ТЕСТ ПО СТРАНОВЕДЕНИЮ Англии, Шотландии, Северной Ирландии и Уэльса

Choose the correct answer.

1. What is the capital of Scotland?

a) Manchester;

b) Edinburgh;
c) Stradford-on-Avon

2. What is the official name of the country which language we study?

a) Great Britain;

b) England;

c) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

3. How many countries does the United Kingdom consist of?

a) five;

b) three;

c) four

4.  What is the official name of the country which language we study?

a) Great Britain;

b) England;

c) the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

5. What is the capital of Wales?

a) Sydney;

b) Cardiff;

c) Liverpool

6. What is the capital of Northern Ireland?

a) Edinburgh;

b) Dublin;

c) Belfast

7. What is the symbol of the United Kingdom?

a) a bald eagle;

b) a white bear;

c) a grey mouse

8. How is the British national flag called?

a) the Union Jack;

b) the St. Andrew's Cross;

c) the St. Patrick's Cross

9. What is the floral symbol of England?

a) a shamrock;

b) a red rose;

c) a green apple

10. What is the floral symbol of Scotland?
a) a daffodil;

b) a sunflower;

c) a thistle

11. What are the emblems of Wales?

a) a shamrock, a clover and and a hand;

b) a rose and the Saint George's cross;

c) a dragon, a daffodil, a leek

12. What is the floral symbol of Northern Ireland?

a) a shamrock;

b) a red rose;

c) a thistle

13. Who is the head of the UK?

a) a Prime Minister;

b) a President;

c) a king/queen

14. Where does the British Prime Minister live and work?

a) at 10 Downing Street;

b) in the Tower;

c) in Buckingham Palace

15. What is the highest mark in British schools?

a) A b) С с) B

16. Who is the queen (king) of the UK now?

a) Queen Elizabeth II;

b) Prince Charls;

C) King Charles III 

17.  How can people cross the English Channel?

a) through the Channel Tunnel (the Channel);

b) on foot;

c) by boat

18.What universities in the United Kingdom are the most famous?

a) Oxford University and Cambridge University;

b) London University and Harvard University;

c) Bristol University and Cambridge University
29. Where do kings live in London?

a) in the Tower of London;

b) in Westminster Abbey;

c) in Buckingham Palace

20. Where is Nelson's Column situated?

a) in St. James`Park;

b) in Trafalgar Square;

c) In Fleet Street

21. The ravens are a famous sight, of....

a) the Tower of London;

b) London zoo;

c) Hyde Park

22. What is the Scottish national costume for men?

а) the deerstalker;

b) the bearskin;

с) the kilt

23. What river flows in London?

a) the Severn;

b) the Nile;

c) the Thames

24. What is traditional English money?

a) pound;

b) krona;

c) dollar

25.  Who is Sir. Christopher Wren?

 A) a philosopher; b) an architect; c) a politician.

26.  What is Big Ben?

A) a clock; b) a bell; c )a tower.

27.  What is the British emergency service phone number 

a )911; b) 999; c) 118

28.  Which dish is not sweet?

a) Bird’s Custard; b) Marmite; c) Cranachan.

30.  Which dish is a dessert?

a) Bread and butter pudding;

 b) Yorkshire pudding;

c) Black pudding.