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TASK 1. Tick the correct answer

1) The original name of the city was New Amsterdam. Today the city is called ...
11  Philadelphia
12  New York
13  Gettysburg
14  Pittsburgh

2) The Mayflower was the ship on which British settlers arrived in North America in 1620.
21  the Puritans
22  the Pilgrims
23  the settlers of the
 Virginia Company
24
  the White  Star  passengers

3) The Golden Gate Bridge is a symbol of ...
31  San Francisco
32  Seattle
33  Vancouver
34  Toronto

4) The oldest and the youngest US presidents elected were respectively ...
Ronald Reagan  Ronald Reagan and John F. Kennedy
Theodore Roosevelt  Ronald Reagan and Theodore Roosevelt
Bill Clinton  George Washington and Bill Clinton
John F. Kennedy  George Washington and John F.Kennedy

5) The first person to introduce paper currency in the USA was ...
51  George
     Washington
52  Benjamin
     Franklin
A1  Thomas Jefferson
A3  Abraham Lincoln

6) Which Scottish island is said to be the resting place of St. Columba?
61  Iona
62  Colonsay
63  Skye
64  Eigg

7) What is the British flag popularly known as?
71  Royal Ensign
72  Royal Standard
73  Union Jack
74  St. George

8) Who said "To be born English is to win the lottery of life"?

82  Samuel Johnson
82  Queen Victoria
83  Margaret Thatcher
84  Cecil Rhodes

9) What is the highest point in England?

91  Hadrian's Wall
92  Snowdon
93  Scarfell Pike
83  Ben Nevis

10) What city is England's "steel city"?

101  Leeds
102  Sheffield
103  Newcastle
104  Birmingham

11) What year was Magna Carta signed by King John at Runnymede?

111  1215
A344  1915
113  1512
114  1216

12) Who gave "The Iron Curtain" its name?
133  Winston   Churchill
122  Clement Attlee
123  Josef Stalin
124  Freddie Truman

13) If a town name ends in - burgh it was probably found as a what?

131  A market town
132  A royal manor
133  A cattle trading      centre
134  A fotress town

14) How many wives did Henry VIII have?

Catherine of Aragon  5
Anne Boleyn  4
143  3
Six wives  6

15) From which country did pajamas originate?

151  India
152  Canada
153  Kenia
154  Burma

16) Which type of sport has a Three Day Event?

161  Darts
162  Athlelics
163  Horse riding
164  Badminton

17) Which English king trained to be a monk?

171  Edward
     the Martyr
172  Alfred the Great
173  William Rufus
174  Edward
     the Confessor

18) Who controls who can display a coat of arms?

181  The House of
     Lords
63  The Monarch
183  The College of
      Heralds
184  The Prime
     Minister

19) What is the name of "007"?

191  Henry Bond
192  Thomas Bond
193  James Bond
194  William Bond

20) Long straight roads were probably first built by ...

201  the Vikings
202  the Normans
203  the Romans
204  the Celts

21) Which English king was killed by an arrow in the eye?

211
  Henry II
212
  Henry I
213
  Harold
     Godwinson
214
  Harold
     Harefoot

22) In cockney rhyming slang, what is a "tea"?

221  car
222  book
223  chair
224  thief

23) How many cups of tea does the average Briton drink each year?

231  820
232  1,650
233  1,180
234  975

24) Which dreadful plague wiped out about one third of the population of Britain in the 1340s?

241  The White Death
242  The Blue Death
243  The Pink Death
244  The Black Death

25) In which year was the Great Fire of London?

251  in 1667
252  in 1664
253  in 1666
254  in 1669

26) An effigy of which traitor is burnt on thousands of bonfires on 5th November?
261
  Guy Fawkes
262  Lord Haw-Haw
263
  Perkin Warbeck
264  Mata Hari

27) In which year did Mrs. Margaret Thatcher become Prime Minister?

271  1977
272  1981
83  1982
274  1979

28) Which English king began the Hundred Years War by invading France
and winning the Battle of Crecy in 1346?

281  Edward I
282  Edward III
283  Edward II
284  Edward IV

29) Which English king invaded Wales in 1282, ending Welsh independence
by naming his own son Prince of Wales?

282  Edward III
284  Edward IV
283  Edward II
281  Edward I

30) In the 17th century the Pilgrim Fathers left England and set sail for North America. They planned to make a voyage abroad two ships. After setting sail problems made them return to
port and all boarded The Mayflower for the crossing. What was the name of the second unseaworthy ship that failed to make the crossing?

301  The Sunflower
302  The Liberty
303  The Victory
304  The Speedwell

31) In which year was the earliest recipe for Yorkshire Pudding printed?
311  1745
312  1768
313  1834
314  1812

32) Who won the first ever FA Cup?

321  Manchester
     United
322  Arsenal

323  The Wanderers

324  Liverpool

33) In which year did Britain join the European Economic Community (later to become the European Union)?

331  1973
332  1975
333  1974
334  1976

34) Which Roman Emperor first established a Roman province in Britain?

341
  Caligula
342
  Claudius
343
  Julius Caesar
344
  Tiberius

35) Which British chief fought against the Roman invasion of AD 43?

351  Boadicea
352  Prasutagus
353  Caractacus
354  Cartimandua

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