BRITISH AND AMERICAN ENGLISH

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS
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1. THESE ARE CALLED "BISCUITS" IN THE UK, BUT WHAT DO AMERICANS CALL THEM?

-Cookies-

2. THESE ARE CALLED "TROUSERS" IN THE UK, BUT WHAT DO AMERICANS CALL THEM?

-Pants-

3. WHAT DO BRITISH AND AMERICAN PEOPLE CALL PICTURE 1 AND 2?

- British: picture 1- chips, and 2- crisps-
- American: picture 1- French fries, and 2- chips-

4. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE AMERICAN FLAG?

- The Stars and Stripes-

Did you know? The word "pants" in British English means "underwear".

BRITISH MYTHS AND LEGENDS

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1. NAME THESE FAMOUS CHARACTERS FROM BRITISH LEGENDS.

- Robin Hood, the Loch Ness Monster and King Arthur-

2. IN WHICH COUNTRY DOES THE LOCH NESS MONSTER SUPPOSEDLY LIVE?

- Scotland-

3. WHAT CITY DO YOU ASSOCIATE WITH ROBIN HOOD?

- Nottingham-

4. NAME ANOTHER PERSON CONNECTED TO KING ARTHUR.

- Queen Guinevere, Sir Lancelot, the Wizard Merlin, Sir Galahad-

Did you know? The first sighting of the Loch Ness monster was over 1500 years ago. So if it exists, it is either very old or there is an entire family of monsters!!!

NATIONAL SYMBOLS

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1. MATCH EACH SYMBOL WITH ITS COUNTRY.

- rose; England, leek; Wales, thristles; Scotland, shamarock; Ireland-

2. WHICH ANIMAL REPRESENTS ENGLAND?

a) horse, b) eagle, c) lion, d) bear.

- lion-

3. WHAT MYTHICAL CREATURE CAN YOU SEE ON THE WELSH FLAG?

- A dragon-

4. THE FLAG OF THE UK HAS A SPECIAL NAME. WHAT IS IT CALLED?

a) Big Jack, b) Jack Frost, c) The Union Jack.

- The Union Jack-

Did you know? Scotland, Wales and Ireland have got their own lenguagese, but very few people speak them. 300000 people speak Welsh, 100000 people speak Irish Gaelic and only 58000 people speak Scottish Gaelic.

PLACES OF INTEREST

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1. THESE ARE THE TWO MOST FAMOUS UNIVERSITIES IN THE UK. NAME THEM.

- Oxford and Cambridge-

2. THIS IS BUCKINGHAM PALACE, THE OFFICIAL HOME OF THE QUEEN. HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN THE QUEEN IS AT HOME.

a. a guard is on duty, b. a flag is flying or c. a light is on.

- A flag is flying-

3. THIS MOUNTAIN IS THE HIGHEST IN THE UK. IT IS CALLED BEN NEVIS. WHICH COUNTRY IS IT IN?

- Scotland-

4. WHAT KIND OF RACE DO OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HAVE EVERY YEAR?

- A boat race-

Did you know? Ben Nevis, the highest mountain in the UK at 1343 metres, is very low comapared to the highest Spanish mountains. (for example, El Teide in Tenerife is 3780 meters.)

SPORT

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1. NAME EACH SPORT.

-Cricket, golf, basketball and rugby-

2. WHICH SPORT WAS NOT INVENTED IN THE UK?

-Basketball-

3. HOW DO YOU SAY NOUGHT IN FOOTBALL AND TENNIS?

-Football; nil, tennis; love-

4. HOW MANY TIMES HAVE ENGLAND WON THE FOOTBALL WORLD CUP?

-Once(1966: England 4, West Germany 2) -

Did you know? In cricket, the word for nought is "duck".

FAMOUS PEOPLE

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1. NAME THESE PEOPLE.

- Ewan McGregor, Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones-

2. EACH PERSON COMES FROM A DIFFERENT COUNTRY. CAN YOU SAY WHICH?

1. Ewan McGregor - Scotland-

2. Jude Law - England-
3. Catherine Zeta-Jones - Wales-

3. CATHERINE ZETA-JONES MARRIED A FAMOUS AMERICAN ACTOR. WHAT IS HIS NAME?

- Michael Douglas-

4. JONES IS A VERY COMMON WELSH SURNAME. NAME A FAMOUS WELSH POP SINGER CALLED JONES.

- Tom Jones-

Did you know? Catherine Zeta-Jones' birthday is on 25th September, the same date as her husband's.

MUSIC

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1. NAME EACH BAND.

-Oasis, Coldplay and Queen-

2. THIS BAND, OASIS, WAS FORMED BY TWO BROTHERS. WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES?

-Liam and Noel Gallagher-

3. WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL SINGER OF THIS BAND?

-Freedie Mercury-

4. WHICH SONG WAS THE ORIGINAL SINGER OF THE BAND QUEEN?

-We are the Champions-

Did you know? Liverpool's airport is called John Lennon Airport, after one of the Beatles.

LITERATURE

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1. NAME THE FOUR CHARACTERS.

-Oliver Twist, Dracula, Frankenstein and Robinson Crusoe-

2. ALL FOUR HAVE BEEN MADE INTO FILMS. WICH CHARACTER HAS APPEARED IN THE MOST FILMS?

-Dracula-

3. HARRY POTTER IS A POPULAR MODERN STORY. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SCHOOL HE GOES TO?

-Hogwarts-

4. NAME ANOTHER BOOK WRITTEN BY THIS FAMOUS AUTHOR.

-A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of two Cities...-

Did you know? Frankensteinwas written by a woman, Mary Shelley, when she was only 19 years old.

THE ROYAL FAMILY.

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1. WHO ARE THESE KINGS AND QUEENS?

-Victoria, Henry VIII and Elizabeth II-

2. HOW MANY WIVES DID THESE KING HAVE? AND HOW MANY WERE SPANISH?

-Six, one was Spanish. Catherine of Aragon-

3. THIS WOMAN IS THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND TODAY. WHO WILL BE THE NEXT KING OR QUEEN?

-Prince Charles-

4. WHERE DOES THE QUEEN LIVE WHEN SHE IS IN LONDON?

-Buckingham Palace-

Did you Know: 300 years ago the UK was a republic with no king or queen. This lasted for just 11 years (1649-1660).

GEOGRAPHY.

ANSWER THE QUESTIONS.

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1. Name the four countries of UK.

-England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland-

2. Name the four capitals of UK.

-London, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast-

3. What is the name of the sea that separates the UK from France?

-The English Channel-

4. What is the population of the UK?

-60 millions-

Did you Know? Spain is more than twice the size of te UK, but has 20 million FEWER people. Spain 500000 km2/ UK: 245000 km2.

Spain 40 million/ UK 60 million.