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GREAT BRITAIN QUIZ

1.           Give the names of

a)  the longest river (The Severn)

b)    the largest country (Yorkshire)

c)     the highest mountain (Ben Nevis)

d)    the largest lake  (Laugh (LOK) Neigh (nei) in Northern Ireland)

e)     the largest city outside London (Birmingham)

f)      the busiest port on the British Isles (London) .

   2.  On which rivers do the following towns stand?

a)    Glasgow (On the Clyde)

b)    Hull (On the Humber)

c)     Newcastle (On the Tyne)

d)    Oxford (On the Thames)

e)     Stratford (On the Avon)

f)       Cambridge (On the Grande)

3.     How wide is The English Channel at its narrowest part? (The Channel at its narrowest part? The Strait of Dover? Is 32 kilometers wide )

4.     What is the name of the biggest passenger seaport on the English Chanel? (Southampton)

5.     Why the district in the center of England is called the Black Country? (It is called black from the dust and coal. Coal and iron are produced in the Black Country)

6.     What is the name of one of the biggest coal-mining industry centers in north-eastern part of England? (Newcastle)

7.     What is the name of the biggest textile industry centers in England? (Manchester)

8.     What are the names of the capitals of Scotland and Wales? (Edinburgh and Cardiff)

9.     What is the name of  the Western Islands of Scotland? (Hebrides)

10.                         What is the name of the islands which lie to the north of Scotland? (Orkney)

11.                        What is the name of the biggest city in Scotland? Famous for its shipyards?   (Glasgow)

12.                         Which famous Scotsman was born in Alleyway in Ayrshiere in 1759? (Robert Burns)

13.                         The nation emblem of Scotland is the thistle. Why was it adopted? (In 1263 a Norwegian army invaded Scotland and made a surprise night attack on the Scottish army camp. The Scots? Not expecting an attack? Were not keeping a good watch, but one of the barefooted Norwegians trod on a thistle and cried out in pain. The Scots were roused and in the resulting battle defeated the Norwegians. In memory of this the Scots adopted the thistle as their national emblem.)

14.                         What is the nation emblem of Ireland? (Shamrock. Triple-leafed plants, resembling the shamrock, have been found on Roman coins, Assyrian tablets and Egyptian temples and pyramids)

15.                         What is the nation emblem of Wales? (The leek of daffodil)

16.                         What is Wales rich for? (Wales is rich in coal)

17.                         In what Britain lake is a monster supposed to live? (In Loch Ness (in Scotland))

18.                         What is the average winter temperature? (It varies between -3 and -7)

19.                         At what age English boys and girls begin going to a primary school? (At the age of five)

20.                         What is the name of the secondary school in England in which children learn handicrafts? (Secondary Modern School)

21.                         From what kind of English school is it easier to get to the university? (From grammar school)

22.                         What do English schoolchildren wear? (English schoolboys wear a white shirt and a tie with the colors of the school. Over their shirts they wear grey pull-over’s and jackets called blazers. English schoolgirls wear a blouse or shirt with a tie and a skirt the color of their school. They wear their school blazer too. Their stocking and shoes are black)

23.                         When were the Oxford and Cambridge universities established? ( Oxford University in 1249 and Cambridge University in 1284)

24.                         What theatre did Shakespeare write most of his plays for? (Shakespeare wrote most of his plays for Globe Theatre)

25.                         When did the performances begin at the theatre in Shakespeare’s time? (At tree o’clock in the afternoon)

26.                         In what year did the Romans come to England? (In the year 55 B.C.)

27.                         Why did the Romans call Britain Albion? ( “Alba” means “white ” in Latin and the first thing the Romans saw when they came were the white chalk cliffs on the coast of Britain)

28.                         Name the six Parliaments of the British Isles. (London, Northern Ireland, Irish Republic, Isle of Man , Jersey and Guernsey)