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1. Whose nickname was “the grandmother of Europe”? What is her full name?
2. It sometimes happens that an Oxford professor writes a fairy tale for his children. And a ten-year old child gives the book review and it becomes very popular. What famous book is that? 3. This famous British actor, writer and dramatist, filmmaker and public figure had a Russian surname. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his outstanding contribution to British culture. He is Sir…? 4. By the Queen’s order special coins were minted on the Isle of Man with this animal on the reverse. What animal is it? What types of such coins have been released? 5. Coins of what denomination are the most common in the world? 6. They often say “One moment!” in Great Britain when they ask to wait. But how long is this time measure? 7. This means of communication is one of the youngest, it was invented in the United Kingdom exactly twenty years ago. What is the name of this service and what was the text of the first message transmitted? 8. Name the sports that come from England. 9. In Victorian England and in some other European countries (for example, in Germany and France) in the second half of the 19th century practically all men had moustache. Gentlemen were proud of their pampered moustache and covered it with wax to keep it nice and stiff. They even used special cups for drinking because the steam from tea or coffee often melted the wax and it went back into the cup, their moustache also often became stained with the beverage. What was special about those cups? 10. What must all London taxicabs have in their boots? |
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1. Queen Victoria was known as the grandmother of Europe. Her full name was Georgiana Charlotte August Alexandrina Victoria. Her Majesty Victoria and her husband Albert, Prince Consort, had nine children and forty grandchildren.
She married many of her children into other royal families around the continent. Eight of them ruled Britain, Greece, Norway, Prussia, Romania, Russia, Spain and Sweden. 2. The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, better known by its abbreviated title The Hobbit, is a fantasy novel and children''s book by J. R. R. Tolkien. The Publisher George Allen & Unwin (UK) decided not to publish the book but first to read it. So the director gave it to his ten-year old son. The boy read the book and said that children would like it. 3. Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov. Sir Peter Alexander Ustinov (Peter Alexander Baron von Ustinow, April 16, 1921 – March 28, 2004) was a British theater and film actor, film director, playwright, screenwriter, novelist, newspaper and magazine columnist, TV and radio host, producer. He was the Winner of the "Oscar", "Amy", "Grammy», BAFTA, and Commander of the Order of the British Empire. On the maternal side Ustinov came from an old St. Petersburg artistic family Benoit (Бенуа). 4. On the Isle of Man currency tailless Manx cats appear on the three commemorative crown coins. The first two, issued in 1970 and 1975, are stand-alone releases in both copper-nickel and silver proofs, while the third in 1988 inaugurated an ongoing series of annual cat coins issues that have also been produced in gold in various sizes. A Manx cat also appears on the island`s 1980-1983 penny. 5. Cent coins are the most common coins in the world. 6. A moment is a medieval unit of time being 1/40 of an hour or 90 seconds (1.5 minutes). There is also an opinion that it is 1/40 of a minute or 1.5 seconds. 7. SMS (short message service) is one of the youngest means of communication. On December 3, 1992, Neil Papworth, a software programmer from Reading, sent the first text message from a PC in the United Kingdom to a cell phone. The message was Merry Christmas. 8. Many of the world''s famous sports began in Britain, including cricket, football, tennis, bowling, golf, rugby, badminton, boxing, darts and others. 9. The moustache cup is a drinking cup with a semicircular ledge inside with an opening to allow the passage of liquids to keep moustache dry. 10. London taxicabs must carry a bale of hay and a sack of oats according to an old curious law. |
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1. Майол Э. и Милстед Д. Эти странные англичане. М.: Эгмонт Россия Лтд., 1999
2. Speak out. Журнал для изучающих английский язык за 2001 год Сайты: 1. Newsru.com 2. En.Wikipedia.org |
| Игра 2012/2013 года |
| Результаты 3 тура и игры |
| Лучшие ответы 3 тура команд по английскому языку |
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