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BRAIN RING
Wonderland
0f
the English Language
Start
Rules
Warm-up (1 minute)
Rounds I, II, III
Tasks:
EASY
(1 POINT)
MEDIUM
(3 POINTS)
HARD
(5 POINTS)
Teams have 1 minute for one task.
Next
WARM UP
You will have 1 minute to make as many short
words as you can out of the word
“Wonderland”
Check yourself!
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on
no
do
an
we
alone
wonder
dad
one
end
and
law
low
row
near
dear
lord
read
land
word
wand
ROUND I: Help Alice remember!
“London is the
capital of Paris,
and Paris is the
capital of Rome,
and Rome …”
ROUND I: Help Alice remember!
EASY
(1 POINT)
MEDIUM
(3 POINTS)
HARD
(5 POINTS)
Next
I’m sure I’m not Ada!
Help Alice remember her teachers’ names:
Art
Maths
English
History
Geography
Physical Training
Computer studies
Mrs. Globe
Mr. Keyboard
Mr. Marathon
Mrs. Past
Mr. Numbers
Mr. Cambridge
Ms Portrait
Alice’s teachers:
Computer studies
Physical Training
Art
English
Maths
History
Geography
Mrs. Past
Mrs. Globe
Ms Portrait
Mr. Keyboard
Mr. Marathon
Mr. Numbers
Mr. Cambridge
Let’s try Geography!
Sp
Ireland
Germany
Canada
Italy
France
Spain
I’ll try to say a proverb now…
a
keeps
keeps
An
a
ROUND II: Riddles
“Curiouser
and
curiouser!”!
ROUND II: Riddles
EASY
(1 POINT)
MEDIUM
(3 POINTS)
HARD
(5 POINTS)
Next
Humpty Dumpty riddle
Once Alice met Humpty Dumpty from the poem
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!
Who is Humpty Dumpty?
A) Робин-Бобин
C) Ухти-Тухти
B) Шалтай-Болтай
D) Эники-Беники
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the king's horses
and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again!
Шалтай-Болтай Сидел на стене.
Шалтай-Болтай Свалился во сне.
Вся королевская конница,
Вся королевская рать
Не может Шалтая, не может Болтая,
Шалтая-Болтая собрать!
(Перевод С.Я.Маршака)
Caterpillar’s poem
Without your tongue
You cannot t______,
Without your feet
You cannot w______,
Without your eyes
You cannot s______,
Without your heart
You cannot b______,
Check yourself!
Without your tongue
You cannot TALK,
Without your feet
You cannot WALK,
Without your eyes
You cannot SEE,
Without your heart
You cannot BE,
Cheshire Cat’s Riddle
How do you say the
word ‘ghoti’ if ‘gh’ is
like in ‘cough’, ‘o’ is
like in ‘women’ and ‘ti’
is like in ‘station’?
Cheshire Cat’s Riddle
‘gh’ is like in ‘cough’
‘o’ is like in ‘women’
‘ti’ is like in ‘station’
You say it like ‘fish’.
ROUND III: Writer’s puzzles
Lewis Carroll often
wrote letters to his
readers and asked
them questions.
Try to answer some of
them!
ROUND III:
EASY
(1 POINT)
MEDIUM
(3 POINTS)
HARD
(5 POINTS)
Next
Who said it?
“Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!”
“What’s the use of a book without pictures and conversations?”
“Off with his head!”
Alice: What is the use of
a book without pictures
and conversations?”
Who said it?
White Rabbit:
“Oh dear! Oh
dear! I shall be
too late!”
Queen: “Off with
his head!”
Alice likes such riddles. And you?
It’s true that I have face and hands,
And move before your eyes;
But when I go my body stands,
And when I stand I lie (вру).
What am I?
I am a clock!
Minute
HAND
Hour
HAND
FACE
“I GO”
Use your logics!
Lewis Carroll was a mathematician, so he
wants you so solve a logical problem:
What is the next letter?
J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O, N, __
These are first letters of
months:
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
So last letter is D (December)
What’s the score?
Who is the
winner?
End of
Game!
Our compliments to the winners!
Congratulations!