Trivial informático

Realizado por el profesor

I.E.S. Victoria Kent

Mayo del 2003
Ricardo Rodríguez García
Tecnologías de la Información
1º de Bachillerato
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1º.- Desarrollo del programa

El programa ha sido desarrollado mediante el entorno de programación Visual Basic, con

el que se han diseñado cada una de las ventanas que forman parte del juego, así como el código
de programa que lo hace funcionar.

A su vez, las preguntas y respuestas han sido guardadas en un archivo que contiene la
base de datos, habiendo sido ésta creada mediante el programa Access. Dicha base de datos
será abierta mediante el código de programa presente en el proyecto del juego desarrollado en
Visual Basic.

Todos estos elementos serán presentados a continuación.

2º.- Ventanas que componen el proyecto

‰ Ventana principal. Nombre del formulario: trivial.frm

‰ Ventana de información adicional. Nombre del formulario: ampliar.frm

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3º.- Código de programación

Código correspondiente al formulario trivial.frm

Declaraciones:

Dim BaseDatos As Database

Dim Preguntas, Respuestas As Recordset
Dim NumeroPreguntas, NumeroAcertadas As Integer

Procedimientos:

Sub ActualizarMarcador(Resultado As Boolean)

If Resultado = True Then

NumeroAcertadas = NumeroAcertadas + 1
End If

Dim Frase As String

Frase = NumeroAcertadas & " preguntas acertadas de "
Frase = Frase & NumeroPreguntas & " preguntas"
Marcador = Frase

End Sub

Sub MostrarPregunta()

'Muestra en pantalla la pregunta actual

'y sus correspondientes 4 respuestas
Pregunta = Preguntas("PREGUNTA")
Respuestas.FindFirst ("CODIGO='" & Preguntas("CODIGO") & "'")
Dim I As Integer
For I = 0 To 3
R(I).Caption = Respuestas("RESPUESTA")
Respuestas.MoveNext
Next I
'Marcamos la primera respuesta
R(0).Value = True

'Comprobamos si existe información adicional sobre la pregunta

y activamos el botón
MasInformacion.FindFirst ("Codigo='" & Preguntas("Codigo") &
"'")
If MasInformacion.NoMatch Then
Ampliar.Visible = False
Else
Ampliar.Visible = True
Ampliar.Enabled = False
End If

End Sub

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Eventos:

Private Sub Form_Load()

'En primer lugar abrimos la base de datos

Set BaseDatos = Workspaces(0).OpenDatabase(App.Path &
"\Trivial.mdb")
'A continuación extraemos todas las prespuestas y preguntas de la
base de datos
Set Preguntas = BaseDatos.OpenRecordset("Select * from Preguntas")
Set Respuestas = BaseDatos.OpenRecordset("Select * from
Respuestas")
Set MasInformacion = BaseDatos.OpenRecordset("Select * from
Masinformacion")

'Damos valores iniciales a las siguientes variables

NumeroPreguntas = 1
NumeroAcertadas = 0

'Desactivamos el botón Siguiente Pregunta

Siguiente.Enabled = False

End Sub

Private Sub Solucion_Click()

'Comprobamos si la respuesta marcada es correcta

Dim Acierto As Boolean
Acierto = True
Dim I As Integer
'Nos situamos en la primera respuesta
Respuestas.FindFirst ("CODIGO='" & Preguntas("CODIGO") & "'")
For I = 0 To 3
If R(I).Value <> Respuestas("CORRECTA") Then
Acierto = False
End If
Respuestas.MoveNext
'Desactivamos las respuestas
R(I).Enabled = False
Next I

'Mostramos un mensaje con el resultado

If Acierto = True Then
MsgBox "ENHORABUENA: R E S P U E S T A C O R R E C T A"
Else
MsgBox "LO SIENTO: R E S P U E S T A I N C O R R E C T A"
End If

ActualizarMarcador (Acierto)
'Activamos el botón de Siguiente pregunta
Siguiente.Enabled = True
'Desactivamos el botón de Solución
Solucion.Enabled = False
Ampliar.Enabled = True

End Sub

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Private Sub Siguiente_Click()

'Mostramos en pantalla la siguiente respuesta

'y sus correspondientes pregutnas

'En primer lugar comprobaremos si hemos llegado al final

Preguntas.MoveNext
If Preguntas.EOF Then Unload Me 'El juego ha terminado

'Activamos las respuestas

Dim I As Integer
For I = 0 To 3
R(I).Enabled = True
Next I

MostrarPregunta
NumeroPreguntas = NumeroPreguntas + 1
MarcoPregunta.Caption = "Pregunta nº " & NumeroPreguntas

'Activamos el botón de solución

Solucion.Enabled = True
'Desactivamos el botón de siguiente pregunta
Siguiente.Enabled = False

End Sub

Private Sub Reloj_Timer()

'Mostrar la primera pregunta y sus respuestas en pantalla

MostrarPregunta
'Desactivamos el reloj
Reloj.Enabled = False

End Sub

Private Sub Ampliar_Click()

AmpliarInformacion.Show vbModal

End Sub

Private Sub Terminar_Click()

Unload Me

End Sub

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Código correspondiente al formulario ampliar.frm

Eventos:

Private Sub Reloj_Timer()

Titulo = MasInformacion("Titulo")
Texto = MasInformacion("Informacion")
Reloj.Enabled = False

End Sub

Private Sub Aceptar_Click()

Unload Me

End Sub

Código correspondiente al módulo trivial.bas

Declaraciones:
Public MasInformacion As Recordset

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4.- Relación de preguntas y respuestas

1º How many states are there in the USA?

a) 52
b) 50
c) 54
d) 48
2º Which word is represented by this phonetic transcription: [ 'n⊃lid∋ ]?
a) Knowledge
b) Sandwich
c) Psychology
d) notice
3º 'Lift' is the British English word for 'ascensor'. Can you tell us the
American English word for 'ascensor'?
a) Elevator
b) Ascensoring
c) Ascensored
d) Pull up
4º What's the name of the American ex-president Bill Clinton's wife?
a) Hillary Rodham
b) Hillary Clinton
c) Hillary Grant
d) Chelsea Clinton
5º When and where was Elvis Presley born?
a) Mississippi, 1935
b) Louisiana, 1935
c) Alabama, 1935
d) New Orleans, 1938
6º Which 'Beatle' was "Winston" as his second name?
a) John Lennon
b) Paul Mc Cartney
c) Ringo Starr
d) George Harrison
7º Which country gets the greatest number of tourists?
a) Spain
b) USA
c) Great Britain
d) Cuba

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8º 'Chemist' is the British word for 'farmacia'. Can you tell us the
American English word for 'farmacia'?
a) Farmacion
b) Drugstore
c) Farmacy
d) Wal-Mart
9º Which famous and legendary king of Great Britain, who lived in the first
half of the 6th century, founded the Order of the Knights of the Rounded
Table?
a) King Philip
b) King Arthur
c) King Arthur, prince of Wales
d) King Charles I
10º What colour are the London buses?
a) red
b) black
c) green
d) blue
11º Who was the first Catholic president of the USA?
a) John F. Kennedy
b) Calvin Coolidge
c) Harry Truman
d) Richard Nixon
12º Which American city has the most black population?
a) New York
b) Chicago
c) Los Angeles
d) San Francisco
13º Which of these Shakespeare's characters lived in Denmark?
a) Hamlet
b) Romeo
c) Juliet
d) Othello
14º What's the approximate meaning in Spanish of this expression: "Mind
your own business"?
a) Eres un bocazas
b) No te metas donde no te llaman
c) Eres un metepatas
d) Siempre te equivocas

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15º When did Elvis Presley release his first album?

