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-Canberra -Auckland -Napier 76. The first European to discover New Zealand was ... -English navigator Abel Tasman. +Dutch navigator Abel Tasman. -French navigator Abel Tasman. -Italian navigator Abel Tasman. 77. New Zealand became a British colony in ... -1841. -1844 -1839 +1840 78. New Zealand officially became an independent country in 1947 through…. -the Statute of WashingtonAdoption Act -the Statute of Edinburgh Adoption Act +the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act -the Statute of London Adoption Act 79. What is the type of Government of New Zealand? +parliamentary democracy -republic -monarchy -kingdom 80. What is the National Anthem or Song of New Zealand? -God save New Zealand +God Defend New Zealand -New Zealand is best -New Zealand is unique 81. What is the type of Government of Canada? +constitutional monarchy -republic -kingdom -federation 82. When was the Canadian flag adopted? +February 15, 1965 -January 15, 1965 -February 15, 1975 -February 15, 1964 83. What is the capital of Australia? -Sydney +Canberra -Brisbane -Darwin 84. What is national Anthem or Song of Australia? -Advance Australia Fair +God defend Australia -God save Queen -God save Australia 85. Australia means… -Village +Southern -Western -City 86. Mel Gibson is from… -England -Scotland -Canada +Australia 87. The economy of the … is a highly developed free-market economy +USA -Great Britain -Canada -Australia 88. … is home to the most innovative and productive companies in the world, forming a diverse and competitive group of industry sectors. -The United Kingdom -Australia -Canada +The United States 89. Find the holidays which are not necessarily celebrated on Mondays -A)Thanksgiving Day, -B)Veterans Day, -C)New Year’s Day, +A,B,C 90. Who was a black clergyman who is ranked among the greatest of black Americans because of his crusade to win full civil rights for his people? -Barack Obama +Martin Luther King -Rosa Parks -Muhammad Ali 91. The United States is sometimes described as a "…" in which different cultures have contributed their own distinct "flavors" to American culture. +melting pot -melting ice -melting ice crem -melting chocolate 92. Elementary schools are also known as … in the USA -A)grade school -B)grammar school -C)nursery school +A,B 93. The United States government is based on the principles of … and … in which power is shared between the federal government and state governments. -A)federalism -B)republicanism +A,B -C)constitution 94. The United States Congress, under Article I of the Constitution, is the legislative branch of the federal government. It is …, comprising the House of Representatives and the Senate. +bicameral -one camera -three camera -four camera 95. The Senate is made up of … senators from each state, regardless of population. There are currently 100 senators (2 from each of the 50 states), who each serve six-year terms in the USA +Two -Three -Four -Five 96. The first people to live in a land are called indigenous peoples. This means they were the … … in the USA +original settlers -indies -Indians -Britain 97. The highest point of the USA is … -Ben Nevis +Denali -Alps -Appalachi 98. The longest river of the USA is … +Missouri -Superior -Hudson -Rio Grande 99. The largest lake of the USA is … -Missouri -Superior -Hudson + Great Salt Lake 100. … is one of the most important rivers in the United States. It flows 2,340 miles north to south from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana -Missouri +Mississippi -Hudson -Rio Grande 101. In the early history of the United States, … served as the westernmost border of the country until the Louisiana Territory was purchased from France in 1803 +the Mississippi River -Hudson -Rio Grande -Missouri 102. … begins in Western Montana and flows to the Mississippi River just north of St. Louis. It travels through several states including Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. -the Mississippi River -Hudson -Rio Grande +Missouri 103. The first explorers to travel the entire length of the Missouri River were ... and … . -Lewis -Clark -Patrick +A,B 104. The largest river in the northwest region of the United States is … .It stretches 1,240 miles from the Canadian Rockies, through Washington state, and along the Oregon-Washington border to the Pacific Ocean. +the Columbia River -the Mississippi River -Hudson -Rio Grande 105. The Great Lakes are the … largest lakes in the United States -4 +5 -6 -7 106. … is