II Liceum Ogólnokształcące

im. prof. Kazimierza Morawskiego w Przemyślu

JAK DOBRZE ZNASZ KULTURĘ BRYTYJSKĄ I AMERYKAŃSKĄ?

14-2-2006

W listopadzie, w naszej szkole został zorganizowany konkurs dotyczący kultury krajów anglojęzycznych. W konkursie wzięło udział 26 uczniów z różnych klas. Ich zadaniem było systematyczne udzielanie odpowiedzi na 50 n/w pytań przez okres 10 tygodni.

Pierwszy etap konkursu ukończyło aż 15 osób, które wykazały się samodyscypliną, determinacją, a także umiejętnością korzystania z różnych źródeł w celu zdobycia potrzebnych informacji, zdobywając następującą ilość punktów:

 

1. Przygrodzka Karolina kl. I a 49
2. Kożuszek Sylwia kl. II i 47
3. Pałka Michał kl. I j 46
4. Ławniczak Marzena kl. III l 46
5. Barańska Barbara kl. I a 45
6. Bąk Joanna kl. II j 44,5
7. Ławniczak Magdalena kl. I f 44,5
8. Lechocińska Anna kl. I a 43,5
9. Blacharska Justyna kl. II i 42,5
10. Zenowicz Marcel kl. I b 42,5
11. Zenowicz Michał kl. II a 42,5
12. Ciżman Katarzyna kl. I a 40,5
13. Konopacka Gabriela kl. II i 40,5
14. Misiak Łukasz kl. I a 41,5
15. Kostecki Paweł kl. I a 39

Drugi etap konkursu zostanie przeprowadzony w piątek, tj. 24.02.2006r w formie testu sprawdzającego zdobytą przez uczniów wiedzę. POWODZENIA!!!

Zwycięzcy konkursu przedstawieni zostaną w najbliższym czasie.

Dla wszystkich zainteresowanych uczniów zamieszcza się 50 pytań konkursowych.

  1. What is the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and The British Isles?
  2. What are Britain's national flowers?
  3. What is the name of Great Britain's flag?
  4. What does an American flag look like and why? (what do all the parts represent?)
  5. What is the national symbol of the United States?
  6. Who was the first President of the United States and who is the US President now?
  7. When was the Declaration of Independence approved?
  8. What is the official home of the British Royal Family?
  9. What are the capital cities of the United Kingdom and the United States?
  10. What is the name of a traditional Scottish skirt?
  11. What is the highest mountain in Britain?
  12. What is the longest river in the United States?
  13. What is Nessie and where can you see it?
  14. What is Haggis?
  15. What was the world's first national park created in 1872 and where can you see it?
  16. Which cities are called Windy city and A Big Apple?
  17. Who was the father of American Constitution and when was it written?
  18. Which Liverpool band became world famous?
  19. Where does the changing of the guard take place?
  20. What are the three branches of American government, and what/who do they consist of?
  21. What is Pancake Day?
  22. What is Guy Fawkes Night?
  23. What is Burns' Night and how and when is it celebrated?
  24. What are the most common superstitions in Britain? (give 5 of them)
  25. Why is Big Ben so called?
  26. What is Stonehenge and how old is it?
  27. What is Hadrian's Wall and is it still standing?
  28. How old is London's tube?
  29. What is Speakers' Corner?
  30. What is the name of the ship that took the first group of English settlers to Plymouth Massachusetts in the US and when was it?
  31. What is Homgmany and when is it celebrated?
  32. When and why is Columbus Day held?
  33. What are the oldest Universities in Britain?
  34. Who was the Iron Lady and how many years did she serve an office?
  35. Who lives at Downing Street 10 in London?
  36. What is Mount Rushmore National Memorial? Where is it? Who can you see there?
  37. What's the name of the newspaper street in London?
  38. What is Silicon Valley famous for? Where is it?
  39. Who was known as the Swan of Avon? When was the person born and when did the person die?
  40. What was Magna Carta?
  41. What is the difference between a judge, a barrister and a solicitor?
  42. What are Britain's main imports and exports?
  43. What are Britain's overseas territories?
  44. Which religions are represented in Britain?
  45. What is the Commonwealth?
  46. When can the police carry guns? And how are the police organised?
  47. What are "GMT" and "BST"?
  48. Why does the Queen have two birthdays?
  49. What is the Old Bailey?
  50. Why are wigs worn by lawyers and when did lawyers start to wear them?
Justyna Rudnik
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j. angielski