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100

When was the Magna Carta created?

1215

100

How Many tenses are there in English?

Two: Present and Past

100

Who was that author, and what genre of play is Othello?

William Shakespeare

Tragedy

100

What is the meaning of /ˈəʊʃən/?

Ocean

100

What is the meaning for "deception" ?

Tromperie

ATTENTION: Ne pas confondre avec "déception" qui se traduirait par "disappointment"

200

Why was Mary I nicknamed "Bloody Mary"?

She had ordered the execution of several hundred Protestants 

200

What are the three "auxiliaires grammaticaux" in English ?

HAVE

BE

DO

200

What is the Climax event of Shakespeare's Othello ?

Othello kills his wife (Act III)
200

Which consonants are "plosives"?

/p/ /b/ /k/ /g/ /t/ /d/

200

What tool (procédé) is used in this sentence:

"Being in the red"

"Être dans le rouge"

Calque

300

How would you describe the "Golden Age"?

Elisabethan era (1558-1603)


Rise of England as an International power


Spread of Protestantism Cultural "renaissance"


Prosperity and stability

300

Which N.I.C.E. property is used in this sentence?

"You haven't forgotten your keys at school, have you?"

CODE (question tag)

Possiblement Négation? A méditer

300

What are the names of the main characters in Othello ?

Othello (main character)

Iago (antagonist)

Desdemona (Othello's wife)

300

How many consonants and voyels are there in the International Phonetic Alphabet?

20 voyels in total

12 monophtongues, 8 diphtongues

300

What is an adaptation?

Réalité socio-culturelle qui existe dans une langue mais pas dans l’autre. Ce procédé cherche un équivalent dans la langue d'arrivée pour compenser.

400

What were the three main "revolutions" in Britain after 1700?

The Scientific Revolution (late 17th century)

The Agricultural Revolution (18th century)

The Industrial Revolution (mid-late 18th century)

400

Analyse the verbal structure of this sentence:

"I have been living in New York for three months now"

Temps: Present, Aspect: HAVE+EN et BE+ING

Valeur du temps: Enonciation

BONUS: Valeur du double aspect: antériorité (HAVE+EN), situationnel (BE+ING)

400

Who said this?:

"In following him I follow but myself;
Heaven is my judge, not I for love and duty,
But seeming so for my peculiar end."

Iago (Act I, sc.i)

400

What is the accentuation of the word "constitution"

2010

400

What is the french equivalent for:

"once in a blue moon"

Une fois tous les 36 du mois

500

When was the Act of Union that united Britain with Scotland?

1707

500

Find the right tense for this sentence: 

"Yesterday I ____ (find) that dog on the street"

Yesterday I found that dog on the street

500

What figure of speech is this:

"You are Ø my heart, you are Ø my soul"

Metaphor. There is no word of comparison (like, such as, etc.)

500

What are the three main criteriae of the "Schéma Vocalique"? (you can answer in French)

Degré d'ouverture de la bouche

Hauteur de la langue

Labialisation des lèvres

500

Use a chassé-croisé in this sentence:

"He ran across the room"

He ran (verbe) across (préposition) the room

Il traversa (verbe) la chambre en courant (gérondif)

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