the largest of the Great Lakes covering 31,700 square miles. It is also the deepest of the lakes with a maximum depth of 1,335 feet and an average depth of 483 feet. +Lake Superior -Lake Huron, -Lake Michigan, -Lake Erie, 107. … is the deepest lake in the United States at 1,943 feet deep. It is a caldera lake, meaning that it is formed from the collapsed land at the center of a volcano. +Crater Lake -Lake Huron, -Lake Michigan, -Lake Erie, 108. … run for 1,500 miles along the east coast of the United States from northern Alabama to Maine. The highest point of the Appalachians is 6,684 feet at Mount Mitchell in North Carolina. +The Appalachian Mountains -Rocky Mountains, -SierraNevada -A,B 109. … form the longest mountain range in North America and the second longest range in the world. They stretch 3,000 miles north-to-south from New Mexico, across the United States to Montana, and well into Canada. +A)The Rocky Mountains -B)SierraNevada -A,B -C)The Appalachian Mountains 110. … Mountain Range runs north-to-south along the west coast of the United States mostly in the state of California and some in the state of Nevada -A)The Rocky Mountains +B)Sierra Nevada -A,B -C)The Appalachian Mountains 111. The BBC's largest competitors are … plc -Newspaper -Radio +ITV -Internet 112. … dominates the media sector in the United Kingdom as national newspapers, television and radio networks are largely based there. Notable centres include Fleet Street and BBC Broadcasting House +London -Edinburgh -Manchester -Leicester 113 … national newspaper was founded in Manchester in 1821 +The Guardian -Times -New York times -Salford 114. … , founded in 1922, is the United Kingdom's publicly funded radio, television and Internet broadcasting corporation, and is the oldest and largest broadcaster in the world -The Guardian -Times -New York times +BBC 115. The BBC World Service radio network is broadcast in … languages globally. -All +33 -99 -111 116. The United Kingdom's most visited websites include … -A)google.com, bbc.co.uk -B)youtube.co.uk, google.co.uk -C)facebook.com, ebay.co.uk +A,B,C 117. … is a celebration of Robbie Burns, a celebrated Scottish poet -Memorial day -Valentine day +Burn’s night -Thanksgiving 118. a traditional Scottish dish of sheep heart, liver and lungs are called … +a meal of haggis -turkey -cake -pancake 119. Shrove Tuesday, more commonly known as … +Pancake Day -Valentine day -Burn’s night -Thanksgiving 120. People in Wales and those of Welsh origin celebrate the life of their patron saint, … , and the Welsh culture on March 1st each year. -St Patrick +St David -St Johns -St Tom 121. When do many people pin a daffodil or leek to their clothes, and some, especially children, wear traditional costumes? -on October 1st -on April 1st -on January 1st +on March 1st 122. … is celebrated in Christian countries to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ (where he is believed to have come back from the dead) In the UK. +Easter -Thanksgiving -New year -Fasting 123. … symbolize new life which is related to Jesus coming back from the dead +Eggs -Heart -Cake -Turkey 124. … is a day to celebrate your dads and grandads and everything that they do for you. -Dad’s Day -Grandad’s Day +Father’s Day -Guy’s Day 125. … is the largest arts festival in the world. It features over 40,000 performances and more than 2,500. +Edinburgh Festival Fringe -Thanksgiving -New year -Fasting 126. … is held in the streets of Notting Hill in west London over the last Summer bank holiday weekend. It’s Europe’s biggest street festival and it is completely free. -Edinburgh Festival Fringe -Thanksgiving -New year +Notting Hill Carnival 127. In Britain, … is associated with the tradition of celebrating Guy Fawkes’ failed attempt to blow up the Houses of Parliament on 5th November 1605. +Bonfire Night -Edinburgh Festival Fringe -Thanksgiving -New year 128. Every year in the UK on … we honour members of the armed forces who lost their lives in battle -19th November -18th November -17th November +11th November 129. … is Scotland’s official national day. In 2006, the Scottish Parliament designated St Andrew’s Day as an official bank holiday -St John’s day -St David’s day +St Andrew’s day -St Patrick’s day 130. … is an annual commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ and a widely observed cultural holiday, celebrated generally on 25th December by nearly a billion people around the world. +Christmas -New year -Thanksgiving -Jesus 131. … is the day after Christmas