English quiz Summer 2024

The Great English Quiz
Part 1:     
Round 1: Royal family
Round 2: Sports
Round 3: Language
Round 4: "Geography"
Round 5: Mixed

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The Great English Quiz
Part 1:     
Round 1: Royal family
Round 2: Sports
Round 3: Language
Round 4: "Geography"
Round 5: Mixed

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Round 1
The Royal Family

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In what year did Queen Elisabeth die?

Slide 3 - Open question

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What is the name of Harry and William's mother?
A
Princess Catherine
B
Princess Elizabeth
C
Princess Diana
D
Princess Margaret

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How and where did Princess Diana die?
A
old age in London
B
aids in Africa
C
car crash in Paris
D
shot in New York

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How many wives of Henry VIII were beheaded?

A
none
B
2
C
4
D
6

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How many wives did Henry VIII (who started the Church of England) have?
A
2
B
4
C
6
D
8

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Mary I killed many people during her reign. What is her nickname?
A
Bloody Mary
B
Pleasant Mary
C
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
D
Killing Queen

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Round 2
Sports

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Which colour do cricket players traditionally wear?
A
White
B
Blue
C
Red
D
The colours of their country’s flag

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What is the name of the famous British Tennis Tournament?

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In 2014 the Tour de France started in the UK, in which city did it start?
A
London
B
Leeds
C
York
D
Edinburgh

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Which football cubs are from London?
A
Arsenal & Chelsea
B
Arsenal & Aston Villa
C
West Ham United & Leeds United
D
Watford & Everton

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Round 3
Language

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What is the name of the Scottish skirt?
A
Scottish skirt
B
shirt
C
kilt
D
kild

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What does “codswallop” mean?
A
baby of a cod (type of fish)
B
a small jump
C
nonsense
D
an alcoholic drink

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What is a “pleister” usually called in American english?
A
band-aid
B
cast
C
sellotape
D
plaster

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True or false? The longest town name in the UK is 52 letters long.
A
true
B
false

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What is the money called that people in the UK pay with?
A
Euros
B
Dollars
C
Shillings
D
Pounds

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When someone says "it is raining cats and dogs" what does that mean?
A
It is snowing
B
It is windy
C
It is cold
D
It is raining very hard

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What is the term given to a word that can be spelled the same both backwards and forwards?
A
synonym
B
antonym
C
palindrome

Slide 22 - Quiz

Repetition of the initial sounds of words, as in "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"
What do you say in English when someone sneezes?
A
Health!
B
Bless you!
C
Santé!
D
Gesundheit!

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What is the plural ( = meervoud) of 'hobby'?
A
hobby's
B
hobbys
C
hobbie's
D
hobbies

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What does "A penny for your thoughts?" mean?
A
What are you thinking about?
B
What are you doing?
C
Do you have any money?

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When do you use the present simple?
(meerdere antwoorden mogelijk)
A
When something happens often
B
When something never happens
C
When something happened in the past
D
When something is happening right now

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What does "I am all ears" mean?
A
I am listening
B
I am not listening
C
I have large ears

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When do you use the present continuous?
A
When something happens often
B
When something happened in the past
C
When something is happening right now
D
When something happens sometimes

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Round 4
"Geography"

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Where is the statue from?
A
United States
B
United Kingdom
C
Australia
D
Ireland

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Where is the flag from?
A
United States
B
United Kingdom
C
Australia
D
Ireland

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The largest English speaking country is...
A
United Kingdom
B
Australia
C
Canada
D
United States

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What is the capital (hoofdstad) of Scotland?
A
Cardiff
B
Edinburgh
C
Dublin
D
London

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What river flows through London?
A
Maas
B
Hudson
C
Thor
D
Thames

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This is the flag of...
A
Ireland
B
Scotland
C
Wales
D
England

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Round 5: mixed questions

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True or false... every year around 36 billion cups of tea are drunk by the British
A
true
B
false

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True or false... cheese rolling is a sport
A
true
B
false

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Liz Truss was the shortest serving prime minister. How many days was she prime minister?
A
39
B
49
C
59
D
72

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Who wrote Harry Potter?
A
Harry Potter
B
William Shakespeare
C
Ron Weasley
D
JK Rowling

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What is the name of the British flag?

Slide 42 - Open question

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Who wrote the play Romeo and Juliet?
A
William Shakespeare
B
Jane Austen
C
JK Rowling
D
Christopher Marlowe

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True or false... Scotland's national animal is the unicorn
A
true
B
false

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Enjoy your summer holiday!!!

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