MORE QUESTIONS FOR REVISION

1. When does Christmas season start?

2. When are Pantomimes performed?
3. What are the most typical components of a traditional Christmas meal?
4. When is Christmas dinner in British cuisine eaten?
5. What is the name for trees that always have leaves during winter and is usually used for Christmas
trees?
6. What type of plant symbolizes the star of the Bethlehem and is often seen in Christmas?
7. In the old days, women in England who wanted to find a husband ate what at Christmas for good
luck?
8. What vegetable is usually used to make the nose of a snowman?
9. What 2 things do people usually put on top of their Christmas tree?
10. What is a religious folk song or popular hymn, particularly sung in Christmas called?
11. What is the root of Thanksgiving?
12. What are other names of Pancake Day?
13. What is the first-footer expected to bring to a Scottish home on New Year’s Eve?
14. At 11 o’clock on Remembrance Day, many British people observe a period of silence. How
long does the silence last?
15. Which flower symbol is associated with Remembrance Day?
16. When is Mothering Sunday?
17. Which king were they prepared to kill in gunpowder plot in 1604?
18. When is Summer bank holiday in Scotland?
19. What month is known as Black History month?
20. People usually make jack-o-lanterns in Halloween. What are they supposed to scare away?
21. What trait is most valued in the US workplace?
22. What are Lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie and Ontario collectively known as?
23. What is the largest lake in the US?
24. In the US, where are the Rocky Mountains?
25. How many U.S presidents are depicted on Mount Rushmore?
26. Which US state was once part of Mexico?
27. On which river is Washington, D.C situated?
28. What is the name of the official residence of the US Presidents?
29. Who said ‘US is not merely a nation but a nation of nations’?
30. Which US president has an informal title of ‘Father of the country?
31. Who was nickname ‘King of Pop’?
32. Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
33. Who is the first US astronaut to walk on the Moon?
34. Which president freed the slaves in 1863?
35. At the beginning of the 20th century, what did the American government do the Native
American?
36. In which city can you find the Hollywood sign?
37. Which American city was historically known as New Amsterdam?
38. In which city is the Empire State building located?
39. Why is the US one of the most culturally diverse nation?
40. How has American been thought as a melting pot?
41. What did American civil war highlighted between the Southern and Northern US?
42. By whom American cuisine was influence?
43. What name is given to the River Thames?
44. In which part of the US is Gaelic sometimes spoken?
45. What day of the week do Brits usually have a roast dinner?
46. What does a traditional English breakfast consist of?
47. What are main ingredients of Ulster fry?
48. What are main ingredients of Irish Stew?
49. What kind of meat is used to make Haggis?
50. What meal would you typically eat on a beach in the UK?
51. What dessert is often seen in Mothering Sunday?
52. Who said ‘To be or not to be’?
53. What British playwright wrote the play ‘Romeo and Juliet’?
54. What English writer created the character of Oliver Twist?
55. What is probably the most commonly played instrument in Northern Ireland?
56. What is Scotland’s national instrument?
57. In which city in the Northern Ireland was the famous Titanic built in 1912?
58. In which county of Northern Ireland would you find the Giant’s Causeway?
59. Which two counties is Belfast situated in?
60. Through which city does the longest river in Scotland flow?
61. On which river is the city of Belfast located?
62. What is Britain’s national sport?
63. In which year did England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales become one state?
64. How old do you need to be able to buy alcohol in a pub or night club in the UK?
65. When should you arrive for a public concert in the UK?
66. How do you call a man who is about to get married or has just got married?
67. How do you call a man and woman who are engaged to be married?
68. Who is the most important bridesmaid at a marriage ceremony?
69. In the US, who usually escorts the bride down the aisle in the wedding ceremony?
70. In the marriage vow, what do ‘for richer or for poorer, in sickness and in health’ represent?
71. What is thrown by the guests when the bride and groom leave the wedding ceremony?
72. What is the traditional all male party for a man about to get married in the US called?
73. What does a flower girl do at American weddings?
74. What do Americans avoid giving as wedding gifts because the symbolize destruction of the
union between the man and his wife?
75. What Roman god of love who has wings, carries a bow and shoots arrows at people to make
them fall in love with each other called?
76. What does something old in ‘Something old, something new, something borrowed, something
blue and a silver sixpence in her shoe’ connect to?
77. When someone say ‘See you in the Red Lion’, what do they actually mean? ‘
78. What is most useful when meeting new business contacts in the US?
79. When making a business introduction between two people, the most important rule to
remember is ?
80. ‘souvenir’, ‘champagne’, ‘cliché’, ‘ etiquette’, ‘fiancé’ are English words that have … origin.