Викторина на английском языке по теме «Моя Россия»

Jeopardy "My Russia"

THE FIRST ROUND

I. MOSCOW AND ST. PETERSBURG

1) There we can see the famous Tsar- Bell and Tsar-Cannon. (In the Kremlin) (100)

2) Who created the monument to Peter the First, which is called "The Copper Horse Rider?" (Falconet) (200)

3) This city has 111 bridges (St. Petersburg) (300)

4) This poet first called St. Petersburg Petrograd. (A. Pushkin) (400)

5) Which Slavonic tribe lived on the territory of present-day Moscow? (Vyatichi) (500)

II. GEOGRAPHY OF RUSSIA

1) This city is the most western city in Russia. (Kaliningrad) (100)

2) In this city the weather is the coldest in Russia in winter. (Oimyakon) (200)

3) This is the biggest sea that washes the coasts of Russia. (The Bering Sea) (300)

4) Suzdal, Yaroslavl, Zagorsk, Rostov, Pereyaslavl' - Zalessky, Vladimir, Kostroma are beaytiful Russian towns. Give another popular name for them. (Golden Ring of Russia) (400)

5) This part of Russia is named after a German emperor (Zemlya Frantsa-Iosipha) (500)

III. LAKES AND RIVERS OF RUSSIA

1) This deepest lake in the world is situated in Russia. (Lake Baikal) (100)

2) This russian river has the longest bridge over it. (The Amur) (200)

3) This river flows from out of the lake Baikal. (The Angara) (300)

4) Which is the largest lake in European part of Russia? (Lake Ladoga) (400)

5) About which river can we hear these words: "Ломая лёд, шумит, поёт на голоса..? " (The Birusa) (500)

IV. WILDLIFE OF RUSSIA

1) People call this tree the symbol of Russia. (the birch) (100)

2) How is bear called in Russian tails? (Mikhailo Potapych) (200)

3) This animal is one of the most dangerous in taiga. It is in the "Red book" of Russia. (tiger) (300)

4) Raisa Kudasheva and Leonid Beckman composed a song about this famous tree. (A fir-tree. "This fir-tree was born in the forest.) (400)

5) A branch of this tree decorates our Russian coins. (a branch of the oak-tree) (500)

V. BRYANSK REGION

1) This river is the longest in Bryansk region. (The Desna) (100)

2) On what countries does Bryansk region border? (Ukraine, Belorussia) (200)

3) On what plain is Bryansk region situated? (East-European plain) (300)

4) Orekhovoe, Bechino, Svetloe, Krugloe are.... (lakes) (400)

5) When was the reservation "Bryansk forest" founded? (1987) (500)

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THE SECOND ROUND

I. RUSSIAN MOUNTAINS

1) These mountains separate Europe from Asia. (The Urals) (200)

2) Hoe are the mountains in Primorye called? (Sopki) (400)

3) In this city we can visit Vorob'yovy gory. (Moscow University) (600)

4) The volcano Africa is situated here. (In Kamchatka) (800)

5) The Russian mountains are situated in this part of the world. (Antarctica) (1000)

II. PERER THE GREAT

1) Peter the Great won this battle in 1709. (The battle of Poltava) (200)

2) Peter the Great learnt to build ships in these countries. (In England and Holland) (400)

3) What was the surname of the Russian tsar, Peter the Great? (Romanov) (600)

4) What was his mother's name? (Natalia Kirillovna Naryshkina) (800)

5) What were the names of the guards' military forces formed by Peter the Great? (Semyonovaky, Preobrazhensky, Izmailovsky) (1000)

III. GREAT BATTLES AND THEIR HEROES

1) A monument to these people is in Red Square in Moscow. (The monument to Minin and Pozharsky) (200)

2) This battle took place in 1380 (The battle of Kulikovo) (400)

3) Where was the first important victory of the soviet army in 1941? (Near Moscow) (600)

4) This Russian writer Leo Tolstoy took part in this war. (The war of Sevastopol) (800)

5) This Russian prince won two very important victories over German invaders in the 13th century. (Alexander Nevsky) (1000)

