Transcript Famous people

ENGLAND
This quiz was created by Oxana Grigoryeva,
an English teacher from school №188.
Novosibirsk
February, 2007
Famous people
1. He was a king of England who led the
Britons in battles against the Saxons.
There are many stories about him: he
pulled his sword Excalibur from a stone,
and he sat with his knights at a Round
Table.
2. He is one of the most famous of all
English kings, partly because he had six
wives.
3.The queen of England
and Ireland from 1558,
after the death of her
sister Mary I. She is
regarded as one of
England’s greatest rulers.
The daughter of King
Henry VIII and Anne
Boleyn, she was an
extremely strong and
clever woman. During her
reign the country’s
economy grew very
strong, the arts were very
active. However, she is
often seen as a very
lonely figure. She never
married.
4. He is the national saint
of England. Many
people believed he
was a Christian martyr
( a person who is killed
because of their
religious beliefs ) in
the third century.
According to the
legend, he killed a
dragon to save a
woman. He is often
shown in pictures
fighting the dragon.
5. It is an internationally famous British pop
group whose members during their most
successful period in the 1960s were John
Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
and Ringo Starr.
6. He is an English footballer who played for
Manchester United and has been captain of
the England team since 2001. In 2003 he left
Manchester United to play for Real Madrid.
He married Spice Girl Victoria Adams in 1999
and they are two of the most famous people
in Britain.
7. He is an English actor who is best
known for playing Legolas in the Lord of
the Rings films. He has also acted in
Pirates of the Caribbean and Troy.
8. He is the main character in a series of
novels by Ian Fleming. He is an attractive
British secret agent, who is also known
as 007.
9. She is the queen of the United Kingdom
since 1952.
10. She is a British princess, the only daughter of
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. She has a
strong interest in horse riding, and represented
Britain at the 1976 Olympic Games. She is also
known for her work as the President of the
Save the Children Fund. In 1973 she married
Captain Mark Phillips, and had two children,
Peter and Zara. In 1992 she was divorced, and
in the same year she married Timothy
Laurence, a Royal Navy Officer. She was given
the title of Princess Royal in 1987. What’s her
name?
Famous people
1. He was a king of England who led the
Britons in battles against the Saxons.
There are many stories about him: he
pulled his sword Excalibur from a stone,
and he sat with his knights at a Round
Table.
King Arthur
2. He is one of the most famous of all
English kings, partly because he had six
wives.
Henry VIII
3.The queen of England
and Ireland from 1558,
after the death of her
sister Mary I. She is
regarded as one of
England’s greatest rulers.
The daughter of King
Henry VIII and Anne
Boleyn, she was an
extremely strong and
clever woman. During her
reign the country’s
economy grew very
strong, the arts were very
active. However, she is
often seen as a very
lonely figure. She never
married. Elizabeth I
4. He is the national saint
of England. Many
people believed he was
a Christian martyr ( a
person who is killed
because of their
religious beliefs ) in the
third century. According
to the legend, he killed
a dragon to save a
woman. He is often
shown in pictures
fighting the dragon.
St George
5. It is an internationally famous British pop
group whose members during their most
successful period in the 1960s were John
Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison
and Ringo Starr. the Beatles
6. He is an English footballer who played for
Manchester United and has been captain of
the England team since 2001. In 2003 he left
Manchester United to play for Real Madrid.
He married Spice Girl Victoria Adams in 1999
and they are two of the most famous people
in Britain. David Beckham
7. He is an English actor who is best
known for playing Legolas in the Lord of
the Rings films. He has also acted in
Pirates of the Caribbean and Troy.
Orlando Bloom
8. He is the main character in a series of
novels by Ian Fleming. He is an attractive
British secret agent, who is also known
as 007.
James Bond
9. She is the queen of the United Kingdom
since 1952. Elizabeth II
10. She is a British princess, the only daughter of
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. She has a
strong interest in horse riding, and represented
Britain at the 1976 Olympic Games. She is also
known for her work as the President of the
Save the Children Fund. In 1973 she married
Captain Mark Phillips, and had two children,
Peter and Zara. In 1992 she was divorced, and
in the same year she married Timothy
Laurence, a Royal Navy Officer. She was given
the title of Princess Royal in 1987. What’s her
name? Princess Anne
Holidays
1. The day when people in many countries
play tricks or jokes on each other. A
typical trick is to make somebody believe
something that is not true.