day. It is a bank holiday in the UK +Boxing Day -New year -Thanksgiving -St Patrick’s day 132. In the UK, the first name is also known as ‘…’, although this has little to do with religion today -the Jewish name -the patronymic name +the Christian name -the original name 133. Traditionally when couples marry the woman takes her husband’s … as her surname but some couple now choose to amalgamate their names which is referred to as a double-barrelled name +Name -Surname -Last name -Middle name 134. The etiquette when greeting is … with all those present, even children. +to shake hands -to kiss cheeks -to bow -to say hello 135. … event takes place every Spring Bank Holiday Monday of the year. +The cheese rolling -Pancake event -Halloween -A,C 136. … is both art and history in motion. It usually involves dancing with sticks, handkerchiefs or swords in a style that is depicted mainly by location. +Morris dancing -Scotland dancing -National dancing -England dancing 137. … is a boat race between the rowing teams of Oxford and Cambridge Universities. +The regatta -Wimbledon -The gold boat -The best boat 138. The British people are said to use … on a daily basis. As they find humour in almost everything, they tend to use sarcastic remarks to make fun of the situation. -Joke +Sarcasm -Poem -Story 139. The education system in the UK is divided into … main parts, primary education, secondary education, further education and higher education. +4 -5 -3 -6 140. … begins in the UK at age 5 and continues until age 11, comprising key stages one and two under the UK educational system. -Secondary education -Higher education -Tertiary education +Primary education 141. School uniforms were first introduced on a large scale during the reign of … in England -King Henry VI -King Henry VII +King Henry VIII -King Henry V 142. … law is not specific on the question of school uniform. -England +Scottish -Wales -Canada 143. The academic year in Britain's universities, Polytechnics, Colleges of education is divided into … terms +3 -4 -2 -1 144….– cover the whole county and provide 80 per cent of services in these areas, including children’s services and adult social care in the UK +County councils -City councils -Town councils -District 145…– cover a smaller area within a county, providing more local services (such as housing, local planning, waste and leisure but not children’s services or adult social care); can be called district, borough or city council. -County councils -City councils -Town councils +District councils 146….– just one level of local government responsible for all local services, can be called a council (e.g. Medway Council), a city council (e.g. Nottingham City Council) or borough council (e.g. Reading Borough Council) +Unitary authorities -County councils -City councils -Town councils 147….– effectively unitary authorities, the name being a relic from past organisational arrangements. They can be called metropolitan borough or city councils. +Metropolitan districts -County councils --City councils Town councils 148. … is the smallest local authority by population with 2,259 people as of 2017. +Isles of Scilly Council -Isles of Leeds Council -Isles of Wales Council -Isles of Chelsea Council 149. … is the largest local authority by population with 1,554,636 people as of 2017. -Wales County Council -Scilly County Council -Leeds County Council +Kent County Council 150. The most changeable council is probably … . Since 1964 control has passed between Labour, the Conservatives and no overall control several times. It is currently under Labour control. -Manchester Borough of Merton +London Borough of Merton -Chelsea Borough of Merton -Liverpool Borough of Merton 151. The United Kingdom is bordered on the south by ..., which separates it from the continent of Europe +the English Channel -Caledonian Canal -White Sea-Baltic Canal -Augustow Canal 152. The climate in the UK is generally mild and temperate due to the influence of the … … -Pacific ocean -Rain -Cold weather +Gulf Stream 153. …., …, … and beech are the commonest trees in England, while Scotland has much pine and birch -Apple, firetree, pineapple +Oak, elm, ash, -Oak, firetree, ash -Apple, elm, pineapple 154. . Mаnу larger mammals such as bear and wolf have bееn hunted to extinction, others аге now protected bу law. About … land mammals аге still found in the UK. -60 +50 -40 +100 155. … people lived in what is now Britain by the mid 600's B.C +Celtic-speaking -Welsh-speaking -English-speaking -German-speaking 156. Find the largest cities of Great Britain -London, Birmingham, -Glasgow, Liverpool, -Bristol, Leeds, +A,B,C 157. Find the most important ports are: -London, Liverpool, -Southampton, Belfast, -Glasgow and Cardiff +A,B,C 158. What is the capital of England? -Edinburgh --Cardiff Belfast +London 159. What is the capital of Scotland? +Edinburgh -Cardiff +Belfast -London 160. What is the capital of Wales? -Edinburgh +Cardiff -Belfast -London 161. What is the capital of Northern Ireland? -Edinburgh -Cardiff +Belfast -London 162. Geographically the island of Great Britain is subdivided into 2 main regions: +Lowland Britain and Highland Britain
