51) The capital of Canada is …

        a) Ottawa     b) Quebec      c) Toronto     d) Melbourne

52) The British money is …

        a) franks    b) dollars    c) crones    d) pounds

53) Robin  Hood is  …

       a) a national hero of England    b) a British spy    c) a popular character  of novels and tales     d) a famous writer

54) Margaret Thatcher was …

      a) Queen of Britain     b) British Prime Minister    c) leader of the Labour party     d) a film star

55) In the United States "down town” means…

      a) away from the center   b) in the centre      c) in a suburb    d) a  small town

56) The Quakers are …

      a) a religious movement    b) a pop group     c) the title of a book     d) the title of a film

57) What great historical event happened in 1066?

       a)     the Roman invasion    b) a bourgeois revolution    c) the battle of Hastings    d) the Danish invasion

58) The printing press was invented by …

        a) Oliver Cromwell     b) William Caxton   c) William the Conqueror   d) Alexander Bell

59) Secondary education in Britain is …

       a) compulsive   b) compulsory     c) optional     d) voluntary

60) The  size of the house in Britain is determined by the number of …

       a) sittings rooms     b) kitchens     c) bedrooms       d) floors

61) The capital of Australia is …

        a) Melbourne     b) Sidney        c) Canberra          d) Ottawa

62) Cockney is…

      a) a bird                          b) a dish                c) an accent                         d) a town

63) Aberdeen is in…

       a) England      b) Scotland                         c) Wales      d) Ireland

64) The safest topic for conversation in England is…

       a) politics     b) music   c) weather            d) love

65) John Steinbeck is a famous … writer

       a) English       b) American                         c) Canadian                         d) Australian

66) The US consists of … states

       a) 38       b)49         c) 50      d) 51

67) High school is …

       a) a college  b) a university     c) a very good school       d) upper grades of secondary school

68) The English colonization of the American continent began in the …

       a) 15th century     b)16th  century    c) 17th  century    d) 18th  century

69) Bill Clinton is the …  President of the US

      a) 40th   b) 41st        c) 42nd     d) 43d

70) " Alice in Wonderland” was written by …

      a) Jane Austen      b) Muriel Spark     c) Lewis Carroll    d) Iris Murdock

71) England consists of  …

       a) districts       b) counties                          c) states   d) regions 

72) Smog is …

      a) a man’s suit    b) a heavy rain     c) a thick fog   d) a man’s hat

73) Porridge is made of …

      a) wheat    b) barley      c) rye       d) oats

74) A limerick is …

      a) a dish       b) a rhyme      c) a bird                         d) a game

 75) Boston is in…

      a) Florida    b) Mexico   c) Texas     d) Massachusetts

76) Gulf Stream originates in …

      a) the Gulf of Mexico    b) the Persian  Gulf    c) the Gibraltar      d) the Panama Canal

77) The Tower of  London now is …

       a) a prison    b) a royal  residence  c)  a museum  d) a burial place

78) Englishmen eat dinner at…

        a) 11 a.m.  b) 2 p.m.  c) 6 p.m.     d) 9 p.m.

79) A brunch is…

       a) breakfast  b) late breakfast    c) dinner   d) a tea party

80) What river does London stand on?

       a) the Thames      b) the Severn                               c) the Avon   d) the Clyde

81) Under what king did the knights of the round table gather together?

       a) Henry IV    b) Edward  II      c) Arthur      d) William the Conqueror

82) What is Britain separated from the Continent by?

      a) the English Channel     b) the Persian  Gulf     c) the Suez Canal     d) the Gulf of Mexico

83) Robert Burns  is a … poet .

       a) American     b) English   c) Scottish     d) Welsh

84) R. Kipling wrote …

       a) " Canterbury Tales”     b) "Alice in Wonderland”     c) " Treasure Island”    d) "Maugly”

85) The language spoken in Scotland is …

       a) Scot       b) Scottish      c) Scotch      d) Scotland’s

86) The oldest university in Britain is…

       a) London      b) Cambridge      c) Oxford              d) Edinburgh

87) The financial centre of London is …

       a) the West End     b) the East End      c) Westminster        d) the City  

88) Which party is in power in Great Britain now?

       a) the Labour   b) the Conservative    c) the Liberal   d) the Social –Democratic

89) The telephone number to call for emergency services in Britain is…