Страноведческая викторина по теме "Travelling across Three Cotinents"

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Приветствие. (Слайд 1) Презентация.

Pupil 1: Hello, dear boys and girls.

Pupil 2: Hello, dear teachers and guests.

Pupil 1: Welcome to the ‘Travelling across Three Continents” quiz.

Pupil 2: Today we’ll recall a lot of facts about The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, about the USA and Australia.

Pupil 1: We’ll know more about holidays, festivals and traditions in these countries.

Знакомство с жюри. Pupil 2: There is the jury here. Let me introduce them to you.

Знакомство с командами. Pupil 1: It’s high time to start our quiz. Let’s meet the teams first. What’s your team’s name? (Слайд 2)

1 team ...Friendly Guys

2 team ...GG Team

3 team...Whizz Kids

4 team ...Champions

Знакомство с правилами игры.

Pupil 2: Well done. But before starting our competition, please listen to some rules. The quiz consists of 6 parts. Every part includes some questions. For the correct answer you’ll get a point. The team with the most number of points wins. Please, write the answers on the paper, which you’ve got on your desks.

Задание 1. (Слайд 3)

Pupil 1: Are you ready to start? The first task is “General information”. You’ve got 1 minute to choose the correct answers for four questions.

Pupil 2: The time is up. Pass your answers to the jury. Now look at the screen, please, and check up your answers.

Pupil 1: Put all these English- speaking countries from the smallest in territory to the largest one: (Слайд 4)

  1. Great Britain
  2. Australia
  3. The USA
  4. Canada

Pupil 2: Put these presidents in order according to their periods of ruling beginning with the earliest one: (Слайд 5)

  1. George Washington
  2. Abraham Lincoln
  3. Ronald Reagan
  4. Bill Clinton

Pupil 1: Put these American states in order according to their territory beginning with the smallest one: (Слайд 6)

  1. Rhode Island
  2. Georgia
  3. Texas
  4. Alaska

Pupil 2: Name the famous actors who played in these films: “Titanic”, “Gone with the wind”, “Terminator”, “The bodyguard”. (Слайд 7)

  1. Leonardo di Caprio
  2. Clark Gable
  3. Arnold Schwarzenegger
  4. Kevin Costner

Задание 2. (Слайд 8)

Pupil 1: Let’s continue the quiz. It’s high time for the second task. It consists of 3 blocks about places of interests, world of nature and famous people. Look at the screen, please. Some sights are shown here. Match the pictures with the titles. You’ve got 1 minute for making decisions. (Слайд 9)

  1. The Edinburgh Castle
  2. Shakespeare house
  3. Mount Rushmore
  4. Golden Gate
  5. Sydney opera house
  6. Harbor Bridge

Pass your answers to the jury.

Pupil 2: Look at the screen again. Connect the words with their definitions. (Слайд 10, 11)

  1. Kiwi киви
  2. Emu страус
  3. Seagull чайка
  4. Raven ворон
  5. Robins малиновка
  6. Kookaburra пересмешник (большой зимородок)

There is one minute for you. Pass your answers to the jury.

Pupil 1: And the last task in this part of the quiz. Choose the right answer. (Слайд 12)

1. Having no pets on entering the White House, he chose a Portuguese water dog which was named Bo. (Barack Obama) (Слайд 13)

2. Established in 1992, the 350th anniversary of his birth, the Institute itself has no direct historical links with this scientist, but was named after him because of his great achievements in the fields of mathematics, optics, physics and astronomy. (Isaac Newton) (Слайд 14)

3. After beginning her career as a child actress on TV, she achieved recognition through her role in TV soap opera “Neighbours”, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987. (Слайд 15)

(Kylie Minogue) (Звучит отрывок из песни Кайли Миноуг)

Pass your answers to the jury.

Pupil 2: Now it’s high time to check up your variants.

Задание 3. (Слайд 16)

Pupil1: Task 3 is for the team captains. All the questions are quite easy but everything depends on time and your reaction is very important, too. Every captain will have five questions. Listen to every question and answer as quickly as possible.