164. The flag of the UK is known as … +the Union Jack -the UK Jack -the GB Jack -the Unique Jack 165. The flag of the UK consists of 3 crosses: The upright cross is the Cross of St. … the patron saint of England +St. George -St. Andrew -St. Patrick, -St. John 166. The flag of the UK consists of 3 crosses: The white diagonal cross is the cross of St. … , the patron saint of Scotland -St. George +St. Andrew -St. Patrick, -St. John 167. The flag of the UK consists of 3 crosses: The red diagonal cross is the cross of St. … the patron saint of Ireland. -St. George -St. Andrew +St. Patrick, -St. John 168. The flag of the UK has been used as the British flag since … , when Scotland and England were united. The red diagonal cross of Ireland was added in … , when Ireland became part of the United Kingdom. -1503, 1901 -1604, 1819 +1603, 1801 -1609, 1701 169. … is not represented on the Union Jack, because it is a principality of England. +Wales -Scotland -Northern Ireland -England 170. The … … is the national emblem of England +red rose -white rose -lily -daffodil 171. the … is the national emblem of Scotland and the Edinburgh International Festival +thistle -white rose -lily -daffodil 172. The … and the … are the emblems of Wales +Daffodils and leek -Thistle and white rose -lily and daffodil -A,B,C 173. Parliament consists of … -the monarchy (the King or Queen), the House of Lords, -the House of Commons, the House of Lords -the monarchy +B, C 174. The monarchy is much older than Parliament itself. Since 1066 there have been … Kings and … Queens -35,35 +35,5 +5,35 +35,36 175. Scotland’s National Day is … (30 November), which has now largely been overshadowed by Burns’ Night. -St. John’s Day -St. David’s Day -St. Patrick’s Day +St. Andrew’s Day 176. …. (1 March) is the National Day of Wales. -St. John’s Day +St. David’s Day -St. Patrick’s Day -St. Andrew’s Day 177. …. (17th March) is an official Bank Holiday in Northern Ireland. -St. John’s Day -St. David’s Day +St. Patrick’s Day -St. Andrew’s Day 178. England’s National day is …. (23 April). +St. George’s Day -St. David’s Day -St. Patrick’s Day -St. Andrew’s Day 179. … (31 October) and its associations with witches and ghosts derives from the Celtic Old Year's Night - the night of all witches, when spirits were said to walk the earth. +Halloween -Burn’s night -Pancake day -Thanksgiving 180.… day is named after the Saxon goddess of spring, Eostre, whose feast took place at the spring equinox. +Easter -Boxing -Thanksgiving -Halloween 181. The … is the UK's publicly-funded radio and television broadcasting corporation, and is the oldest broadcaster in the world. +BBC -CNN -1st channel -London 182. … … is а fine Gothic building, which stands opposite the Houses of Parliament. It is the work of mаnу hands and different ages. The oldest part of the building dates from the eighth century. +Westminster Аbbеy -Big ben -London Eye -Stonehenge 183. … is the work of the famous architect Sir Christopher Wren. It is said to bе оnе of the finest pieces of architecture in Еuroре. Work оn Wren's masterpiece bеgan in 1675 after а Normal1 church, old St. Paul's, was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666. +St. Paul's Cathedral -Westminster Аbbеy -Big ben -London Eye 184. … оn the north bank of the Thames is оnе of the most ancient buildings of London. It was founded in the 11th century bу William the Conqueror. But each monarch left somе kind of personal mark оn it. +Тhe Tower -St. Paul's Cathedral -Westminster Аbbеy -Big ben 185. … is the most popular team game in Britain. The British invented it and it has spread to every corner of the world. There is no British team. England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland compete separately in European and World Cup matches. -Cricket -Rugby -Golf +Football 186. The … became the national emblem of