Grammar ans vocabulary
Complete the sentence with one word.
These include two cinemas, a competition size swimming pool, a golf ................ and football and cricket pitches.
course
What does a company Snow Business do?
A. laundry business
B. produces artificial snow
C. produces airconditioners
Produces artificial snow
The word Xmas(a shortened version of Christmas) appeared in
1. 1500s
2. 1900s
3. 2000s
1500s
The first letter from Greek "Χριστός" was a common abbreviation of Christ. "-mas" means a church service.
On New Year Eve, families in this country serve 12 (they represent 12 months of the year) round fruits, which are believed to represent prosperity. What is the country?
1. Norway
2. Philippines
3. Greenland
Philippines
In the films Home Alone 1 and 2 how many times could the burglars have died ?
1. twice each
2. 3 times one burglar and 4 times the other one
3.9 times one burglar and 14 times the other one
Complete the sentence with one word.
As ............. as I know where to go I will manage to find the directions.
long
Queen Victoria(1819-1901) liked ice in her drink. Where did she get her ice from?
1. It was brought from the USA.
2. It was chopped from the frozen Thems.
3. A group of scientists made it in a royal lab.
It was imported from the USA where it was taken from a lake Wenham, chopped and delivered to the queen.
It sounds strange but in Eastern Europe it is a good luck to find THIS in a Christmas tree. What is it?
1. a spider
2. a coin
3. a pinecone
A spider or a cobweb.
A Brazilian boy named Pedro is wearing yellow underpants on the New Year Eve. Why?
1. He supports Brazilian Football team.
2. He has just wet himself.
3. He wants to be rich.
He wants to be rich.
What was the first song to be ever played in space?
Jingle Bells
Complete the sentence with oneword.
She ............... to horse riding like a duck to water.
took
When we are in the Antarctic, what happens when a penguin doesn't step on the snow but on a land mine?
1. It takes off with the land mine.
2. Nothing happens.
3.It sticks to the land mine.
NOTHING HAPPENS because a penguine is light. However, any human will be blown off. Because of that no people are allowed to the area with land mines, which resulted in the increase of penguine population.
There is a legend explaining how socks became the place where to put presents. According to this legend three poor sisters put their stockings on the chimney :
1. to attract Santa to their home
2. to dry their freshly-washed stockings
3. because they didn't have special boxes for presents
They hung their freshly-washed stockings to dry. St Nick dropped the bag of gold into their chimney and that's how the gifts were found in the stockings. Just by the accident.
In Italy she comes on the night of January 5th. She climbs though the chimney and leaves presents for kids. She also sweeps the floor before leaving.
Who is she?
A witch. Her name is Befana.
In what language apart from English and Russian most of you know how to say happy new year because of a popular Christmas song?
Spanish (song Feliz Navidad)
Complete the sentence with one word.
It was difficult to get .......... when I was in law school so my parents gave me $400 extra each month until I graduated.
by
What does "a snowball's chance in hell" mean?
To be very unlikely to succeed in something.
During the World War II the US poduced a special deck of playing cards. They were given to soldiers as a Christmas present. The cards were meant to help war prisoners escape because under certain conditions they turned into maps of escape routs. What did the soldiers have to do to turn a card into a map?
1. Put it into water
2 Put the cards in a pattern
3. Tear the cards and throw them away.
When they got wet the cards peeled apart and revealed the map
On Rosh Hashana,which is an Israely New Year, people wish a sweet new year and eat:
1. tangerines
2. grilled marshmallow
3. honey
Honey and apples
A very popular Christmas song "Carol of the Bells" comes from a non-English speaking country. In the original language its called Schedryk and celebrates the coming of a spring (which was considered the start of a new year in that country in pre-Christian times). What is the country of origin of this song?
*Can you guess what is the meaning of the name of the song?
Ukraine
* generous
She did her work in a hurry, not wanting to miss out ............... her friend's birthday dinner.
on
Which country consumes three times more electricity than any other country?
Iceland
Who received 364 presents for twelve days?
The character from the song "Twelve Days of Christmas". If you count up all of the gifts that are given to the lucky singer in the lyrics—French hens, turtle doves, calling birds, and so much more—you'd end up with 364 presents.
If you live in Denmark and you were given some ugly cups or plates, don't throw them away at once - wait for the New Year. How can you get rid of them then?
There is a tradition in Denmark to break the kitchenwareat the doorsteps. The more shatters they collect the more prosperous the New Year will be.
Listen to three Christmas songs mashed. What are they?
Last Christmas