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General knowledge
1.
_____________ is the author of the Old Man and the Sea, published in 1952.
John Steinbeck
Jane Austin
Ernest Hemingway
Agatha Christie
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