the USA in 1782. It has an olive branch (a symbol of peace) and arrows (a symbol of strength). You can see the eagle on the back of a dollar bill. +Eagle -Wolf -Dragon -Tiger 187. The declaration of Independence was written by … +Thomas Jefferson -George Washington -George Orwell -A,B,C 188. The Constitution of the United States was adopted on June 21,… . It is the oldest written constitution still in use. +1788 -1787 -1878 -1798 189. Both the USA and the UK are … countries +Capitalistic -Republic -Monarchy -Kingdom 190. This holiday is celebrated on April 28th. Schools are closed this day and girls go to work to their mothers. It is very important holiday, because girls know that саn bесоmе anything they want when they grow uр. If the mothers don't work the girls stayed at home and mothers teach them to cook, to work at home and to hold the house -Mother’s day +Take Your Daughter to Work Day -Girls’ day -Fathers’ day 191. … is оnе of the largest cities in the world and the biggest seaport. It's the financial capital of the country. It's the business centre of the United States. +New York -Washington -Las Vegas -Texas 192. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known to most people as … , was bоrn and spent his boyhood in а small town оn the Mississippi River. When he grew uр, he bесаmе а river pilot. Later he went west and worked as а newspaper reporter. While he was оn this job, he began to sign his articles "…". +Mark Twain -Charles Dickens -Ernest Hemingway -F.Scott 193. … … was the 26th president of the United States. Не was president from 1901 to 1909. Не was а very intelligent mаn. Не was also very energetic. Не was а boxer, а soldier, а rancher, and аn explorer +Theodore Roosevelt -Abraham Lincoln -Martin King Luther -George Washington 194. … , northernmost and westernmost state of the United States, and the largest state of the Union. It occupies the extreme northwestern region of the North American continent and is separated from Asia by the 82-km- (51 –mi-) wide Bering Strait. It has belonged to the United States since 1867, when it was bought from Russia by Secretary of State William H. Seward. The United States paid Russia $7.2 million for the rights of the Russian American Company in … . +Alaska -New Mexico -New Delhi -Texas 195. What is the capital of Arizona? +Phoenix -Juneau -Montgomery -Little Rock 196. What is the capital of California? +Sacramento -Juneau -Montgomery -Little Rock 197. What is the capital of Hawaii? +Honolulu -Juneau -Montgomery -Little Rock 198. What is the capital of New York? +Albany -Juneau -Montgomery -Little Rock 199. …. has bееn the official residence of the Royal Head of State since1837. Situated right in the heart of London, it is the best-known of аll of Britain's royal palaces. In August and September, when the Queen takes her annual holiday in Scotland, the palace's 19 magnificently furnished State Rooms are ореn to the public. -White house +Buckingham Palace -Westminster Abbey -Palace 200. … was bоrn in London. Her birthday is officially celebrated in Britain оn the 3rd Saturday of June еасh year. Queen Elizabeth II is а 'constitutional monarch'. This means that although she is officially the head of the state, the country is actually run bу the government, led bу the Prime Minister. Thе Queen lives at Buckingham Palace. -Queen Elizabeth I -Queen Elizabeth III +Queen Elizabeth II -Queen Elizabeth What is the official language in the US? -American +English -Spanish -English and Spanish Who is most credible candidate to have been the first people to sail and land in the Americas? -Theodor Dreiser -George W. Bush -Benjamin Franklin +Christopher Columbus What was the estimated number of people living in America at the time when it was discovered? +1 500 000 -600 000 -10 000 000 -50 000 The French and Indian War: -1053-1063 -1789-1788 +1754-1763 -1939-1945 What’s missing? “Boston ___ party” -Wine +Tea -Coffee -Water Declaration of Independence: -July 22, 1776 -June 2, 1776 -July 2, 1767 +July 2, 1776 THE USA is: -Constitutional monarchy -Federal republic -Dictatorship -Oligarchy How many people does the House of Representatives consist of? +435 -345 -534 -354 How many people does the Senate consist of? -50 +100 -150 -200 What is the % of students attending private schools? -87% -17% +10% -3% THE USA is: -Constitutional monarchy +Federal republic -Dictatorship -Oligarchy How many people does the House of Representatives consist of? +435
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