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WorksheetsQuiz 10
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 5mins
Tension between these two countries is escalating in the seas off the Crimean peninsula – annexed by Russia in 2014. Russian military opened fire on several naval vessels, prompting President Poroshenko to declare martial law after calling it acts of war. In which country?
Armenia
Ukraine
Belarus
Uzbekistan
What is the definition of martial law?
a martial (dictatorship) law that lets a leader take
complete control of a country
a law that orders all citizens – men and women – to
arm themselves
a military government that takes over during an
emergency, suspending ordinary law
all the laws of a country are declared null and the
constitution is rewritten
COP24 just started. What is COP24?
bilateral negotiations between Russia and the U.S.
a 24-hour emergency conference on the Syria crisis
the first global police and security summit
a global UN conference on climate change
Who received this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature?
Margaret Atwood
it was not awarded
it will be decided in January 2019
Joyce Carol Oates
What is the main capital of the European Union, where
the official EU headquarters are located?
Brussels, Belgium
Reykjavik, Iceland
Berlin, Germany
Geneva, Switzerland
What is the name of a book where you look up
synonyms (words that have the same meaning)?
stationary
confectionary
thesaurus
encyclopedia
You may have heard the expression Murphy’s Law.
What is meant by Murphy’s Law?
If you succeed in one area, you will succeed in all
If you are attacked, you strike back
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong
Anything that happens to you will make you happy
Vegetarians don’t eat animals – pigs, chickens, cows,
fish and other sea animals. In addition, a vegan (strict
vegetarian) doesn’t eat dairy products, eggs, or any other
product derived from an animal. Which of these groups of food would a vegan eat?
soy beans, cashews, pork chops
pistachios, wheat, salmon
kale, pomegranates, tofu
cabbage, cod, blackberries
Mikaela Shiffrin, Frida Hansdotter, Kjetil Jansrud and Andre Myhrer are all stars of their sport. Which sport?
Cross-country skiing
Nordic Combined
Alpine skiing
Freestyle
Down the Road Wherever is the new release from
British guitarist Mark Knopfler. What was the name of his
80s band that had hits like Sultans of Swing?
Black Sabbath
Deep Purple
AC/DC
Dire Straits
Delta is the latest album by…
Imagine Dragons
Mumford & Sons
Rita Ora
Maroon 5
“I’m dreaming of a White Christmas / Just like the
ones I used to know / Where the treetops glisten, and
children listen / to hear...” How do the lyrics to the carol
”White Christmas” end? (A carol is a song.)
...Santa Claus come and go
...frosty snowflakes blow
...sleigh bells in the snow
...sounds of Christmas flow