a) January, 1960
b) January, 1956
c) January, 1940
d) March, 1935
16º Which US city is called the "skyscraper's birthplace"?
a) New Jersey
b) New York
c) Chicago
d) Philadelphia
17º What's the American currency?
a) rupee
b) franc
c) dollar
d) euro
18º Which letter is not pronounced in the word 'Listen'?
a) T
b) L
c) N
d) E
19º How did the Romans call the city of London?
a) Londum
b) Londinium
c) Londres
d) Londonderry
20º Which of these sentences is grammatically correct?
a) London is much more big than my town
b) London is much bigger that my town
c) London is much big than my town
d) London is more big than my town
21º What 1950s sex-symbol had a part in the film 'Some Like It Hot' ('Con
faldas y a lo loco')?
a) Marilyn Monroe
b) Grace Kelly
c) Greta Garbo
d) Marlene Dietrich

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22º Which country has been host of the Olympic Games for five times?
a) Spain
b) England
c) USA
d) France
23º What's the English currency?
a) Sterling pound
b) English dollar
c) English franc
d) Euro
24º Which letter is not pronounced in the word 'Write'?
a) W
b) R
c) T
d) E
25º Where was King Arthur's court?
a) Lancelot
b) Camelot
c) Rounded Table
d) Almendralejo
26º What's the Spanish equivalent of the expression 'You must be joking'?
a) Debes bromear
b) Debes contar un chiste
c) Debes estar disfrutando
d) Debes estar alucinando
27º Who's the English national team's goalkeeper?
a) Winter
b) Van der Saar
c) Seaman
d) Casillas
28º Where's the house of the British Prime Minister since 1735?
a) Fifth Avenue
b) Square Garden
c) 10, Downing Street
d) 25, Madison Avenue
29º Where did Ronald Reagan have a benign tumor which was extirpated?
a) spleen
b) colon
c) pancreas
d) stomach

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30º What is the most popular sport in the USA?

a) Golf
b) Rugby
c) American football
d) Badminton
31º What name was the first child of Prince Charles and Lady Diana
christened with?
a) Charles
b) William
c) Peter
d) John
32º Who was the first woman to become Prime Minister in Great Britain?
a) Sarah Risley
b) Rose Waish
c) Margaret Thatcher (1979)
d) Ana Botella
33º What four presidents of the USA (their heads) are sculptured by G.
Borglum in Mount Rushmore (South Dakota)?
a) George Washington, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van
Burren
b) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham
Lincoln
c) Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson, Harry Truman
d) George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Michael
Jordan
34º When is Halloween celebrated by the Americans?
a) October 31, at night
b) December 24, at night
c) December 31, at night
d) January 6, at night
35º 'Vacation' is the American English word for 'vacaciones'. Can you tell us
the British English word for 'vacaciones'?
a) Vacations
b) Holidays
c) Vacancy
d) Vacancies

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36º What famous American inventor and physicist invented the electric
lamp with coal filament?
a) Alexander Graham Bell
b) Isaac Peral
c) Thomas Alva Edison
d) John Logie Baird
37º What famous palace, which belonged to Queen Elizabeth II, was
destroyed in a fire in 1992?
a) Burkinham Palace
b) The White House
c) Buckingham Palace
d) The Pink House
38º Which of the following plays was not written by Shakespeare?
a) Othello
b) The Merchant of Venice
c) Julius Caesar
d) I, Claudius
39º The football team which represents catholics in Glasgow is:
a) Glasgow Rangers
b) Glasgow Celtics
c) Chelsea
d) Everton
40º The Bronx is a borough in:
a) London
b) Boston
c) Los Angeles
d) New York
41º Lolita is a novel by:
a) Charles Dickens
b) Dolores O’Riordan
c) Vladimir Nabokov
d) Herman Melville

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42º What families are represented in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?

a) Cottages and Bungalows
b) Montagues and Capulets
c) Hollywood and Holmes
d) Romeos and Juliets
43º What nationality is the singer Van Morrison ?
a) Dutch
b) American
c) Irish
d) English
44º Which of these football teams is not from London?
a) Arsenal
b) Everton
c) Chelsea
d) West Ham United
45º Stonehenge is a megalithic monument which was built in:
a) The 3rd and 4th centuries A.D.
b) 1000-500 B.C.
c) 3000-1500 B.C.
d) From the 6th to the 1st centuries B.C.
46º Which of these musicians was not a member of The Beatles?
a) John Lennon
b) George Harrison
c) Mick Jagger
d) Ringo Starr
47º The actress who plays the main role in Pretty Woman is:
a) Julia Roberts
b) Cindy Crawford
c) Jennifer López
d) Demi Moore
48º The American flag is known as:
a) The Union Jack
b) The Rastafarian
c) Stars and Stripes
d) Rules of Order

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49º The ship in which the Pilgrim Fathers sailed from England to the US
was called:
a) The Cutty Sark
b) The Mayflower
c) Spirit of St. Louis
d) Pomp and Circumstance
50º The English Prime Minister during World War II was:
a) Clement Attle
b) Winston Churchill
c) Anthony Eden
d) Margaret Thatcher
51º The most famous reggae musician was:
a) Bob Marley
b) Bob Dylan
c) Eric Clapton
d) Frank Sinatra
52º What's the name of the astronaut who was a democrat pre-candidate in
some US presidential election?
a) Neil Armstrong
b) John Glenn
c) Pedro Duque
d) Yuri Gagarin
53º Who wrote Venus and Adonis?
a)William Shakespeare
b) Oscar Wilde
c)Walt Whitman
d) Mark Weatherspoon
54º What's the main religion in Great Britain?
a)Protestant
b) Anglican
c)Orthodox
d) Catholic
55º Where is Fish and Chips typical from?
a)USA
b) Great Britain
c)Spain
d) Nowhere

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56º What's the tallest building in New York City?

a)Empire State Building
b) Chrysler State Building
c)Sears Towers
d) Petronas Towers
57º What famous Scotsman patented in 1876 a device which was the
beginning of the telephone?
a)Alexander Graham Bell
b) Isaac Peral
c)Thomas Alva Edison
d) John Galiano
58º Who was the boyfriend of the famous English model and actress Liz
Hurley?
a)Grant Hill
b) Hugh Grant
c)Anthony Hugh Grant
d)Hugh Thomas
59º On Monday 19, October 1987, in Wall Street, the Dow Jones went down
more than 500 points. How was this day called?
a)The Great Slump
b) Dark Monday
c)Black Monday
d) Bloody Sunday
60º How was Rhodesia called when it became independent from Great
Britain?
a)The Rock
b) North Guinea
c)Zimbabwue
d) South Africa
61º What type of dance was a sensation in the USA in 1926?
a)Twist
b) Charleston
c)Rock and Roll
d) Fox Trot
62º How many cities called 'Washington' are there in the USA?
a)Two
b) One
c)None
d) Three

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63º How many stars has the British flag got?

a)52
b) 4
c)None
d) 2
64º Which of these pairs of universities are British?
a)Oxford and Cambridge
b) Yale and Cambridge
c)Georgetown and Oxford
d) Stanford and Edinburgh
65º Which is the main religion in Ireland?
a)Protestant
b) Anglican
c)Catholic
d) Budhist
66º What famous admiral defeated the Spanish Armada in the battle of
Trafalgar?
a)Redbearded
b) Nelson
c)Darwin
d) Tony Blair
67º Why are the London buses famous?
a)They are doubledeckers
b) They are electrical
c)They are convertible
d) They are blue
68º Where is the Big Ben?
a)Paris
b) Dublin
c)Oxford
d) London
69º What’s the British currency?
a)Euro
b) Sterling pound
c) US Dollar
d) English dollar

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70º Which war did the Americans lose in the 1960s?

