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Britain

In today's lesson:

Videos about Britain

What do you know about the United Kingdom?

Today

You're going to watch videos and answer the questions. 

00:00

First question:

What is Peter's job?

00:48

Second Question:

How did Peter become a Yeoman Warder?

01:44

Next Question: 

What is life as a Yeoman Warder like?

02:07

Next Question: 

How many warders live in The Tower of London?

03:06

Next Question: 

How did the Beefeaters keep fit during Lockdown?

03:56

Next Question:
What is Peter's most memorable moment as a Yeoman Warder?

04:16

Next Question:

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

04:50

Next Question: 
What are people most suprised about to learn about Yeoman Warders?

05:16

What are most people suprised te learn about Yeoman Warders?

1. The beer in The Tower is better than the water
2. The warders have their own live there
3. There is a no pub in The Tower

05:16

Next Question:

What does Peter do on his days off?

05:58

Next Question:
What music does Peter love?

06:55

What music does Peter love most?

1. All kinds of music
2. Motown & jazz
3. Motown & soul
4. The Mowtown Story

06:55

Next Question:
What does Peter say about London?

07:47

What does Peter say about London?
(multiple answers are right)

1. It's an ancient city
2. There are a lot of tourists every year
3. It is never quiet in London
4. Peter is proud of living there

05:58

What does Peter do on his days off?
(mulitiple answers are possible)

1. He takes his wife to the pier
2. He likes a boat-ride
3. He loves to see a musical
4. He likes visiting the theatre

04:50

Which answer is NOT correct

1. The Chapel is 600 years old
2. The Chapel was build by King Henry VIII
3. All of Peter's children married there
4. Peter worked there as a chapel clerk

04:16

What is Peter's most memorable moment as a Yeoman Warder?

1. When HM the Queen visited
2. When HM The Queen planted poppies
3. The Queen lived there during the first World War

03:56

How did the Beefeaters keep fit during lockdown?(Multiple answers)

1. They all walk their dogs
2. They can go to the gymnasium/gym
3. They emty the bins and sweep up the leaves
4. They water the grass daily

03:06

How many warders live at The Tower of London?

1. 1810
2. 37
3. 45

02:07

What is a life as a Yeoman Warder like?

1. You and your family have to live there
2. You must buy a house there
3. It's a job for 10 years

01:44

How did Peter become a Yeoman Warder?

1. It started as a holiday-job at The Tower of London
2. He was good at telling interesting stories
3. He applied for the job
4. He came up with the nickname 'Beefeater'

00:48

What is Peter's job?

1. He's a Yeoman, short for 'young man'
2. He is a warder at the Tower of London
3. He looks after the Byward North Office in The Tower

00:50

Next Questen:
What is the first 'stupid' law he broke?

01:35

Next Question:
What is illegal in a library

02:36

What is illegal in a library?

1. Playing games
2. Talking
3. Betting
4. Reading

02:36

Next Question:

What was his explanation for wearing armour?

03:30

Next Question:

04:06

Next Question: 

Who did he sing for?

05:11

Who did he sing to?

1. Tony Hawk
2. Tony Blair
3. Tony Stark

04:06

Which three laws were broken at Buckingham Palace

1. Being sockless within 100 yards form the Queen
2. Shaking a rug in public after 8 a.m.
3. Handling a salmon in suspicious circumstances
4. Wearing an outrages double ruff

03:30

What is his explanation for wearing armour?

1. Filming a children's tv show around the corner
2. He tells the truth
3. Because he thinks it is fashionable

01:35

What is the first 'stupid' law he broke?

1. Walking around with a fish without the wrap
2. Handling a salmon in suspicious circumstances
3. Talking about law when buying fish

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00:01

Next Question:

Who was robbed?

00:18

Next Question:

What was done with the robbed goods?

00:46

Next Question:

What picture is James Acaster trying to paint?

01:54

Next Question:
What is the reason the British Museum still has the stolen artifacts, according to James Acaster?

03:11

What is the reason the British Museum still has the stolen artifacts, according to James Acaster?

1. They are still looking at it
2. They claim it is theirs
3. They are trying to sell it to someone else

01:54

What picture is James Acaster trying to paint?

1. Why it is a good reason to keep the stolen things
2. What a museum is like
3. How weird it is the museum still has the stolen things

00:46

What was done with the stolen goods?

1. Returned to the people who it was stolen from
2. Put on display in a museum
3. Put away in a vault

00:18

Who was robbed?

1. No one
2. Britain
3. Everyone in the world
4. James himself

Thank you!