Weird English Quiz

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Weird English Quiz

Our lesson goal for today:

Have a little English fun together !

What is this:

"Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch"

1. A character from Lord of the Rings
2. An actual place where people live
3. The noise you make when you're choking
4. You just hit your head on your keyboard

How old is
Queen Elizabeth
the second?

1. eighty-three
2. one hundred and twenty-nine
3. ninety-six
4. only fifty-one, but under a lot of stress

Born in 1926, 96 year old Queen Elizabeth II
 has been queen since 1953! 

This is Queen Elizabeth I

She was queen from

1558 - 1603

(which is why this

is a painting and 

not a photo)

What is the one word that is always spelled incorrectly in every English dictionary?

of course ..

Which of these is an actual cheese related event in Gloucester, England?

1. Rolling cheese down a hill and chasing it
2. Fondue parties with hundreds of people
3. Building little houses made out of cheese
4. None. Cheese is forbidden in Gloucester

Seriously...

Guess the accent

where are these people from? 

What accent does Billy Connolly have?

Russel Peters is Canadian, but what is his background?

Where is Steve Irwin from?

Which accents did you hear?

What message do you have for your classmates?