English Grammar
What is the past tense of the verb "speak"
spoke
Name the only female Prime Minister of Britain
Margaret Thatcher (1980s, 1990s)
From which country did the USA buy Alaska?
Russia
Who is the author of e.g. Little Dorrit, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Pickwick Papers ...?
Charles Dickens
What is the lowest point in North America?
Badwater Basin in Death Valley
What is the negative imperative of the verb "sing"
Don´t sing!
Who is the current monarch of the United Kingdom?
Charles III
Civil War (1861-1865)
How do we call a typical British housing forming a row of joined houses
Terraced houses
How do we call a concept when different cultures are mixed together and enrich each other while keeping their own individual qualities?
Salad bowl
Why is the letter T like an island?
How many wives did Henry VIII have?
Name two US presidents who were assassinated
Abraham Lincoln, John F. Kennedy
During the reign of what monarch(s) did Shakespeare write?
Elizabeth I and James I
How do we call a typical literary genre used by Edgar Allan Poe?
Gothic horror
Which verb can have two past participle forms?
Go (been/gone)
Who built the Tower of London?
William the Conqueror
Which US president do we associated with the Watergate scandal?
Richard Nixon
How do we call a festive table decorations that make a snapping sound when pulled open, and typically contain a small gift, or a joke
Who implemented the Mississippi river into his work?
Mark Twain
What is the plural form of the word "sheep"?
Sheep
Who was the longest-reigning monarch in British history?
Elizabeth II
Name two US presidents who visited the Czech Republic
George Bush, Barack Obama
Who is the greatest poet of the UK Middle Age period?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Which lake of the Great Lakes is the only one which is entirely within the United States?
Lake Michigan