HV2 End of the year quiz

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End of the year quiz

Testing your knowlegde

English Culture and Knowlegde

What is the name for the British flag?

Great Britain consists of

1. Wales and England
2. Wales, Scotland and England
3. Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland
4. Wales, Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and all their (former) colonies

Which two buildings do you see in this picture?

1. The Big Ben & Buckingham Palace
2. The Tower of London & Buckingham Palace
3. The Tower of London & the House of Parliament
4. The Big Ben & the House of Parliament

Who is not (partly) from London?

1. Harry Potter
2. Peter Pan
3. Sherlock Holmes
4. Alle drie deze figuren komen uit Londen

Which country's National Anthem was this?

1. England
2. USA
3. New Zeeland
4. Australia

Who founded the Church of England and why?

1. Queen Elisabeth 1 - fight with the pope
2. Henry VIII - wanted a divorce
3. Queen Victoria - wanted to remarry
4. King William - wanted to marry a man

How many wives did King Henry VIII have?

1. 4
2. 5
3. 6
4. 7

King Henry VIII beheaded how many of them?

1. one
2. two
3. six
4. four

Question 5: Drag the correct flag to the correct country

Scotland

England

Wales

Northern 

Ireland

Edinburgh

London

Cardiff

Belfast

The American versions of the following British words:
Pavement-Bin-Glasses-Squash-Horse riding-

Things you learned this year

Homograph

Homonym

Homophone

Same pronunciation, different spelling, different meaning

Same pronunciation, same spelling, different meaning

Same spelling, different pronunciation, different meaning

Is this a homophone/homonym/homograph?

British English

Accents or Dialects

Received Pronunciation

BBC English

Brummie

Scottish English

Cockney

Geordie

Queen's English

Scouse

Oxbridge 

What accent is this?

Spoken fragment

Spoken fragment

1. English
2. Welsh
3. Irish
4. Scottish

Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch is a .......?

What is this sport called??

Thank you HV2

For your imput, knowlegde and attention!

I hope  you have learned something!

Best of luck for your examweek and for next year!!

Kind regards,

Miss Huurdeman