General knowledge

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

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

4.	London buses are _____________ . blue red yellow green

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

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

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

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

9.	Elvis Presley was a twin. false true

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Irish English Scottish American

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 _____________ . Philadelphia in 1787 New York in 1787 Boston in 1787 Philadelphia in 1776