Викторина для англичан «Знаете ли вы Россию?»
занимательные факты по английскому языку (11 класс) на тему

МБОУ СОШ №2 г. Волгореченска, Костромской области

Викторина для англичан

«Знаете ли вы Россию?»

Подготовила:

учитель английского языка

Полянина Наталья Алексеевна

Данная викторина предназначена для иностранцев, посещающих школы. Она помогает снять напряжение, создающееся в первые часы общения, наладить дружественную атмосферу, а также является познавательной. Проводить эту викторину можно как в детской, так и во взрослой аудитории.

QUIZ

1. What city is spoken about?

A: What did you see during your last trip?

B: I saw the Hermitage, the Cathedral of St. Isaac, The Russian Museum and other places of interest?

1. Moscow
2. Kostroma
3. Saint-Petersburg

2. Moscow was founded in

a) 1140      b) 1147      c) 1177

3. When was the first line of the Moscow subway put into operation?

a) 1925

      b) 1935

      c) 1945

4. What is the name of the ballet created by Peter Tchaikovsky?

a) Swan Song

      b) Lake Placid

      c) Swan Lake

5. What English writers did Peter Tchaikovsky read in the original?

a) Charles Dickens

      b) Agatha Christie

      c) William Shakespeare

6. Why are some people called new Russians?

a) because they are new in Russia.

      b) because they are always rushing to make money.

7. What is the greatest Siberian river?

1. The Volga
2. The Don
3. The Ob

8. Sleighs which were pulled by horses were called…

1. dvoika
2. troika
3. chetverka

9. Which is the deepest lake in Russia?

1. Lake Baykal
2. The Caspian Sea
3. Lake Ladoga

10. In Russia there was a tsar whose name was Ivan.

1. The Brilliant
2. The Wonderful
3.  The Terrible

11. Who were the first European merchants in Russia who found that Russia could sell tar and rope?

1. the English
2. the French
3. the German

12. George Killingworth was an English merchant who was always a favourite with Ivan the Terrible because of his  …

1. fashionable trousers
2. splendid beard
3. skilful hands

13. How many strings does Russian balalaika have?

1. 3         b) 4       c) 5

14. What Russian tsar built up the first Russian navy using his own first-hand knowledge of ship-building?

1. Ivan the Terrible
2. Peter the Great
3. Nikolаy the Second

15. How old was Peter the Great when he became the Tsar of Russia?

1. 20       b) 24       c) 28

16. A foreign princess ruled Russia for 34 years. What nationality was she?

      a)  the English

2. the French
3. the German

17. What is the population of Kostroma?

a) 290 000 people

b) 390 000 people

c) 490 000 people

18. In 1812 the Emperor of France Napoleon led a huge French army to invade Russia but he was defeated. What famous Russian saved Russia from the invaders?

1. Alexander Suvorov
2. Michael Kutuzov
3. George Zhukov

19. Everyone knows Alexander Pushkin. Who are other Russian poets?

1. Gogol, Turgenev, Tolstoy
2. Bykov, Astafyev, Rasputin
3. Lermontov, Nekrasov, Esenin

20. How many pipes are there at Kostroma Rower Station?

1. 1       b) 2       c) 3

21. Who was the first leader of Communist party?

1. Lenin
2. Putin
3. Rasputin

22. The World War II began on the 1st of September 1939, but the Great Patriotic War began later. When?

1. May, 1940
2. June, 1941
3. July, 1942

ANSWERS

1.  c) Saint-Petersburg
2.  b) 1147
3.  b) 1935
4.  c) Swan Lake
5.  a) Charles Dickens
6.  b) because they are always rushing to make money.
7.  c) The Ob
8.  b) troika
9.  a) Lake Baykal
10.   c) The Terrible
11.   a) the English
12.   b) splendid beard
13.   a) 3
14.   b) Peter the Great
15.   b) 24
16.   c) the German
17.   a) 290 000 people
18.   b) Michael Kutuzov
19.   c) Lermontov, Nekrasov, Esenin
20.   c) 3
21.   a) Lenin
22.   b) June, 1941

Литература:

Скулльтэ В. “Learning English”

Заботкина О.А., Пашкевич Н.В., Сидорова И.М. “Kostroma from A to Z”