2. British people celebrate it every year on the 5th
of November in memory of a famous event in
British history, the Gunpowder Plot. On the 5th
of November in 1605 a group of Roman
Catholic planned to blow up the Houses of
Parliament while King James I was inside. On
the evening before, one of them, was caught in
the cellars with gunpowder and the plot was
discovered. People make fireworks, children
make a guy,a figure of a man made of old
clothes and straw, then they burn it.
3. The Christian celebration of the birth of
Jesus Christ which takes part on 25
December.
4. The 26th of December is the day after
Christmas Day. It is a bank holiday.
Traditionally it was the day when people
gave Christmas boxes (small gifts of
money ) to their employees or servants.
Now most people relax, digest the food
and drink of the day before, and perhaps
visit friends or relatives.
5. The night of 31 October, when people
once believed that ghosts could be seen.
Now in Britain and America, it is a time
when children have parties, dress up as
witches, make lanterns out of pumpkins
from which the inside has been removed,
and play trick or treat.
Holidays
1. The day when people in many countries
play tricks or jokes on each other. A
typical trick is to make somebody believe
something that is not true.
April Fool’s Day
2. British people celebrate it every year on the 5th
of November in memory of a famous event in
British history, the Gunpowder Plot. On the 5th
of November in 1605 a group of Roman
Catholic planned to blow up the Houses of
Parliament while King James I was inside. On
the evening before, one of them, was caught in
the cellars with gunpowder and the plot was
discovered. People make fireworks, children
make a guy,a figure of a man made of old
clothes and straw, then they burn it.
Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes Night
3. The Christian celebration of the birth of
Jesus Christ which takes part on 25
December. Christmas
4. The 26th of December is the day after
Christmas Day. It is a bank holiday.
Traditionally it was the day when people
gave Christmas boxes (small gifts of
money ) to their employees or servants.
Now most people relax, digest the food
and drink of the day before, and perhaps
visit friends or relatives. Boxing Day
5. The night of 31 October, when people
once believed that ghosts could be seen.
Now in Britain and America, it is a time
when children have parties, dress up as
witches, make lanterns out of pumpkins
from which the inside has been removed,
and play trick or treat. Halloween
Places
1. It is a river that flows through a town
where Shakespeare was born. The name
of this river is in the name of the town.
The same name is belonged to an
international company selling beauty
products, soap. Its representatives,
usually women, sell these products by
going to people’s homes with them.
2. It is the bell in the clock tower of the
British Parliament. Many people think
wrongly that it is the name of the clock,
or of the tower itself.
3. It is a large round concert hall in west
London, which holds 8000 people. It was
built in 1868-71 in memory of Prince
Albert. Various musical and sporting
events take place in it, but it is best
known as the concert hall where the
Proms are held.
4. It is the official home of the British royal family
in central London. It is a very large house,
originally built in 1703 for the Duke of
Buckingham. Many tourists stand outside this
building to watch the ceremony of Changing
the Guard, and since 1993 parts of the house
have been opened to the public in the
summer.
5. According to tradition, it is the wonderful
and magic place where King Arthur lived
with his family and the Knights of the
Round Table.
6. It is the theatre in London where
Shakespeare’s most famous plays were
first performed. It was built in 1599 on
the south bank of the river Thames. It
was round, open-air building with a roof
over the stage. It was closed by the
Puritans in 1642. An exact copy of it was
built in the 1990s and Shakespeare’s
plays are again performed there.
7. It is one of the oldest and most famous
building in London. It was built by William
the Conqueror more than 900 years ago.
It was famous as a prison. Now it is a
museum.
8. It is a large cathedral in London. It was
designed by the famous architect Sir
Christopher Wren, after the Great Fire of
London in 1666. The cathedral contains
the graves of many famous people.
9. It is a bridge across the river Thames
and one of the most famous structures in
London. Its towers are in the Gothic style
and the part of the bridge with the road
on it can be raised to allow ships to pass
through.
10. It is Britain’s most famous prehistoric
monument. It consists of two circles of
large standing stones, one inside the
other.
Places
1. It is a river that flows through a town
where Shakespeare was born. The name
of this river is in the name of the town.