a)Gulf War
b) Vietnam War
c)Waterloo Battle
d) II World War
71º What’s the name of the Basketball League in the USA
a)CBS
b) NFL
c)CBA
d) NBA
72º Where’s the Pentagon?
a)London
b) Philadelphia
c)Washington
d) New York
73º Which is the typical dish in the American Thanksgiving Day?
a)Roastbeef
b) Turkey
c) Roast lamb
d) Piglet
74º Which is the capital city of the movie industry in the US?
a)Hollywood
b) Beverly Hills
c) Broadway
d) San Francisco
75º What is typical of the phone boxes in London?
a)They are cast-iron
b) They are red
c) They are black and blue
d)They are armored
76º The typical Scottish dress displays a female piece of cloth, which one?
a)a garter
b) a skirt
c) a cloak
d)panties
77º How did president Kennedy die?
a)In a car accident
b) In Vietnam War
c) In an air accident
d)Killed by a sniper

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78º What did Marilyn Monroe do for a living?

a)Actress
b) Singer
c) Astronaut
d)Politician
79º In 1894, France gave a famous sculpture to the USA, which was called:
a)The Freedon Statue
b) The Statue of Liberty
c) The Little Mermaid
d)The Eiffel Tower
80º Where is the White House?
a)New York
b) Philadelphia
c) Ahaheim
d)Washington
81º What is the most important day for the Americans?
a)The 11th of September
b) The 4th of July
c) The 1st of May
d)The 12th of October
82º What is celebrated on October the 31st in the Anglo-Saxon world?
a)All Saints’ Day
b) Gay Pride Day
c) Father’s Day
d) Halloween
83º What’s the most famous park in London?
a)Park Avenue
b) Hyde Park
c) Retiro Park
d)St James’ Park
84º How are violent football fans called in Great Britain?
a)Torcida
b) Tiffosi
c) Supporters
d)Hooligangs
85º Which is the most famous character of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle?
a)Sherlock Holmes
b) Hercules Poirot
c) Harry Potter
d)Frankenstein

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86º The author of Frankenstein was:

a)Percy Bysshe Shelley
b) Lord Byron
c) Goethe
d)Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
87º Sidney is a city from:
a)New Zealand
b) The USA
c) Australia
d)England
88º What American actor, with Italian origins, won an Oscar by his part in
the movie The Godfather Part II in 1974?
a)Al Pacino
b) Chazz Palmentieri
c) Robert de Niro
d)Silvestre Stallone
89º If a worker is blue-collar, it means that he/she is:
a)middle-class
b) doing a practical job
c) a farmer
d)working in a an office
90º Led Zeppellin was a British pop group whose style was:
a)Grunge
b) Heavy metal
c) Rock & Roll
d) Blues
91º Joseph M. W. Turner was an English painter from:
a)The 18th century
b) The 20th century
c) He was not English but Scottish
d)The 19th century
92º Mark Twain did not write:
a)Oliver Twist
b) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
c) A Yank in King Arthur’s court
d)Huckleberry Finn
93º Who of the following was a famous female jazz singer?
a)Francis Scott Fitzgerald
b) Julie Andrews
c) Ella Fitzgerald
d)Duke Ellington

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94º The original version of the Elton John’s Candle in the Wind was inspired
by:
a)Diana of Wales
b) Marilyn Monroe
c) Celine Dion
d)Annie Lennox
95º Which city is known by being the see of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints or Mormons?
a)Salt Lake City
b) Los Angeles
c) Las Vegas
d)Providence
96º Which writer is considered to have invented the modern detective story
in the book: The Murders in the Rue Morgue?
a)Sherlock Holmes
b) Edgar Allan Poe
c) Arthur Conan Doyle
d)Agatha Christie
97º The explorer who discovered Florida was:
a)Juan Ponce de León
b) John Bunyan
c) Benjamin Franklin
d)Captain John Smith
98º What’s the popular nickname of the American dollar?
a)Dime
b) Buck
c) Bill
d)Banknote
99º James Joyce’s Ulisses is set in the city of:
a)London
b) Athens
c) New York
d)Dublin
100º Some people say he was a bloody pirate, others claim he was a corsair
who faithfully served his country in the 16th century. He is:
a)Oliver Cromwell
b) Robin Hood
c) Francis Drake
d)John Edgar Hoover

