Vocabulary
What's the English for "un avortement"?
Vous devez me choisir.
You must choose me.
When is St Patrick’s Day celebrated ?
17th March
What is the name of the surveillance system in the UK?
CCTV cameras
How many pairs of chromosomes do humans have?
23
What's the English for "un échantillon"?
L'Irlande est indépendante depuis 100 ans.
Ireland has been independent for a hundred years.
Where does Route 66 start and end?
What is an original way to get married in London?
In the Love Bus
What countries compose the United Kingdom ?
England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland
What's the English for "un portrait craché"?
a spitting image
J'ai vécu à Londres pendant 5 ans.
I lived in London for five years.
How were the first gap years called?
Name four major touristic places in London
Big Ben, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Camden Town, the British Museum, Covent Garden, Westminster Abbey, St Paul's Cathedral...
What is the name of Madonna's biopic?
There is none
What's the English for "un feu de forêt"?
a wildfire
C'est une artiste dont j'admire la carrière.
She's an artist whose career I admire.
When was the peace agreement that ended the troubles signed ?
1998
Where was Benedict Cumberbatch's gap year and what did he do?
In India, he was an English teacher
Who was the first African American woman to win a Nobel Prize in literature?
Toni Morrison
What's the English for "sensibiliser quelqu'un à quelque chose"?
to raise someone's awareness of something
On n’oubliera jamais le discours ‘I Have a Dream’ de Martin Luther King Jr (passif)
MLK's 'I Have a Dream' speech will never be forgotten
When was the Civil Rights Act banning discrimination based on race passed?
1964
In what state did officers order Rosa Parks to move from her bus seat?
in Alabama
Name 6 American states in which slavery was legal in 1860
Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida,
Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,
Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia