Elementary

Today we are going to have a culture quiz.

Decide whether these statements are true or false.

1. Fanny Hill is a novel by John Cleland about the sexual adventures of a young woman in 18th –
century London. First the book was banned but later it was published and became very popular.
2. The Farewell Address is the address where you last lived in our life.
3. Greenpeace is a large international group that aims to protect the environment.
4. Greenwich Village is a district of Toronto.
5. Seamus Heaney is an Irish singer who won several Grammy awards.
6. Jerry Lee Lewis is a US singer of rock and roll and country music who plays the piano in a wild
way, sometimes using his feet on the keys.
7. Little John was one of the companions of Robin Hood. His name was a joke because he was in fact
very tall and strong.
8. Mills & Boon is the best-known British flour company.
9. Nessie is the informal name for the Loch Ness monster.
10. Florence Nightingale was an English nurse who became famous for her work during the Crimean
War.
11. Oberon is the king of devils in stories of Middle Ages. He is the best known as a character in
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dreams.
12. OED is the abbreviation for Old, Empty, Dull, an offensive name for pensioners.
13. Lee Harvey Oswald was the man who was arrested for the murder of US President J. F. Kennedy
in 1963.
14. Pink slip is a kind of fashionable underwear for women.
15. Prozac is a drug used for treating people who are depressed.

Intermediate

Decide whether these statements are true or false.

1. Peter Rachman was a British landlord, who became widely known for his harsh treatment of his
tenants in London in the 1950s, charging high rents and sometimes threatening people with violence.
Treating tenants badly is sometimes called Rachmanism.
2. R&R is the abbreviation for Read and Rule, which means if you read a lot, you become of higher
status than those who do not read.
3. Rip Van Winkle is a character in a short story by the US writer Washington Irving. Rip is a man
who sleeps for 20 years under a tree and is amazed to wake up and find how much the world has
changed.
4. Sinn Fein is an Irish politician. His aim was to make Ireland independent.
5. A solicitor is a lawyer who prepares legal documents, gives people advice on the law, but cannot
speak for them in some courts.
6. Sotheby’s is a leading London firm of auctioneers.
7. Tiffany’s is a well-knnown jewellery shp on Fifth Avenue in New York.
8. TLS means thanks a lot sweetheart.
9. Tommy is a British soldier of the lowest rank.
10. A Valley girl is someone who has been brought up in the countryside and is familiar with
household chores.
11. V-J Day is a celebration of vets and their joys.
12. Kurt Vonnegut is a US writer of novels and short stories, known for his dark humour.
13. Whipsnade is a zoo on London, it was one of the first zoos to breed animals which were in danger
of extinction.
14. Wet is a politician who believes in moderate rather than extreme policies. The word was first used
by Margaret Thatcher to insult members of her own party who did not agree with her views.
15. A daffodil is a tall yellow flower coming out in Britain between February and April. It is one of
the national emblems of Ireland.

Advanced

Decide whether these statements are true or false.

1. Armistice Day is the anniversary of the end of World War I.

2. CAMRA is a special room for storing food.
3. Al Capone was the powerful leader of organized crime in Chicago.
4. The Cavern Club is the place where the Beatles first performed in the 1960s.
5. Close season is the time of the year when it was illegal to kill certain species of animals because
they are breeding.
6. Eire is the official name for Ireland.
7. Kilt is a traditional Scottish dress worn by men.
8. LAPD stands for Lazy and proud dogs.
9. The London Eye is a 135. metre high wheel next to the Thames in London.
10. Moll Flanders is a novel by Defoe.