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COMPETITION
Total time: 30 minutes
London, Birmingham and Manchester are the biggest cities in the UK. _________
Ben Nevis is not the highest mountain in Great Britain. ________
The Republic of Ireland is a parliamentary republic. _________
Alexander Fleming was a famous Englishman who discovered penicillin. __________
Cardiff is the capital of Wales. _________
The BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) began its broadcasts in the 1940s. ____
Winston Churchill got a Nobel Prize. _________
St. Andrew is the patron saint of England. __________
In the UK there is more coal, oil and natural gas than in any other country in the
European Union. ________
10. Gaelic is the Celtic language spoken in the north of England. ________
11. The Republic of Ireland is also known as Ulster. ________
12. Edward VIII was the only British king who abdicated in 1936. _________
13. The Beatles started their career in Liverpool. _________
14. Oscar Wilde was a famous English writer. __________
15. Cambridge is the oldest university in Great Britain. ___________
16. There are 3 airports in the London area. __________
17. The population of London is around 3 million people. _________
18. Northern Ireland is a part of the Republic of Ireland. __________
19. Sherlock Holmes lived at Baker Street in London._________
20. The Channel Tunnel between Britain and France was opened in 1991. _________
abolish slavery
b) the fact that the southern states wanted to be a
part of Britain
c) great social and economic differences between
the north and the south
d) religious differences between the north and the
south
14. ________________ is a country of two large islands and many other smaller islands
in the south-western Pacific Ocean.
15. In the 18th and 19th century Australia was used by the British as a place to send
__________________ because the prisons in Britain were crowded.
16. The capital of Canada is ________________ .
17. ____________________ is a part of Canada where people speak English and French.
18. The capital of New Zealand is __________________________ not Auckland.
19. The highest mountain in Australia is called ______________________________ .
20. Australian English began in ________________ when the first prisoners were sent
away to Australia as punishment.
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