The same name is belonged to an
international company selling beauty
products, soap. Its representatives,
usually women, sell these products by
going to people’s homes with them.
Avon
2. It is the bell in the clock tower of the
British Parliament. Many people think
wrongly that it is the name of the clock,
or of the tower itself.
Big Ben
3. It is a large round concert hall in west
London, which holds 8000 people. It was
built in 1868-71 in memory of Prince
Albert. Various musical and sporting
events take place in it, but it is best
known as the concert hall where the
Proms are held.
the Albert Hall
4. It is the official home of the British royal family
in central London. It is a very large house,
originally built in 1703 for the Duke of
Buckingham. Many tourists stand outside this
building to watch the ceremony of Changing
the Guard, and since 1993 parts of the house
have been opened to the public in the
summer. Buckingham Palace
5. According to tradition, it is the wonderful
and magic place where King Arthur lived
with his family and the Knights of the
Round Table. Camelot
6. It is the theatre in London where
Shakespeare’s most famous plays were
first performed. It was built in 1599 on
the south bank of the river Thames. It
was round, open-air building with a roof
over the stage. It was closed by the
Puritans in 1642. An exact copy of it was
built in the 1990s and Shakespeare’s
plays are again performed there.
the Globe
7. It is one of the oldest and most famous
building in London. It was built by William
the Conqueror more than 900 years ago.
It was famous as a prison. Now it is a
museum. The Tower of London
8. It is a large cathedral in London. It was
designed by the famous architect Sir
Christopher Wren, after the Great Fire of
London in 1666. The cathedral contains
the graves of many famous people.
St Paul’s Cathedral
9. It is a bridge across the river Thames
and one of the most famous structures in
London. Its towers are in the Gothic style
and the part of the bridge with the road
on it can be raised to allow ships to pass
through. Tower Bridge
10. It is Britain’s most famous prehistoric
monument. It consists of two circles of
large standing stones, one inside the
other.
Stonehenge
Food
1. It is a traditional British sweet dish, made
of slices of bread and butter mixed with
raisins and sugar and baked in a mixture
of milk and eggs.
2. It is a British dish consisting of potatoes
and cabbage that have already been
cooked. They are mixed together and
fried. It is a way of using food that is left
from an earlier meal. Its name comes
from the noise it makes as it is being
fried.
3. It is a large meal consisting of fruit juice,
cereal, a cooked dish ( usually bacon
and eggs, sometimes with sausages,
mushrooms and tomatoes), toast with
butter and jam, and tea or coffee.
4. It is a traditional British dish. It consist of
fish which is covered in batter (a mixture
of flour and milk ) and fried in deep fat.
This is served with chips (long thin
pieces of fried potato ).
5. One man invented it as a quick and easy
meal to eat while gambling. It is called
the same as the name of the man. It
consists of two or more slices of bread
and butter with meat, cheese, jam, etc.
between, eaten with the hands.
6. It is a traditional British dish made with
pieces of beef and kidneys baked in
pastry. It is regarded as a typical British
dish and often served in pubs.
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Food
1. It is a traditional British sweet dish, made
of slices of bread and butter mixed with
raisins and sugar and baked in a mixture
of milk and eggs.
bread-and- butter pudding
2. It is a British dish consisting of potatoes
and cabbage that have already been
cooked. They are mixed together and
fried. It is a way of using food that is left
from an earlier meal. Its name comes
from the noise it makes as it is being
fried.
Bubble and squeak
3. It is a large meal consisting of fruit juice,
cereal, a cooked dish ( usually bacon
and eggs, sometimes with sausages,
mushrooms and tomatoes), toast with
butter and jam, and tea or coffee.
a full English breakfast
4. It is a traditional British dish. It consist of
fish which is covered in batter (a mixture
of flour and milk ) and fried in deep fat.
This is served with chips (long thin
pieces of fried potato ).
fish and chips
5. One man invented it as a quick and easy
meal to eat while gambling. It is called
the same as the name of the man. It
consists of two or more slices of bread
and butter with meat, cheese, jam, etc.
between, eaten with the hands.
sandwich
6. It is a traditional British dish made with
pieces of beef and kidneys baked in
pastry. It is regarded as a typical British
dish and often served in pubs.
steak and kidney pie
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