1. What do the Englishmen say to be taken a photo? (Слайд 17)

  1. Hello
  2. Cheese
  3. good morning
  4. ham

2. According to the English proverb when you don’t know what to speak about, speak about(Слайд 18)

  1. Politics
  2. Weather
  3. Music
  4. Love

3. When it is someone’s birthday, it is usual to say: (Слайд 19)

  1. Congratulations
  2. Many happy returns of the day
  3. Good luck
  4. I’m sorry

4. What color was a famous submarine in the song of “Beatles”? (Слайд 20)

  1. Red
  2. Orange
  3. Blue
  4. Yellow

5. How many stars are there on the American flag? (Слайд 21)

  1. 48
  2. 50
  3. 49
  4. 51

6. How many stripes are there on the American flag? (Слайд 22)

  1. 12
  2. 15
  3. 13
  4. 50

7. How many oceans wash the USA? (Слайд 23)

  1. 1
  2. 3
  3. 2
  4. 4

8. Christopher Columbus landed in America in (Слайд 24)

  1. 1629
  2. 1492
  3. 1942
  4. 1812

9. Where is the Statue of Liberty? (Слайд 25)

  1. New York
  2. Atlanta
  3. Washington D.C.
  4. San Francisco

10. Washington D.C. is a (Слайд 26)

  1. A state
  2. Country
  3. District
  4. City

11. What is Washington? (Слайд 27)

  1. A country
  2. A city
  3. A district
  4. A state

12. What is Moscow in the USA? (Слайд 28)

  1. a mount
  2. a river
  3. a state
  4. a town

13. What is the National symbol of America? (Слайд 29)

  1. The rose
  2. The Cherokee rose
  3. The Statue of Liberty
  4. The bald eagle

14. What is the national symbol of England? (Слайд 30)

  1. the red rose
  2. the bald eagle
  3. The Statue of Nelson
  4. The star

15. What is the national symbol of Scotland? (Слайд 31)

  1. The red rose
  2. The thistle
  3. The Edinburgh Castle
  4. The kiwi

16. What is the national symbol of Wales? (Слайд 32)

  1. The daffodil
  2. The shamrock
  3. The Stripes and stars
  4. The seagull

17. Pancake day is celebrated on (Слайд 33)

  1. 31st October
  2. 14 February
  3. Some day in February
  4. 5th of November

18. The Head of the State is (Слайд 34)

  1. The Queen
  2. The Prime Minister
  3. The King
  4. Parliament

19. What holiday has a chocolate bunny as an attribute? (Слайд 35)

  1. Christmas
  2. New Year
  3. Easter
  4. Thanksgiving Day

20. When is Martin Luther king celebrated in the USA? (Слайд 36)

  1. January
  2. May
  3. August
  4. November

Pupil 2: Thank you dear captains for great work.

Задание 4. (Слайд 37)

Pupil 2: Task 4 is waiting for you. This task is connected with the poets and writers of the English and American literature.

Pupil 1: You’ve got one minute to revise and write as many names of English and American writers or poets as possible. ... Your time is up. Pass the answers to the jury and look at the screen.

Задание 5. (Слайд 38)

Pupil 2: It’s high time for the 5th task. Watch the short but informative presentation about Guy Fawkes, one of the most favorite British holidays. Be ready to answer some questions after the video film.

1. Guy Fawkes Night is very

  1. Fun
  2. Noisy
  3. Exciting

2. British people remember Guy Fawkes on

  1. The 25th November
  2. The 5th November
  3. The 15th November

3. Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up the King in

  1. 1605
  2. 1705
  3. 1805

4. He was arrested in

  1. Buckingham Palace
  2. The Houses of Parliament
  3. In Trafalgar Square

5. Every November British people burn

  1. ‘guys’
  2. Hearts
  3. Pumpkins

Pupil 1: Now the task.

Задание 6. (Слайд 39)

Pupil 1: Thank you very much for correct answers. Let us return to the quiz and listen to the last task.

Pupil 2: Look at this black box. There is something inside. To guess what it is listen to the sentences. Write the answer on the sheet of paper and pass it to the jury. Are you ready? Let’s start.

  1. It is fast.
  2. It’s of bright color.
  3. It’s for tourists.
  4. It’s comfortable.
  5. It can be used for sightseeing.
  6. You must pay for a drive.
  7. It’s got two decks.

What is it? Write your variants and pass them to the jury. (В черном ящике – игрушечный двухпалубный автобус, символ Лондона.) (Слайд 40)

Подведение итогов.

Pupil 1: Unfortunately, the time of the quiz is over. We’ve got only some minutes to count the scores and sound the winner. But while the jury is consulting let us revise everything we’ve done today.

Pupil 2: First we spoke about English- speaking countries.

Pupil 1: Then we refreshed our memory with the pictures of the famous sightseeing, symbols and picturesque places of the UK, The USA and Australia.

Pupil 2: Besides we heard extracts from the refined English classical poetry.

Pupil 1: And now we want to thank you for your best answers and active part in the quiz. Let us listen to the jury and know who the best is.