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Intellectual game “THE MOST INTELLIGENT”
Round 1
1)Who was the first President of the USA?
(George Washington)
2)What’s another name for the Houses of Parliament?
(The Palace of Westminster)
3)What is the flag of the USA called?
(“Stars and Stripes”)
4)What are the citizens of the USA called?
(Americans)
5)How many letters are there in the English alphabet?
(26 letters)
6)What’s the capital of Northern Ireland?
(Belfast)
7)Who discovered America?
(Columbus)
8)How many deputies does Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine consist of?
(450 deputies)
9)What is the most famous clock in the world called?
(Big Ben)
10)How many parts does the United Kingdom consist of?
(four parts)
11)What parts does Great Britain consist of?
(England, Scotland and Wales)
12)In what country did the Olympic Games begin?
(In Greece)
13)What seas is Ukraine washed by?
(by the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov)
14)How many plays did W. Shakespeare write?
(37 plays)
15)Where is the Eiffel Tower?
(In Paris)
16)What’s the capital of Italy?
(It’s Rome)
17)What religious holiday symbolizes the birth of Christ?
(Christmas)
18)At what age did Markian Shashkevych die?
(At the age of 32)
19)Who is the author of the national antherm of Ukraine?
(Pavlo Chubynskyi)
20)What is our planet called?
(the Earth)
21)What is the richest part of London?
(the West End)
22)What’s the highest mountain in Wales?
(Snowdon)
23)Who’s the queen of the United Kingdom now?
(Elizabeth II )
24)What is the Ukrainian Parliament called?
(Supreme (Verkhovna) Rada)
25)In what city was the monument to Admiral Nelson erected?
(in London)
26)What term is the President of Ukraine elected for?
(for 5 years)
27)What part of London is the poorest one?
(the East End)
28)What is Whitehall in London?
(a street)
29)Who were the first inhabitants in America?
(Indians)
30)How many Houses are there in the British Parliament?
(two)
Round 2
1) Is a “physician” another word for
a) a chemist
- b) a doctor
c) a physicist
2) How is the monument to George Washington in the capital of
the USA called ?
- a)“Pencil”
b) “Pen”
c) “Pencil – box”
3) The White House in the USA is the place where the president …
a) works
b) lives
- c) lives and works
4) Where is the Library of Congress?
a) in New York
b) in London
- c) in Washington
5) In what city of the world is Times Square?
a) in Chicago
b) in Washington
- c) in New York
6) What is the longest river in Great Britain?
a) the Thames
- b) the Severn
c) the Clyde
7) Where was the first plastic made?
- a)in England
b) in the USA
c) in France
8) When were mechanical clocks made?
a) in the 13 th century
- b) in the 14 th century
c) in the 15 th century
9) What does the verb “to reuse” mean ?
а)to make something smaller
- b) to use something again
c) to throw something
10) Which of the following sentences is true?
а)She went to a church last Sunday
b) She went to the church last Sunday
- c) She went to church last Sunday
11) What part of Great Britain is the most famous lake
Loch Ness situated in?
a) in Wales
- b) in Scotland
c) in England
12) Which of the adjectives is an antonym for “generous”?
a) lazy
b) attentive
- c) greedy
13) What’s the second largest city in the USA?
a) Washington
- b) Chicago
c) Los Angeles
14) What city is situated in the mouth of the Hudson River?
a) Washington
- b) New York
c) San Francisco
15) What languages are spoken in Canada?
a) English
b) French
- c) English and French
16) When do the British celebrate Boxing Day?
a) on December 25th
- b) on December 26th
c) on December 27th
17) When did Taras Shevchenko publish his first collection of
poems “Kobzar”?
- a)in 1840
b) in 1841
c) in 1842
18) Who designed the dishwasher?
a) Fleming
- b) Cockran
c) Marie Curie
Round 3
GEOGRAPHY
1.What countries does Ukraine border on in the north?
(Byelorussia, Russia)
2.What is the highest mountain in Great Britain?
(Ben Nevis)
3.What ocean is Canada washed by in the west?
(by the Pacific ocean)
4.How many big islands does New Zealand consist of?
(It consists of two islands)
5.How many regions does the territory of Ukraine consist of?
(It consists of 24 regions)
6.What’s the largest island in the world?
(Australia)
7.What country does the USA border on in the south?
(on Mexico)
8.What’s the smallest country in the world?
(The Vatican City)
9.What’s the second largest country in the world?
(It’s Canada)
10.What’s Great Britain separated from the continent by?
(by the English Channel)
CITIES
1.What’s the capital of Wales?
(Cardiff)
2.What’s the largest city in the world?
(It’s Mexico City)
3.What’s the largest city in Canada?
(It’s Toronto)
4.What’s the capital of Canada?
(It’s Ottawa)
5.What are the oldest university towns in Great Britain?
(They are Cambridge and Oxford)
6.What town is a birthplace of William Shakespeare?
(Stratford-upon-Avon)
7.What country is Cairo the capital of?
(It’s the capital of Egypt)
8.What’s the capital of Scotland?
(It’s Edinburgh)
9.What is the largest city in the USA?
(It’s New York)
10.What country is Chicago situated in?
(It’s situated in the USA)
HOLIDAYS
1.What religious holiday do we celebrate in spring?
(Easter)
2.When do the British celebrate Christmas?
