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English and American Culture

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The capital of England is ... .

a)

Belfast

b)

Edinburgh

c)

Cardiff

d)

London

2.

The capital of Scotland is ... .

a)

Belfast

b)

Edinburgh

c)

Glasgow

d)

London

3.

The capital of Northern Ireland is ... .

a)

Belfast

b)

Edinburgh

c)

Glasgow

d)

London

4.

The capital of Wales is ... .

a)

Belfast

b)

Cardiff

c)

Edinburgh

d)

Glasgow

5.

In Trafalgar Square there is a monument to ... .

a)

Nelson

b)

Henry VIII

c)

William the Conqueror

d)

Elizabeth II

6.

W. Shakespeare was born in ... .

a)

London

b)

Oxford

c)

Stratford-on-Avon

d)

Liverpool

7.

Which is the Symbol of Northern Ireland?

a)

the rose

b)

the daffodil

c)

the shamrock

d)

th thistle

8.

There are ... stripes and ... stars on the American flag.

a)

twelve, forty- five

b)

thirteen, fifty

c)

fourteen, forty-five

d)

eleven, fifty

9.

The Statue of Liberty was given to the USA by ... .

a)

the UK

b)

Canada

c)

France

d)

Australia

10.

America was not free from British rule until ... .

a)

July 1776

b)

January 1777

c)

February 1783

d)

June 1778

11.

A.Christie wrote lots of ... stories.

a)

adventure

b)

fantastic

c)

detective

d)

horror

12.

Sherlock Holmes is the character of the books written by ... .

a)

A.Christie

b)

A. Conan Doyle

c)

G. Chesterton

d)

J. Ellroy

13.

His real name was William Sydney Porter.

a)

O. Henry

b)

M.Twain

c)

J.D. Salinger

d)

E. A. Poe

14.

The novel shows the events of the Civil War in the USA.

a)

"Gone with the Wind"

b)

"American Tragedy"

c)

"Farewell to Arms"

d)

"Jane Eyre"

15.

The words "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" belong to ... .

a)

Hamlet

b)

King Lear

c)

Othello

d)

Macbeth

16.

The Great Fire of London was in ... .

a)

1600

b)

1660

c)

1666

d)

1696

17.

The Prime Minister of Great Britain during WW II was ... .

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Margaret Thatcher

c)

David Cameron

d)

Boris Johnson

18.

Big Ben was the nickname of ... .

a)

Christopher Wren

b)

Andrew Lloyd Webber

c)

Benjamin Hall

d)

Benjamin Franklin

19.

The Boat Race in England is between ... Universities.

a)

Oxford and Cambridge

b)

Oxford and London

c)

Cambridge and York

d)

Cambridge and Bath

20.

His musical "Cats" is popular in many countries.

a)

Christopher Wren

b)

Andrew Lloyd Webber

c)

Benjamin Britten

d)

Freddy Mercury

21.

King Lear had ... daughters.

a)

two

b)

three

c)

four

d)

five

22.

The Scottish seaman Alexander Selkirk was the prototype of ... .

a)

Ivanhoe

b)

Gulliver

c)

Robinson Crusoe

d)

Jack the Sparrow

23.

They say "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of ...".

a)

travelling

b)

life

c)

sightseeing

d)

adventures

24.

Robert Burns wrote about its beauty in his poems.

a)

England

b)

Scotland

c)

Northern Ireland

d)

Wales

25.

The UK highest mountain Ben Nevis is situated here.

a)

England

b)

Scotland

c)

Northern ireland

d)

Wales

26.

The unfortunate ship "Titanic" was built and launched from here.

a)

England

b)

Scotland

c)

Northern Ireland

d)

Wales

27.

This country has more castles (per square mile) than anywhere else in the world.

a)

England

b)

Scotland

c)

Northern Ireland

d)

Wales

28.

The first American president was ... .

a)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

Abraham Linkoln

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

George Washington

29.

The first African- American president was ... .

a)

Donald Trump

b)

George W. Bush

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Bill Clinton

30.

These two American states do not border any other US state.

a)

Idaho and Arizona

b)

Alaska and Hawaii

c)

Ohio and Alabama

d)

Nebraska and Missouri