The USA
The UK
Australia and New Zealand
Russia
Miscellaneous
100

What sports are the most popular in the USA? (At least 2)

American football, baceball, basketball, hockey, soccer (European football)

100

The museum on Baker Street in London is dedicated to this detective (whose author was Conan Doyle).

Sherlock Holmes

100

The coat of arms of Australia depicts an emu and THIS animal.

big red kangaroo

100

Кто из героев русской народной сказки был хлебобулочным изделием?

Колобок

100

Какую обувь носили русские бедняки?

Лапти

200

What place is the center of the American film industry?

Hollywood

200

Name the sports that originated in England. (At least 3)

Cricket, football, golf, rugby, horse racing, boxing

200

Kiwi is an exotic fruit. And in New Zealand, it's also ...

а bird (that can't fly)

200

Кто превратил Василису Премудрую в лягушку?

Кощей Бессмертный

200

Who wrote The Jungle Book and Mowgli?

Rudyard Kipling

300

What is in the hands of the Statue of Liberty?

 the torch and the book (the charter of rights of man)

300

The Quarrymen changed their name in 1960 and have since sold over a billion records. This Liverpool Four became known as ….

The Beatles

300

This type of weapon was invented by Australian aborigines.

boomerang

300

Какой жанр русского фольклора исполнялся странствующими певцами под аккомпанемент гуслей?

сказания / былины

300

В какое время года традиционно поют колядки?

Зимой

400

What is the cowboy style of music called?

country music / folk music

400

How many parts are there in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland? (Name them)

4: England, Scotland, Wales,  Northern Ireland

400

What state's flag is on the flag of Australia and New Zealand?

the flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

400

Самый распространенный русский народный деревянный инструмент, имевшийся раньше в каждом доме.

деревянные ложки

400

The place of worship of the Sun, the oldest monument in the UK, located on the Salisbury Plain.

Stonehenge

500

What was the Pilgrims’ ship called?

Mayflower  

500

Which two universities host the annual and very popular rowing competition in Britain?

Cambridge and Oxford

500

What is the name of the longest coral reef along the coast of Australia?

the Great Barrier Reef

500

Кому посвящено это стихотворение? 

Погиб поэт! - невольник чести -

Пал, оклеветанный молвой, 

С свинцом в груди и жаждой мести 

Поникнув гордой головой!...

А.С.Пушкину

500

На что приходилось класть ноги михалковскому дяде Стёпе, когда он ложился спать?

на табурет