TEST
ABOUT THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND
1. What is the official language in Great Britain?
a) English b) French
c) Russian d) Chinese
2. Big Ben is ___.
a) a horse b) an animal in the zoo
c) a clock d) a famous name
3. The changing of the guard happens every day
at ___.
a) 12.30p.m. b) 12 o’clock
c) 11.30 a.m. d) 9 o’clock
4. The UK is divided into ___.
a) three parts b) five parts c) four
parts d) two parts
5. What is the Tower of London now?
a) a prison b) a house c) a
fortress d) a museum
6. The name of the Palace where the Queen lives is
___.
a) the Tower of London b) the White
House c) the Buckingham Palace d) the Winsor palace
7. The capital of Great Britain is ___.
a) Paris b) Moscow c)
London d) Cardiff
8. What can you see in Trafalgar Square?
a) Nelson statue b) King memorial
c) Queen memorial d) Queen Victoria memorial
9. Sir Christopher Wren built ___.
a) St. Paul’s Cathedral b) the Tower of London
c) Westminster Abbey d) the Parliament
10. The name of the river in London is ___.
a) the Volga b) The Thames c) the
Nile d) the Mississippi
11. Westminster Abbey is ___.
a) the house b) the monastery
c) the hotel d) the church
12. London is more than ___.
a) one thousand years old b) two
thousand years old c) three thousand years old
d) four thousand years old
13. The British Parliament is in ___.
a) the Buckingham Palace b) the Houses of
Parliament c) Backer Street d) Westminster Abbey
14. Great Britain consists of ___.
a) England b) England, Scotland
and Wales c) England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
15. The symbol of England is ___.
a) a thistle b) a daffodil
c) a rose
16. Trafalgar Square is in ___.
a) England b) Wales
c) Scotland
17. A Loch Ness Monster is from ___.
a) Scotland b) Wales
c) England
18. You can see Beefeaters in ___.
a) Windsor Castle b) the Tower of
London c) Buckingham Palace
19. Big Ben is in ___.
a) London b) Moscow
c) Paris
20. St. Paul’s Cathedral was built by ___.
a) Nelson b) Madam Tussauds
c) Sir Christopher Wren
21. What was Nelson famous for? We have learnt that he
___.
a) defeated the French at the Battle of Trafalgar
b) built the Tower Bridge c) built St. Paul’s
Cathedral
22. Who is the head of state (глава
государства)
in Great Britain?
a) a monarch b) a prime
minister c) the House of Commons d) the House of
Lords
23. Where are kings and queens buried (похоронены)?
a) St. Paul’s Cathedral b) Tower of
London c) Westminster Abbey d) The British Museum
24. When was the Great Fire in London?
a) 1600 b) 1666
c) 1606 d) 1006
25. What holiday do English people celebrate on the
14th of February?
a) St. Valentine’s Day b) Halloween c)
Christmas Day d) New Year’s Day
26. The kilt is ___
a) a shirt b) a skirt
c) a pair of trousers
27. Madam Tussaud’s is a museum of ___
a) wax figures b) western
paintings c) ancient coins
28. The Tower of London was started by ___
a) Julius Caesar b) William
the Conqueror c) Henry VIII
29. Guy Fawkes Night is celebrated on the ___
a) 24th of December
b) 31st of October c) 5th of
November
30. Halloween and St. Valentine’s Day are __________
holidays.
a) Russian
b) English and American
c)French
31. What is a double-decker?
a) a bus b) a disco c) a taxi
32. Agatha Christie wrote lots of ___.
a) detective stories b) plays
c) poems
33. Manchester United is a popular ___ team.
a) basketball b) football c) handball
Key: 1) a; 2) c; 3) c; 4) c; 5) d; 6) c; 7) c; 8) a;
9) a; 10) b; 11) d; 12) b; 13) b; 14) b; 15) c; 16) a; 17) a; 18) b; 19) a; 20)
c; 21) a; 22) a; 23) c; 24) b; 25) a; 26) b; 27) a; 28) b;
29) c; 30) b; 31) a; 32) a; 33) b;
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