Gap Year
Route 66
British Women's Empowerment
CANADA
American presidential elections
100

Name 3 ways of travelling for a gap year

- Studying

- Doing an internship

- Volunteering

- Couch surfing

- WWOOfing

- Au pairing......

100

Give a nickname for Route 66

The Main Street of America

The Mother Road

Will Rogers Highway

America’s Road

100

What is the name given to women’s activists in the Victorian era?

The Suffragettes

100

What is the emblem of Canada?  

The Beaver/The maple leaf

100

Who were the two candidates of the General election in November 2024?

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

200

Give a synonym of “Sleeping on somebody’s sofa”

Couch surfing

200

How many states does Route 66 cross ?  

8, starting in Illinois

200

When did British women get the right to vote? 

In 1928

200

What is the lowest recorded temperature in Canada? 

Minus 63°C

200

What is the symbol of the Republicans and that of the Democrats

The Republicans: The elephant

The Democrats: The donkey

300

What does WWOOFing stand for ?

Willing Workers On Organic Farms 

World-Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms

300

How long is Route 66?

2,000 miles

300

What was the name of Emmeline Pankhurst movement? 

The Suffragettes

The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU)

300

What is the percentage of the country land area covered by the Boreal Forest? 

60%

300

What is a swing state?

a State which does not have a consistent support for one party or the other: Balanced and decisive for the Presidential election "états clés, états pivots"

400

What is the name given to the feeling you experience when you feel differences between your home country and a foreign country?

feeling homesick 

400

What did Route 66 epitomize?

Freedom

The American Dream

Deliverance

400

What is the name of a barrier to advancement in a profession? 

Glass ceiling

400

Canadian head of government

Mark Carney (Prime Minister)

400

What were the main ideas of Trump's campaign?

Give 2

Trump wants to restore some of his previous policies, “seal the border” and launch a massive deportation

Donald Trump opposes efforts to limit CO2 emissions at home and internationally.

Trump favors abolishing the Education Department, he wants to expand private school choice programs, cancel protections for LGBTQ students at school

Trump has described himself as the “most pro-life president”

500

What tips would you give to an au Pair before a job interview (3 tips)

- Don't use a translator, ask to rephrase, practise your job interview, your English

-show interest for the family: Ask questions

- show you are flexible

- be smart, smiling

- ...


500

When was Route 66 decommissioned?

In 1984

500

Name 3 famous feminists

Emma Watson              Malala Yousafzai

Emmeline Pankhurst     Simone De Beauvoir

Michelle Obama            Hilary Clinton

Beyoncé                       Madonna

Meghan Markle              ....

500

What are the three territories in Canada (which are under the authorities of the Canadian parliament)

North West territory

Yukon

Nunavut

500

What were Harris's main campaign ideas?

Give 2

She doesn’t support the wall between the U.S. and Mexico but she wants to control immigration.

Harris advocates for injecting more funding to schools,

She believes that the climate crisis is real and is an urgent matter.

She supports abortion rights

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