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General knowledge
1.
_____________ is the author of the Old Man and the Sea, published in 1952.
Jane Austin
Agatha Christie
John Steinbeck
Ernest Hemingway
2.
The typical Thanksgiving menu consists of _____________ .
fried chicken and rice
smoked salmon and sauce
turkey with bread stuffing and mashed potatoes
fried carp and potato salad
3.
Thanksgiving is celebrated in _____________ .
Great Britain
the USA
New Zealand
Australia
4.
London buses are _____________ .
yellow
green
blue
red
5.
Which of these countries was the first one in the world to issue adhesive postage stamps?
Great Britain
the USA
Canada
Ireland
6.
_____________ is printed on British stamps.
Nothing
The price and the portrait of the monarch
The name of the monarch, his/her portrait and the year
Elisabeth II
7.
_____________ was the US president during the Civil War.
F. D. Roosevelt
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
8.
_____________ is the idiom used in order to say that somebody is very good or special.
The "cat's whiskers"
The "fat cat"
The "dog's ears"
The "clever fox"
9.
Elvis Presley was a twin.
true
false
10.
_____________ is the largest city in the USA.
San Francisco
New York City
Washington, D.C.
Chicago
11.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland consists of _____________ .
England, Wales and Canada
England, Wales and Ireland
England, Wales and Scotland
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
12.
_____________ were united in 1707 to form Great Britain.
Wales and Scotland
England and Wales
Scotland and England
England and Ireland
13.
_____________ are parts of Great Britain.
England, Wales and Scotland
England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
England and Ireland
England and Wales
14.
The Irish Free State (southern Ireland) was recognized by Great Britain in _____________ .
1801
1282
1916
1921
15.
_____________ became part of the English kingdom in 1282.
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Wales
16.
The highest mountain in Britain is _____________ .
Ben Nevis
Mount McKinley
Big Ben
Snowdon
17.
The name Great Britain means _____________ .
nothing
that the British think Britain is great
larger Britain to distinguish it from Brittany in north-west France
that Britain is a large country
18.
The population of the UK is
over 57,000,000
about 68,000,000
about 45,000,000
26,000,000
19.
_____________ is the capital of Scotland.
Cardiff
Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Glasgow
20.
Britain has a _____________ climate.
cool
warm
mild
very hot
21.
In Scotland _____________ is used for distilling whisky.
rye
barley
corn
wheat
22.
The United Kingdom is a _____________ .
republic
absolute monarchy
constitutional monarchy
federation
23.
The present Sovereign is _____________ .
Queen Elizabeth II
Henry VIII
Queen Mary
Elizabeth I
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 _____________ .
Ireland
England
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 _____________ .
wild people
Red Indians
Aborigines
Indians
28.
In 1770 _____________ became the first European to explore Australia's east coast.
John Cabot
Amerigo Vespucci
Vikings
James Cook
29.
Martin Luther King was _____________ .
the US president
a commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
the black American clergyman and civil rights leader
a writer
30.
St. Patrick's Day on March 17 is the _____________ tradition.
Irish
Scottish
English
American
31.
On October 12, 1492 an Italian navigator _____________ discovered America.
Walter Raleigh
Leif Ericson
Christopher Columbus
John Cabot
32.
Independence Day (July 4) commemorates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence in _____________ by thirteen American colonies.
1789
1776
1787
1792
33.
Hadrian's Wall was built _____________ .
in Ireland
around 130 AD but today there are no more any remains of it
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
34.
Northern Ireland is also called _____________ .
West Britain
Ulster
Albion
North Ireland
35.
Sir Walter Scott was born in _____________ in 1771.
Edinburgh
Dublin
London
Manchester
36.
Choose the correct answer.
The Pilgrims arrived in the New World in 1620.
The Pilgrims' ship was called Flowership.
The Pilgrim Fathers arrived in Australia in 1720.
The Pilgrims' ship was called Mayship.
37.
_____________ is the capital of New Zealand.
Canberra
Auckland
Wellington
Brisbane
38.
Thanksgiving Day has been celebrated _____________ since 1621.
in Great Britain
just in the English speaking countries
in the USA
all over the world
39.
_____________ was the first President of the USA.
Abraham Lincoln
F.D.Roosevelt
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
40.
The Constitution of the United States as the basic laws of the country was adopted in _____________ .
New York in 1787
Boston in 1787
Philadelphia in 1787
Philadelphia in 1776