years old

10.

You can get from Russia to
England by…
a) bicycle
b) airplane
c) car
d) foot

11.

The British parliament is in…
a) the Buckingham Palace
b) the Houses of Parliament
c) Backer street
d) Westminster Abbey

12.

The Princess Diana was the wife
of…
a)Prince John
b) Prince Robert
c) Prince Wilhelm
d) Prince Charles

13.

Who is considered the national
poet of Scotland?
а) Robert Burns
b) Jonathan Swift
c) William Shakespeare
d) Thomas More

14.

What was Benjamin Britten?
а) a composer
b) a doctor
c) a writer
d) a poet

15.

What famous English architect
planned and built St. Paul’s
Cathedral?
а)William Blake
b) Michael Faraday
c) Francis Drake
d) Christopher Wren

16.

Who wrote the story “The Old Man
and the Sea”?
a) Theodore Dreiser
b) Ernest Hemingway
c) Jack London
d) James Fennimore Cooper

17.

What is the centre of the cinema
production in the USA?
a) Harvard
b) Congress
c) Disneyland
d) Hollywood

18.

Who created the best animated
cartoons in the USA?
a) David Eisenhower
b) Walt Disney
c) Robert Lee
d) John Kennedy

19.

Who was the 42nd President of the
USA?
a) Bill Clinton
b) John Kennedy
c) Benjamin Franklin
d) George Washington

20.

What is the national emblem of
England?
a) a tulip
b) a rose
c) a daffodil
d) a sunflower

21.

What is the capital of Scotland?
a) Cardiff
b) Belfast
c) Edinburgh
d) Oxford

22.

What is the nickname of London’s
Underground?
a) the Line
b) the Box
c) the Tube
d) the Bus

23.

Where can you see wax
figures of many famous
people?
a) Madame Tussaud’s
b) No 10, Downing street
c) the Houses of Parliament
d) the British Museum

24.

How many bronze lions can you
see at the foot of the monument to
Admiral Nelson?
a) 6
c) 2
b) 8
d) 4

25.

How many bridges cross the
Thames?
a) 18
c) 21
b) 14
d) 32

26.

Who was the first woman Prime
Minister in the UK?
a) Harriet Stowe
b) Margaret Thatcher
c) Hillary Clinton
d) Betsy Ross

27.

Where is the statue of Liberty
situated?
a)Washington
b) New York
c) Atlanta
d) Philadelphia

28.

How many stripes does the
American flag have?
a) 15
c) 50
b) 25
d) 13

29.

What is the national sport in
America?
a) Football
b) Baseball
c) Golf
d) Cricket

30.

In which month is Thanksgiving
Day celebrated?
a) November
b) September
c) October
d) December

31.

What is the biggest state of the
USA?
a) Georgia
b) Alaska
c) Idaho
d) California

32.

What is the official language of
Australia?
a) French
b) Spanish
c) English
d) Italian

33.

Who is the unchallenged King of
rock-and-roll?
a) Ameriqo Vespucci
b) Elvis Presley
c) Graham Bell
d) William Bradford

34.

What sea is the UK washed by?
a) The North Sea
b) The Mediterranean Sea
c) The Red Sea
d) Onega

35.

How many children does
Elizabeth II have?
a) 4
c) 3
b) 2
d) 1

36.

How many parts does the UK
consist of?
a) 3
c) 4
b) 2
d) 8

37.

What is the most popular sport in
England?
a) chess
b) football
c) boxing
d) hockey

38.

What countries does the United
Kingdom consist of?
a) England, Scotland, Wales
b) Great Britain & Northern
Ireland
c) England & Scotland
d) Great Britain, Northern
Ireland and The Irish Republic

39.

What is the highest mountain in
the United Kingdom?
a) Ben Nevis
b) Snowdon
c) the Adirondack Mountains
d) the Ozark Mountain Range

40.

What is the Union Jack?
a) the prince
b) the flag of Britain
c) the king of Britain
d) one of the tower in Westminster

41.

Who is the head of the state in
the U.K.?
a) Prime Minister
b) Major
c) Queen
d) Speaker

42.

What park is Speaker’s Corner in?
a) Kensington Gardens
b) St. James’s Park
c) Hyde Park
d) Green Park

43.

What is haggis?
a) a dress
b) a toy
c) a drink
d) a dish

44.

What city did The Beatles from?
a) London
b) Manchester
c) Liverpool
d) Cardif

45.

When do Englishmen eat dinner?
a)
b)
c)
d)
2
14
2
14
a.m.
p.m.
p.m.
a.m.

46.

What colour are the taxis in
London?
a) blue
b) red
c) black
d) yellow

47.

When did Christopher Columbus
discover America?
a) in 1492
b) in 1592
c) in 1392
d) in 1514

48.

What do people call New York?
a) small pot
b) big apple
c) melting pot
d) small apple

49.

The capital of Australia is ...
a) Melbourne
b) Brisbane
c) Sydney
d) Canberra

50.

The "Mayflower" is...
a) the name of a season
b) the name of a flower
c) the name of a town
d) the name of a ship

51.

Тhе first inhabitants of North
America were ... .
a) Dutch and Indians
b) Indians and Africans
c) Indians and Spaniards
d) Indians and Englishmen

52.

Тhе Statue of Liberty was given bу
the people of ...
a) Italy
b) Spain
c) France
d) England

53.

Count your money.
And who is
the millionaire ?