General knowledge

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

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

4.	London buses are _____________ . blue red green yellow

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

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

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

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. Chicago Washington, D.C. New York City San Francisco

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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