Test 14

1. The greatest playwright and poet of all times whose works are still being staged is…

1. Robert Burns

2. Jonathan Swift

3. William Shakespeare

4. Stephen King

1. The American astronaut who was the first to step on the surface of the Moon is …

1. Armstrong

2. Lincoln

3. Roosevelt

4. Ford

1. The plant (flower) – symbol of peace in great Britain is a …

1. Trefoil

2. Mistletoe

3. Holly

4. Poppy

1. The most prolific of all inventors in history, who patented 1,093 different inventions in the USA including the incandescent electric lamp, the motion-picture projector and the phonograph is …

1. Michael Faraday

2. Charles Robert Darwin

3. James Prescott Joule

4. Thomas Alva Edison

1. Canada’s official colours are _____ and red

1. Blue

2. Gold

3. Green

4. White

1. The collective decision-making body of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, composed of the Prime Minister and some 22 Cabinet Ministers is called…

1. Ministry of Justice of the UK

1. The Cabinet

2. The British Parliament

3. The Shadow Cabinet

1. The river on which Washington D.C. is situated is the …

1. Roanoke

2. Potomac

3. Mississippi

4. Hudson

1. Canadians honour those who served in wartime on …

1. May Day

2. Christmas

3. Thanksgiving Day

4. Remembrance Day

1. A famous American humorist and author of popular outstanding autobiographical works, travel books and novels, whose real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens, is

1. Henry Fielding

2. Daniel Defoe

3. Mark Twain

4. Thomas Mayne Reid

1. The Queen gives a speech about the state of the British nation every year on…

1. Easter

1. Christmas Day

2. New Year’s Day

3. Trooping the Colour

1. The Prime Minister who used to say to the Cabinet of Ministers: “When I want your opinion, I’ll give it to you!” is …

1. Winston Churchill

2. Hilary Clinton

3. Margaret Thatcher

4. Quentin Bryce

12. The country which presented the bronze Statue of Liberty to the USA in 1886 is…

a. Italy

b. France

c. Germany

d. Great Britain

13. The telephone was invented by …

a. Isaac Newton

b. Michael Faraday

c. Alexander Bell

d. Nikola Tesla

14. Who wrote “Winnie-the-Pooh”?

a. L.Carroll

b. A.Milne

c. R.Kipling

d. R. Ferguson

15. For Christmas the English have…

a. chicken

b. roast beef

c. turkey

d. fish and chips

16. New England is …

a. an island

b. part of Great Britain

c. part of the USA

d. part of Australia