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101º The oldest daily newspaper in England is:

a)Time
b) The Times
c) The Guardian
d)Daily Telegraph
102º The city where jazz was born is:
a)San Francisco
b) New Orleans
c) New York
d)Hollywood
103º Seattle is the capital city of :
a)Arizona
b) Oregon
c) Washington
d)Virginia
104º The islands located in the north of Great Britain and famous by the
quality of their lambswool are called:
a)The Orkneys
b) The Shetlands
c) Feroe Islands
d)Iceland
105º What’s the capital city of Scotland?
a)Glasgow
b) Aberdeen
c) Edimburgh
d)Sheffield
106º There’s a city in the West of England which is famous by its port and
by The Beatles. Do you know its name?
a)Manchester
b) Birmingham
c) Newcastle
d)Liverpool
107º There’s a city in the Mississippi delta which is known by its carnival
and its jazz music. Which one?
a)Dallas
b) Sacramento
c) New Orleans
d)Miami

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108º Which of these cities is not in the state of Texas?

a)Dallas
b) San Antonio
c) Denver
d)Houston
109º Which American state is the city of Las Vegas, famous by gambling and
its casinos, in?
a)Nebraska
b) Oregon
c) Nevada
d)Colorado
110º Which famous attack pushed the USA into World War II?
a)Midway
b) Pearl Harbor
c) Guadalcanal
d)Normandy
111º How was the British society of the 19th century known?
a)Victorian
b) Fabian
c) Democratic
d)Islamic
112º How are British Conservative party members known?
a)Tories
b) Lords
c) Labour
d)Lefties
113º Which has been the longest war America has been involved in?
a)Korea
b) Vietnam
c) Independence
d)Cuban
114º Which British stateman and writer won the Nobel Prize for literature
in 1953?
a)John Harding
b) Robert Anthony Eden
c) Graham Greene
d)Winston Churchill

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115º Where did Alice, the character created by Lewis Carrol, live?
a)Fairyland
b) Neverland
c) Wonderland
d)Dixieland
116º How was Peter Pan’s one-armed enemy called?
a)Captain Thunder
b) Captain America
c) Captain Hook
d)Captain Torrente
117º Who directed Michael Crichton’s best seller Jurassic Park?
a)George Lucas
b) Quentin Tarantino
c) Steven Spielberg
d)Ridley Scott
118º What Scottish actor was the Agent 007 who fought against Dr. No?
a)Sean Connery
b) Roger Moore
c) Pierce Brosnan
d)Timothy Dalton
119º How is usually London’s underground called?
a)Subway
b) The El
c) Underground
d)The Tube
120º In which city, hometown of Coca-Cola, were the 1996 summer Olympic
Games held?
a)Los Angeles
b) Boston
c) Atlanta
d)Sidney
121º Which animal is associated with the most important basketball team in
Chicago?
a)Bear
b) Cub
c) Bull
d)Cow

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122º Which is the American city where Pau Gasol plays for the NBA?
a)Vancouver
b) Memphis
c) Los Angeles
d)Seattle
123º How is football called in the USA?
a)Saucer
b) Pinball
c) Kickball
d)Soccer
124º What’s the name of the film in which rap music star Eminem makes his
acting debut?
a)Eight Miles
b) The Commitments
c) Matrix
d)Blade
125º What British politician was also known as the Iron Maiden?
a)Margaret Thatcher
b) Winston Churchill
c) Tony Blair
d)Queen Elizabeth II
126º Which is the best archaeological museum in London?
a)Tate Gallery
b) National Gallery
c) British Museum
d)The Tower of London
127º Where was English dramatist William Shakespeare born?
a)London
b) Oxford
c) Cambridge
d)Stratford-upon-Avon
128º Which of these British newspapers is considered to be more serious and
influential worldwide?
a)The Sun
b) Daily Mirror
c) The Times
d)The News of the World

