Викторина по английскому языку "Известные люди"

Викторина по английскому языку  «Famous American and British People»  

1.      Who published his first book “Principia” setting out the laws of mechanics in 1687?

a)      Thomas Edison

b)      Sir Isaak  Newton

c)      Karl Benz

2.      He invented the first telephone in 1876 and became a citizen of the United States in 1882.

a)      Alexander Graham Bell.

b)      John Baird

c)      Albert Einstein

3.      He was a man who transformed the world. In 1896 he succeeded in building an automobile powered by a gasoline engine.

a)      Karl Benz

b)      P.A.Frez

c)      Henry Ford

4.      Name the only woman-scientist in the world who became a Nobel Prize winner twice.

a)      Marie Curie

b)      Mother Teresa

c)      Mary Pickford

5.      Who acted at the London theatre called “ The Globe” and wrote during the golden age of the English Literature?

a)      Mark Twain

b)      Conan Doyle

c)      William Shakespeare

6.      He lived in Alaska for some years and wrote 152 stories about the North.

a)      Jack London

b)      William Shakespeare

c)      Lord J. Byron

7.      He was a short-story writer and the greatest American humorist. He was fond of collecting things which nobody had.

a)      Edgar Poe

b)      Daniel Defoe

c)      Mark Twain

8.      He was the first President of the United States.

a)      George Washington

b)      John Adams

c)      Thomas Jefferson

9.      In 1863 this American president signed the Emancipation Proclamation ( Декларация прав независимости), the document that made all the slaves free.

a)      J. Kennedy

b)      Theodore Roosevelt

c)      Abraham Lincoln

10.  He was an American actor who starred in a number of black-and-white silent films.

a)      Charlie Chaplin

b)      Clark Gable

c)      Mary Pickford

11.  He was an American artist and film producer, who was famous for his animated cartoons.

a)      Hadly Chase

b)      Walt Disney

c)      Charlie Chaplin

12.  What American actor is known as “ Terminator” ?

a)      Silvestor Stallone

b)      Jan K. Van Dam

c)      Arnold Schvartznegger

13.  He is regarded as the most successful director in Hollywood today. He is well-known for his imaginative movie making and has helped to create a new generation of filmmakers.

a)      Stephen Spielberg

b)      Eddie Murphy

c)      John Travolta

14.   It is an internationally famous British pop group whose members during their most successful period in the 1960s.

a)      Pink Floyd

b)      Beatles

c)      Queen

15.  He is an English footballer who played for Manchester United . He married Spice Girl Victoria Adams in 1999.

a)      David Beckham

b)       Peter Shilton

c)      U. Runnie

16.  He is the main character in a series of novels by Ian Fleming. He is an attractive British secret agent, who is also known as 007.

a)      Jonny Depp

b)      Blade

c)      James Bond

17.  A great English scientist. He studied many different kinds of plants and animals. He built up his own theory of evolution.

a)      Alexander Fleming

b)      Charles Darwin

c)      Albert Einstein

18.  She is a Queen of the United Kingdom since 1952.

a)      Alexandrina Victoria

b)      Anna Stuart

c)      Elizabeth II

19.  She was a Catholic nun, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in India.

a)      Jane Saimur

b)      Mother Teresa

c)      W.G.Blaikie.

20.  She was the first woman Prime Minister of Britain. She was called “ An Iron Lady”

a)      Margaret Thatcher

b)     Mary Tudor

c)      Elizabeth Tailor

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