English Competition

Halloween

5

Carved pumpkins are called ..................

A   carved lanterns          C   Jack-o-lanterns

B   pumpkin lights 

Jack-o-lanterns

10

At Halloween children go to play .......

A   trick or treat

B   carol singing

C   chocolate hunting

trick or treat

15

Who brought the tradition of Halloween into the USA?

A   Scottish immigrants

B   Irish immigrants

C   Dutch immigrants

Irish immigrants

20

Who wrote the novel Frankenstein?

A   Bram Stoker

B   Percy Shelley

C   Mary Shelley

Bram Stoker

25

Where does the word Halloween come from?

A   Hallo's Ween

B   Halloween's Eve

C   All Hallows' Eve

All Hallows' Eve

Weather

5

If the weather forecast says "it'll be overcast", it means it'll be ...

A   rainy

B   cloudy

C   windy

cloudy

10

Which is the coldest?

A   frosty

B   freezing

C   chilly

freezing

15

The temperature at which water freezes is 32 degrees ...

A   Fahrenheit

B   Celsius

C   Centigrade

Fahrenheit

20

What do we use to measure the temperature?

a thermometer

25

A storm with lots of snow and very strong wind is called ...

A   thunderstorm

B   hurricane

C   blizzard

blizzard

Crimes

5

A professional who's paid to murder people for political reasons is called ...

A   a trooper

B   an assassin

C   a guerilla

an assassin

10

Tommy can bump into someone and take their wallet without their knowing. What is he?

A   a pickpocket

B   a burglar

C   a mugger

a pickpocket

15

Betsy had no money to buy food for her kids, so she took it from a supermarket without paying. What was her crime?

A   kidnapping                   C   theft

B   shoplifting

shoplifting

20

In 2001 Saudi Arabian terrorists led an attack on the US in which passenger airlines were ............ and crashed into buildings.

A   kidnapped                          C    hijacked

B   abstracted

hijacked

25

A criminal is a person who has ............the law.

A   crossed

B   broken

C   offended

broken

Movies

5

In "The Addams Family" what is "Thing"?

A hand.

10

Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw and Slytherin are three Hogwart's houses. What is the forth?

Gryffindor

15

Which Shrek character is voiced by Eddie Murphy?

Donkey.

20

In "Game of Thrones" where is the home for House Stark whose motto is "Winter is coming"?

A  Frostland                 C  Winterfell

B  Vintage

Winterfell

25

Disney's "High School Musical" is based on what famous play?

Romeo and Juliet

General Knowledge

5

Who is the founder of Facebook?

Mark Zuckerberg

10

Finish the slogan: "Make love not ...."

war

15

In the future what will the present be?

The past.

20

In what country do people wear "kimonos"?

Japan

25

What is the longest structure ever built?

The Great Wall of China