General knowledge

2.	The typical Thanksgiving menu consists of _____________ . fried carp and potato salad turkey with bread stuffing and mashed potatoes smoked salmon and sauce fried chicken and rice

3.	Thanksgiving is celebrated in _____________ . New Zealand the USA Australia Great Britain

4.	London buses are _____________ . yellow red green blue

5.	Which of these countries was the first one in the world to issue adhesive postage stamps? Great Britain the USA Ireland Canada

6.	_____________ is printed on British stamps. The name of the monarch, his/her portrait and the year Elisabeth II The price and the portrait of the monarch Nothing

7.	_____________ was the US president during the Civil War. George Washington Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln F. D. Roosevelt

8.	_____________ is the idiom used in order to say that somebody is very good or special. The "fat cat" The "clever fox" The "cat's whiskers" The "dog's ears"

9.	Elvis Presley was a twin. false true

10.	_____________ is the largest city in the USA. Washington, D.C. New York City Chicago San Francisco

11.	The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists of _____________ . England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland England, Wales and Ireland England, Wales and Scotland England, Wales and Canada

12.	_____________ were united in 1707 to form Great Britain. England and Wales Wales and Scotland Scotland and England England and Ireland

13.	_____________ are parts of Great Britain. England and Ireland England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland England, Wales and Scotland England and Wales

14.	The Irish Free State (southern Ireland) was recognized by Great Britain in _____________ . 1282 1801 1921 1916

15.	_____________ became part of the English kingdom in 1282. Wales Scotland Ireland Northern Ireland

16.	The highest mountain in Britain is _____________ . Big Ben Snowdon Ben Nevis Mount McKinley

17.	The name Great Britain means _____________ . that Britain is a large country that the British think Britain is great nothing larger Britain to distinguish it from Brittany in north-west France

18.	The population of the UK is about 45,000,000 26,000,000 over 57,000,000 about 68,000,000

19.	_____________ is the capital of Scotland. Cardiff Aberdeen Glasgow Edinburgh

20.	Britain has a _____________ climate. warm mild cool very hot

21.	In Scotland _____________ is used for distilling whisky. corn rye wheat barley

22.	The United Kingdom is a _____________ . constitutional monarchy republic absolute monarchy federation

23.	The present Sovereign is _____________ . Queen Mary Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth I Henry VIII

24.	_____________ was a well known place in which Shakespeare's theatre company performed many times. London Theatre The Grand Theatre Shakespeare's Theatre The Globe Theatre

25.	The Statue of Liberty in New York was a gift to the people of the USA from the people of _____________ . France England Spain Ireland

26.	The seat of the Government of the US is in _____________ . the state of Washington New York Boston Washington, D.C.

27.	The original inhabitants of Australia were a people called _____________ . Indians Red Indians Aborigines wild people

28.	In 1770 _____________ became the first European to explore Australia's east coast. Vikings James Cook Amerigo Vespucci John Cabot

29.	Martin Luther King was _____________ . the black American clergyman and civil rights leader the US president a writer a commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution

30.	St. Patrick's Day on March 17 is the _____________ tradition. American Scottish Irish English

31.	On October 12, 1492 an Italian navigator _____________ discovered America. Leif Ericson Walter Raleigh John Cabot Christopher Columbus

32.	Independence Day (July 4) commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in _____________ by thirteen American colonies. 1787 1776 1789 1792

33.	Hadrian's Wall was built _____________ . from the North to the South to mark the northern boundary of his Empire and to separate the Romans from the warlike peoples of Scotland in Ireland around 130 AD but today there are no more any remains of it

34.	Northern Ireland is also called _____________ . Albion Ulster North Ireland West Britain

35.	Sir Walter Scott was born in _____________ in 1771. Manchester Dublin Edinburgh London

36.	Choose the correct answer. The Pilgrims' ship was called Mayship. The Pilgrim Fathers arrived in Australia in 1720. The Pilgrims' ship was called Flowership. The Pilgrims arrived in the New World in 1620.

37.	_____________ is the capital of New Zealand. Brisbane Canberra Auckland Wellington

38.	Thanksgiving Day has been celebrated _____________ since 1621. just in the English speaking countries in the USA all over the world in Great Britain

39.	_____________ was the first President of the USA. Thomas Jefferson Abraham Lincoln F.D.Roosevelt George Washington

40.	The Constitution of the United States as the basic laws of the country was adopted in _____________ . Boston in 1787 Philadelphia in 1787 New York in 1787 Philadelphia in 1776