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129º Who is the writer of the succesful novels about Harry Potter?
a)Virginia Woolf
b) Barbara Cartland
c) J.K. Rowling
d)Enid Blython
130º Which of the members of The Beatles was in bed for a whole week with
his wife Yoko Ono to protest against war?
a)Paul McCartney
b) George Harrison
c) Ringo Starr
d)John Lennon
131º Canberra is the capita of which country?
a) Canada
b) Lebanon
c) Australia
d) New Zeland
132º Where are the most famous celtic crosses?
a) In Ireland
b) In Wales
c) In Germany
d) In Scotland
133º The Brooklyn Bridge connects...?
a) Manhattan with Brooklyn
b) Greenwich Village with Brooklyn
c) Brooklyn with the Bronx
d) Little Italy with Brooklyn
134º What's the last word of this proverb: A friend in need is a friend...?
a) Good
b) Indeed
c) Free
d) Too
135º How many vowel sounds are there in English?
a) Six
b) Five
c) Eight
d) Twelve

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136º In which part of your body voild you find the Achiles tendon?
a) The back
b) The knee
c) The elbow
d) The hell
137º Reggae is a type of...?
a) Food
b) Music
c) Clothing
d) Films
138º In The Las Crusade, who played the role of the father of Indiana
Jones?
a) T. E. Lawrence
b) Sean Connery
c) Tom Hanks
d) Sir Laurence Olivier
139º Who compiled the first dictionary of Englis?
a) Samuel Pepys
b) William Wordsworth
c) Samuel Johnson
d) Sir Walter Raleigh
140º Who built many of England's great cathedrals?
a) The Roman
b) The Vikings
c) The Greeks
d) The Normans
141º What's the most successful British car of all time?
a) The Mini
b) The Fiat
c) The Seat
d) The Volvo
142º Which film was made by the Marx Brothers?
a) Rebel Without a Cause
b) A Day at the Races
c) An Americna in Paris
d) Richard III

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143º The famous Charge of the Light Brigade was part of...?
a) The World War I
b) The World War II
c) The Crimean War
d) The American Civil War

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5.- Respuestas correctas

1. A 43. C 85. A 127. D

2. A 44. B 86. D 128. C
3. A 45. C 87. C 129. C
4. A 46. C 88. C 130. D
5. A 47. A 89. B 131. C
6. A 48. C 90. C 132. A
7. A 49. B 91. D 133. A
8. B 50. B 92. A 134. B
9. B 51. A 93. C 135. D
10. A 52. B 94. B 136. D
11. A 53. A 95. A 137. B
12. A 54. B 96. B 138. B
13. A 55. B 97. A 139. C
14. B 56. A 98. B 140. D
15. B 57. A 99. D 141. A
16. C 58. B 100. C 142. B
17. C 59. C 101. B 143. C
18. A 60. C 102. B
19. B 61. B 103. C
20. B 62. A 104. B
21. A 63. C 105. C
22. C 64. A 106. D
23. A 65. C 107. C
24. A 66. B 108. C
25. B 67. A 109. C
26. A 68. D 110. B
27. C 69. B 111. A
28. C 70. B 112. A
29. B 71. D 113. B
30. C 72. C 114. D
31. B 73. B 115. C
32. C 74. A 116. C
33. B 75. B 117. C
34. A 76. B 118. A
35. B 77. D 119. D
36. C 78. A 120. C
37. C 79. B 121. C
38. D 80. D 122. B
39. B 81. B 123. D
40. D 82. D 124. A
41. C 83. B 125. A
42. B 84. D 126. C

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