HISTORY /GEOGRAPHY
How many states are there in the USA
50
What is the English for 'Ecureuil' and 'ordinateur' ?
squirrel and computer
Which poet created 'l'esprit nouveau' ?
Apollinaire
What national holiday is celebrated on 17th March ?
St Patrick (Ireland)
How old is Queen Elizabeth II ? what is she celebrating this week ?
96 - her 70th Platinum Jubilee (70 years of service)
Camille Desmoulins was a resistant ! TRUE or FALSE
TRUE
Choose the right tense :
When I (to walk), I saw a bird
when I was walking, I saw a bird
Freddie Mercury is the lead singer of which band ?
where was he born ?
Queen
He was born in Zanzibar
Who is the creator of Coca Cola ?
John Pemberton
who was the first Queen in England ?
a) Mary b) Elizabeth c) Victoria
Name the countries which compose the United Kingdom
England - Wales - Scotland - Northern Ireland
Which adjective is pejorative ?
a) pretty b) devious c) awesome
b) devious (sournois)
Who wrote Emma in 1815 ?
a) Charlotte bronte b) Mary Shelley c) Jane Austen
c) Jane Austen (she also wrote Pride and Prejudice and Sense and sensibility about love, marriage, relationships, romance)
TRUE or FALSE ? More than half of the population is overweight in America
FALSE : 42.4 % in 2020
Who is the current president of Ukraine ? what was his former job ?
Volodymyr Zelensky
he was an actor
when did the Great Depression start ?
in 1929
Give the 2 forms of the irregular verb to forbid
forbid - forbade - forbidden
Name one English or American author
JK Rowling, George Orwell...
Margaret Atwood, Henry Miller..
Calculate the following :
36:3 x 12 (good luck !)
132
who is the current vice president in the USA ?
Kamala Harris (57 years old)
What is the name of the memorial to American Freedom and famous presidents ?
Mount Rushmore
Snow white and the seven
a) mushrooms b)snowmen c) dwarves
c) dwarves
Name a nursery rhyme and sing it !
London bridge is falling down, row row your boat
baa baa black sheep, twinkle twinkle little star
What celebrity hit a presenter at an award ceremony and why ?
Will Smith slapped the tv presenter who made some nasty remarks about his wife's hairdo !
In which country did apartheid take place (between 1948 and 1994) ?
in South Africa