History
Чем объясняется широкая колониальная экспансия Англии в 19 веке?
По мере развития в Англии промышленного производства ее колониальные владения становились важным источником деешвого сырья и рынком сбыта английских промышленных изделий.
Where is Nelson's column situated?
- in Parliament Square
- in Trafalgar Square
- in Picadillt Circus
Trafalgar Square
Who is the author of the British novel "Theatre"?
W. S. Maughm
The ravens are a famous sight of ...
the Towero of London
Covent Garden
London Zoo
the Tower of London
I'm all ears - tell us what they had to say.
to be keep to hear what sb is going to tell
The oldest university ib Britain is...
London
Cambridge
Oxford
Edinbourgh
Oxford
These are examples of ... ?
Apples and Pears = stairs
Bees and honey = money
Dog and bone = phone
Mince pies = eyes
cockney rhyming slang
Guess the title and the author: A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Oscar Wilde "The Picture of Dorian Grey"
Who was the architect of St.Paul's Cathedral?
Sir Christopher Wren
Edward Bailey
Henry Tate
Sir Christopher Wren
Ben was always the apple of his father's eye.
loved very much by
Choose British inventions of the 20th centuary:
telephone, record player, photography, computer, antibiotics
telephone, photogtaphy, antibiotics
What is the official religion in the UK?
Protestantism
This is a darkly comic novel originally published in 1990. It is a satirical imagining of the Biblical apocalypse featuring angels, demons, humans, and the hosts of Heaven and Hell. An angel and a demon have been living on Earth and attempting to steer humanity’s moral course. In those many millennia, however, they have grown fond of life among the humans and developed a tenuous friendship with each other.
Neil Geiman "Good Omens"
Where are British kings and queens crowned?
in St.Paul's Cathedral
in Westminster Abbey
in Canterbury Cathedral
in Westmibster Abbey
Keep your hair on!
Keep calm!/Don't get angry!
Name main political parties in Britain
Conservative, Labour
Scottish surnames begin with ...
O'
Mac or Mc
de
Mac or Mc
A Scottish writer who invented a genre of historical novel.
Walter Scott
The ravens are a famous sight of ...
the Towero of London
Covent Garden
London Zoo
the Tower of London
Life is not cakes and ale.
merrymaking
Who was clalled the Iron Lady?
Margaret Thatcher
What is the Scottish traditional clothes for men?
the tuxedo
the bearskin
the kilt
the kilt
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson - a mathematician who wrote children's novels under the pseudonym.
Lewis Carroll
What is the tallest building in England?
the Tower of London
the Canary Wharf Tower
Hampton Court Place
the Canary Wharf Tower
Taxi driving is his bread and butter though he also wrutes music.
the job you do to get the money you need