Civilisation
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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

What is the Climax event of Shakespeare's Othello ?

Othello kills his wife (Act III)
100

What is the meaning of /ˈəʊʃən/?

Ocean

200

What are the three "auxiliaires grammaticaux" in English ?

HAVE

BE

DO

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"

Traduction au mot-à-mot

300

What were the two houses during the "War of the Roses"?

The Lancaster and the York

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)

300

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

20 voyels in total

12 monophtongues, 8 diphtongues

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

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

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)

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 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