PubQuiz & Carnival

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Quiz....

First round: 

General knowledge

What was the original name of New York?

1. Gotham City
2. The big apple
3. New Amsterdam
4. New Jersey

How many days does it take for the Earth to orbit the Sun?

1. 29
2. 365
3. 7
4. 182

What is the English word for 'klompen'?

1. Woodwalkers
2. Clogs
3. Clumbs
4. Dutch doolers

What is the Capital of Australia?

1. Sydney
2. Canberra
3. Perth
4. Melbourne

The world's biggest coral reef, which is in Australia, is called?

1. The Grand Reef
2. The Great Escape
3. The Great Barrier Reef
4. The Great Coral Reef

What does the word "shenanigans" mean?

1. stoep
2. laarzen
3. kattenkwaad
4. tekening

What does the word "canoodle" mean?

1. noedels
2. verliefd kussen en knuffelen
3. kanoën
4. iemand ontzettend haten

What is the World's Smallest Country?

1. Lichtenstein
2. Monaco
3. Vatican city
4. Luxembourgh

In which country is the Cape of Good Hope?

1. USA
2. South Africa
3. Canada
4. Australia

How is New York also called?
The big........

How is the London Underground also called?

1. Down Under
2. Line Under
3. Under Train
4. The Tube

Welke zin is correct:

1. My dad cooks dinner at the moment.
2. My dad cooking dinner at the moment.
3. My dad is cooking dinner at the moment.
4. My dad cook dinner at the moment.

Engeland

Ierland

Schotland

Amerika

Australië

Uit welke landen bestaat Groot Brittannië?

1. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland
2. England, Scotland, Wales
3. England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
4. England, Scotland, Republic of Ireland

Second round

History

Who was the founder of Google?

1. Donald Trump
2. Steve Jobs
3. Bill Gates
4. Larry Page

When did 'The Great War (WW1)
' take place?

1. 1939-1945
2. 1914-1918
3. 1861-1865
4. 1940-1945

What do the Americans celebrate on the fourth of July?

1. Independence day
2. End of the civil war
3. Birthday of Abraham Lincoln
4. Beginning of the summer season

Who was England's prime minister during WWII?

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Dwight D. Eisenhower
3. Franklin Roosevelt
4. Winston Churchill

What happened on July 20th, 1969?

1. Start of World War 2
2. Colombus reached America
3. First moon landing
4. Start of the Iraq War

Third round

Current affairs

The current vice-president of the U.S. is:

1. Joe Biden
2. Kamala Harris
3. Obama
4. Kanye West

Which royals have decided to leave the royal house.

1. Prince Harry and Meghan
2. Kate and Prince William
3. Prince Charles and Camilla
4. Prince Andrew and Sarah

Fourth round

Culture - Carnival 

Carnival is celebrated ... days before Easter

1. 20
2. 30
3. 40
4. 50

Carnival literally means:

1. let's drink beer
2. goodbye to meat
3. Let's party
4. goodbye to Christmas

what is that thing called, that the Prince is holding during the ceremonies?

1. sceptre
2. totempole
3. princestick
4. wavingcane

The carnival colours are...

1. red white blue
2. green yellow red
3. blue white green
4. orange yellow green

What is the original reason people dress up during Carnival?

1. because people wanted to be something else for a day
2. because people liked to make fun of other people
3. because this way peasants could be kings for a day
4. because people didn't want to be recognized by the church

Fifth Round:
Carnival songs

Name the song title or artist(s) of the following songs

I see them left, I see them right
One waddles and the other walks straight
I see them left, I see them right
I can't get enough because I'm crazy silly mad

1. Vrouwkes
2. Springen Nondeju
3. Bobbelen
4. Feestmuts

It's a matter of patience
Quietly waiting for the day
That everyone in Holland speaks Limburgs

1. Snollebollekes
2. Het Feestteam
3. Rowen Hèze
4. Lamme Frans

come on, let us go to the south
where carnaval originated
I was born here, I became happy

1. Snollebollekes
2. Fabrizio
3. Minsekinder
4. Lex Uiting

it's raining, it's hailing and the driver doesn't see anything.
my umbrella is gone, damn, I am unlucky
throw your hands up in the air and......wiper

1. Snollebollekes
2. Fabrizio
3. Zoemaar
4. Minsekinder