IV. GREAT RUSSIAN POETS AND WRITERS

1)Whowrotethesewords: "Скажи-ка, дядя, ведь не даром, Москва, спалённая пожаром, французу отдана?"(Lermontov) (200)

2) Who is the author of the poem "Клён ты мой опавший"? (S. Yesenin) (400)

3) He was the first Russian writer who visited Sakhalin and wrote about it. (A. Chekhov) (600)

4) Which poet wrote a poem about Russian women? (N. Nekrasov) (800)

5) Which Russian poet said: "Люблю грозу в начале мая?" (F. Tutchev) (1000)

V. CINEMA

1) The capital of filmed entertainment of the USA. (Hollywood) (200)

2) Who directed the film "A Brilliant Arm?" (L. Gaidai) (400)

3) Who founded the first film studios in Russia? (A. Khonzhonkov) (600)

4) The famous children's film director. (R. Bykov) (800)

5) He is a Russian film director, screen writer and playwright. His films are "The Night of Carnival", "Irony of Fate" and others. (E. Ryazanov) (1000)

THE THIRD ROUND

I. GREAT RUSSIAN SEAMEN AND TRAVELLERS AND THEIR DISCOVERIES

1) These Russian seamen made the first voyage round the world at the beginning of the 19th century. (I. Kruzenshtern, Y. Lisyansky) (300)

2) He was the first Russian to visit Africa. (A. Nikitin) (600)

3) The sea and the strait were named in honour of this Russian seaman. (Vitus Bering)

4) These Russian seamen discovered Antarctica (Bellinsgauzen, Lazarev) (1200)

5) A railway station and a big city have the name of this traveler. (Yerofei Pavlovich Khabarov) (1500)

II. RUSSIAN EMBLEMS AND SYMBOLS

1) Who introduced the three-coloured flag to Russia? (Peter the Great) (300)

2) What is on the Russian coat-of-arms? (The two0headed eagle) (600)

3) When did the three-coloured flag become the state flag of Russia again? (In 1993) (900)

4) What can you see on the coat-of-arms of Trubchevsk? (3 pears and a falcon) (1000)

5) They wrote the words and the music of the Russian anthem. ( S. Mikhalkov, A. Alexandrov) (1000)

III. RUSSIAN LITERATURE AND FOLKLORE

1) This famous hero could not save his own life by singing his song. (Kolobok) (300)

2) This work is devoted to the events that happened to one of the Russian princes in 1185. (A Word about Igor's Regiment) (600)

3) This Pushkin tale finishes with the words: "Сказка - ложь, да в ней намёк, добрым молодцам урок..." (The Tale about a Golden Cock) (900)

4) This scientist wrote a poem which is called "Glass Is Useful" (M. Lomonosov) (1200)

5) The British people call this toy "A Russian doll) ( Matryoshka) (1500)

IV. CATHERINE THE GREAT

1) This city bears the name of this great woman. (Yekaterinburg) (300)

2) When did Catherine the Second sell Alaska? (Never) (600)

3) What was the real name of Catherine the Second? (Sophia Augusta Frederica) (900)

4) The inhabitants of this town presented Catherine the Second with a pryanik which was 3 metres long. (Tula) (1200)

5) This master craftsman presented Catherine the Second with a wonderful watch. It could play music and show a performance. This watch was no longer than an egg. (I. Kulibin) (1500)

"APIG IN A POKE"

THEATRE

How many horses are there in the sculpture on the roof of the Bolshoy Theatre? (4) (200)

ONLY ONE LETTER

It was introduced by Karamzin in 1797? (The Russian letter "Ё") (300)

STARS

This famous 20th century Russian singer was Maxim Gorky's friend (F. Shalyapin) (400)

PAINTING

Everybody knows Savva Mamontov's daughter by this name. ("The girl with peaches") (500)

FINAL

RUSSIAN PRINCES

This grandson of the last Saxon king of England, Harold Godwin is well known in Russia (Yuri Dolgoruky) (1000)

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