(on the 25th of December)
3.What is Sunday before Easter in Ukraine called?
(Willow Sunday)
4.What holiday do Americans celebrate on the last Thursday in November?
(Thanksgiving Day)
5.When do children wear masks and dress as ghosts and witches?
(on Halloween)
6.What state holiday do Ukrainians celebrate on the 9th of May?
(Victory Day)
7.When is St.Valentine`s Day celebrated?
(on the 14th of February)
8.What does Easter symbolize?
(It symbolizes the Resurrection of Christ)
9.What is the evening before Christmas in Ukraine called?
(It’s called Holy Supper)
10.When do we have the Day of Knowledge in Ukraine?
(on the first of September)
PLACES OF INTERESTS
1.What is the seat of the British Government?
(It’s the Houses of Parliament)
2.What’s the royal church in Britain?
(It’s Westminster Abbey)
3.What’s the queen’s official London residence?
(It’s Buckingham Palace)
4.What’s the symbol of the American democracy ?
(The Statue of Liberty)
5.What countries are the Niagara Falls situated in?
(In the USA and Canada)
6.What is Piccadilly Circus?
(It’s a square)
7.What is the residence of the President of the USA called?
(The White House)
8.What’s the highest building in Washington?
(The Capitol)
9.What’s the biggest English church?
(St.Paul’s Cathedral)
10.What park in Lviv is famous all over Europe?
(Stryiskyi Park)
LITERATURE
1.Who wrote “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”?
(Mark Twain)
2.Who is the author of the poem “My heart`s in the Highlands”?
(Robert Burns)
3.Who wrote a tragedy “King Lear”?
(W. Shakespeare)
4.Is Charlotte Bronte an English or American writer?
(She’s an English writer)
5.What Ukrainian poet wrote the poem “My Testament”?
(T.H. Shevchenko)
6.Who wrote “Alice in Wonderland”?
(Lewis Carroll)
7.What English dramatist founded the theatre named “The Globe”?
(W. Shakespeare)
8.Who wrote about Sherlock Holmes?
(Arthur Conan Doyle)
9.When was M. Shashkevych born?
(on the 6th of November, 1811)
10.Who is the author of “Robinson Crusoe”?
(Daniel Defoe)
PROVERBS
1.“A room without books is a body without soul ”
(Кімната без книжки, що й тіло без душі)
2.“Like author, like book”
(Якийписьменник, такайкнижка)
3.“A healthy mind in a healthy body”
(У здоровому тілі – здоровий дух)
4.“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise”
(Хто рано встає – у того здоров’я, заможність і розум є)
5.“It’s never too late to learn”
(Вчитисяніколинепізно)
6.“Live and learn”
(Вікживи, вікучись)
7.“Little children – little sorrow, big children – big sorrow”
(Малі діти – малий клопіт, великі діти – великий клопіт)
8.“To know everything is to know nothing”
(Знати все – значить нічого не знати)
9.“East or west, home is best”
(Всюди добре, а вдома краще)
10.“Better late than never”
(Кращепізно, ніжніколи)
SCIENCE AND INVENTIONS
1.What is the science about stars called?
(astronomy)
2.Who was the founder of the first institute of the electric welding in the world?
(Eugene Paton)
3.Who wrote “The Origin of Species”?
(Charles Darwin)
4.What is the science about the life of plants and animals called?
(biology)
5.Who invented the telephone?
(Alexander Bell)
6.Who was Albert Einstein?
(a physicist)
7.What is the science about plants and their structure called?
(botany)
8.Who was the first man who made the flight into space?
(Yurii Haharin)
9.Who made the first step on the moon?
(Neil Armstrong)
10.Who invented the helicopter?
(Ihor Sykorskyi)
GRAMMAR
1.What article do we use with the names of seas and oceans?
(the)
2.What’s the superlative of the adjective “bad”?
(the worst)
3.In what tense do we use the time expression “two days ago”?
(Past Simple)
4.What’s the plural form of the noun “woman”?
(women)
5.What’s the comparative of the adverb “quickly”?
(more quickly)
6.Do we use the adverbs much, little with countable or uncountable nouns?
(with uncountable nouns)
7.What are three forms of the irregular verb “ставати”?
(become – became – become)
8.What’s the negative form of the sentence “She speaks English well”?
(She doesn’t speak English well)
9.What’s the grammar mistake in the sentence
“They has just translated the text”?
(They have just translated the text )
10.What tense do we use for an action that started in the past and is still going on?
(We use the present perfect continuous)
HISTORY OF UKRAINE
1.When was the Declaration of Ukrainian independence proclaimed?
(on August 24, 1991)
2.When was the Constitution of Ukraine adopted?
(on June 28, 1996)
3.Who founded Kyiv according to the legend?
(Kyi, Shchek and Khoryv)
4.Who was the first President of Ukraine?
(Mykhailo Hrushevskyi)
5.When was the Ukrainian Referendum held?
(on December 1, 1991)
6.What island was the heart of Zaporizhian Sich?
(the Island of Khortytsia)
7.When do we celebrate the anniversary of the formation of the Western Ukrainian People’s Republic?
(on the first of November)
8.Who was the founder of Lviv?
(Danylo Halytskyi)
9.Who was the founder of the Hetman State?
(Bohdan Khmelnytskyi)
10.When was the Declaration on State Sovereignty of Ukraine adopted?
(on July 16, 1990)
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