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Australia
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Vocabulary
100
It (rains / is raining) so we have to stay at home.
IS RAINING (happening right now)
100
What is the population of Australia?
Approximately 20 million.
100
Many Londoners preferred to sleep in their own homes during the Blitz. What is the name of the shelter they used inside the house?
A Morrison shelter, steel-framed.
100
What is the name of the present British Prime Minister?
David Cameron.
100
Find a synonym for HAPPY
cheerful, content, contented, euphoric, glad, joyful, joyous
200
He drives much ______ than his father. (FASTER / MORE FAST / MORE FASTLY)
He drives much FASTER than his father.
200
Who was the first to claim possession of Australia?
Captain James Cook (in 1770)
200
Which children were the most popular and picked first by their host families in country areas?
CLEAN LOOKING GIRLS (then boys if they were big enough to help on the farm).
200
I ______ swim well when I was very young. (CAN / COULD / KNEW)
I COULD swim well when I was very young.
200
An Australian word which means MAN
A BLOKE
300
Look, children! Your aunt has ______ you a box of chocolates. (CARRIED / TAKEN / BROUGHT)
...Your aunt has BROUGHT you a box of chocolates.
300
What is THE OUTBACK?
It is the huge interior areas of Australia with barren desert and stone plains.
300
What is the name of the industrial area in Germany that the British bombed in May and June of 1940?
The RUHR.
300
He wanted to ___________ some money from me. (LEND / EARN / BORROW)
He wanted to BORROW some money from me.
300
Which of these words does not fit: ELIMINATE - RUN AWAY - WIPE OUT - REMOVE
RUN AWAY
400
Find fejlen i sætningen: "She sang beautiful".
She sang BEAUTIFULLY.
400
What is the humorous name/word for the characteristic Australian accent?
STRINE - referring to how local people pronounce Australian.
400
What's the name of Hitler's propaganda chief during World War II?
Joseph Goebbels (Reich Minister of Propaganda from 1933-1945)
400
How many immigrants entered the United States through Ellis Island from 1892-1954?
Approximately 20 million immigrants.
400
Translate the word BARREN into Danish.
Gold, ufrugtbar
500
Odd man out: UPON - THROUGH - THOUGHT - INSIDE
THOUGHT (not a preposition but a verb in past tense)
500
What is the name of the Irish Australian bush ranger, folk hero and cop killer that was hanged in November 1880?
NED KELLY
500
The attacks on the old English cities was described by a German spokesman as 'Baedeker raids'. What does the word BAEDEKER refer to?
Baedeker was the name of a tourist guide to famous cities of cultural interest.
500
Who was President in The United States during the Second World War?
Franklin D. Roosevelt (from 1933-1945)
500
Translate the word RELUCTANCE.
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