COUNTRY STUDIES QUIZ

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TASK 9. Do you know...?

     1.This organization was founded in 1905 by Daniel Carter Beard. Its original name was Sons of Daniel Boone. Later it gave birth to another organization which is popular now far beyond the USA.

1.The American Pioneer Organisation            2.The Boy Scout Organisation 3.The Dallas Cowboys

     2. Who was the first US president to use an airplane for personal transportation during his term of office?

1.John F. Kennedy 2.Bill Clinton 3.Theodore Roosevelt                                        

     3. He was a black American inventor with a Scottish surname, born in 1844. His main invention was an automatic lubricator.

1.Ross Macdonald                                                2.Joseph McCarthy 3.Elijah McCoy

     4. What is the official name of the country which is also called Godzone, Pig Isles, Shaky Isles, Quaky Isles?

1.New Zealand                                                       2.British Isles 3.Iceland

     5. Vogel House is the place in Wellington (New Zealand), built in 1933, where birds were raised till 1975. What is this place famous for now?

1.The National Gallery of New Zealand 2.The Concert Hall 3.Prime Ministers' former Official residence

     6. Maori, native people of New Zealand, call their country “Aoteatoa“. What does it mean in English?

1.The Twin Islands                                                2.The land of the long white cloud 3.The longest country in the world

     7. “Kan-ga-roo“ in the language of Australian aborigines means “I don’t know.” What is the Aboriginal for “no water”?

1.Koala 2.Boomerang 3.Ayers Rock                                                         

     8. Who was the President of the US who ordered Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on the expedition down the Columbia River and up the Missouri River to explore and chart the Pacific Northwest?

1.Thomas Jefferson 2.Abraham Lincoln 3.George Washington                                         

     9. In what state of the USA do the events described in O’Henry’s story “The Ransom of Red Chief “ take place?

1.Texas 2.Washington                                                          3.Alabama

     10. What do the following abbreviations stand for?