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10 Quiz Questions on the United States
1. What is the capital city of the United States of America?
a) New York
b) Washington D.C
c) Boston
2. What is the United States flag called?
a) the Stripes and Stars
b) the Stars and Stripes
c) the American Banner
3. What is the name of the highest mountain in the US?
a) Mount McKinley
b) Mount Rushmore
c) Mount White
4. What is the name of the longest river in the US?
a) the Missouri
b) the Rio Grande
c) the Mississippi
5. Where is the Golden Gate Bridge?
a) in Los Angeles
b) in San Francisco
c) in Philadelphia
6. What type of animal is a grey whale?
a) a snake
b) a bird
c) a mammal
7. What is the Old Faithful?
a) a lake
b) a city
c) a geyser
8. Where is Disneyland?
a) in Florida
b) in New York
c) in California
9. What is Cape Canaveral famous for?
a) spacecrafts
b) films
c) an amusement park
10. Which city is located where the Mississippi meets the Missouri?
a) New Orleans
b) St Louis
c) Niagara
Answers:
1 b, 2b, 3a, 4c, 5b, 6c, 7c, 8c, 9a, 10b
10 Quiz Questions on Canada
1. What is the capital city of Canada?
a) Toronto
b) Ottawa
Montreal
2. What are the official languages in Canada?
a) Spanish and English
b) English and Portuguese
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c) English and French
3. What is the symbol of Canada?
a) the maple leaf
b) the moose c) the totem
4. What type of animal is an elk?
a) a bird
b) a mammal
c) a snake
5. Where is Prince Edward Island?
a) near Nova Scotia
b) in the Hudson Bay
c) near Vancouver
6. What is the name of the river flowing through Quebec?
a) St Edward River b) St Lawrence River
c) St Louis River
7. Where did the Klondike Gold Rush occur?
a) in Alaska
b) in the Northern British Columbia
c) in Yukon
8. Who wrote a famous book “Anne of Green Gables”?
a) Margaret Mitchell
b) Lucy Maud Montgomery
c) Jane Austen
9. What is the national winter sport of Canada?
a) skiing
b) skating
c) hockey
10. What do members of the Canadian Mounted Police do?
a) catch criminals
b) look for gold
c) sail
Answers:
1b, 2c, 3a, 4b, 5a, 6b, 7c, 8b, 9c, 10a.
10 Quiz Questions on the United Kingdom
1. What is the capital city of the United Kingdom?
a) Edinburgh
b) Cardiff
c) London
2. What flower symbolizes Scotland?
a) the rose
b) the daffodil
3. What is Stonehenge?
a) a historic document
c) the thistle
b) a famous ship
4. Where is St Paul’s Cathedral?
a) in Edinburgh
b) in London
c) a prehistoric monument
c) in Glasgow
5. Where do Manx cats live?
a) in Wales
b) on the Isle of Wight
6. What animal is the symbol of Wales?
a) the puffin
b) the dragon
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c) the sheep
c) on the Isle of Man
7. In what part of England is Norwich?
a) the south-west
b) the north-east
8. Where is Hadrian’s Wall?
a) on the English-Scottish order
c) the south-east
b) on the English-Welsh border
9. What is Stratford-upon-Avon famous for?
a) Francis Bacon
b) Margaret Thatcher
c) in Ireland
c) William Shakespeare
10. Which of the following cities is not in Northern Ireland?
a) Londonderry
b) Belfast
c) Liverpool
Answers:
1c, 2c, 3c, 4b, 5c, 6b, 7c, 8a, 9c, 10c.
10 Quiz Questions on Ireland
1. What is the capital city of the Republic of Ireland?
a) Dublin
b) Belfast
c) Cork
2. What is the symbol of Ireland?
a) the dragon
b) the shamrock
c) the leek
3. What are the colours of the Republic of Ireland’s flag?
a) blue, red and white
b) white, green and yellow
4. What is Trinity College?
a) a university
b) a cathedral
c) a religious monument
5. Which river flows through Dublin?
a) the River Shannon
b) the River Liffey
6. Where is the Blarney Castle?
a) near Dublin
b) near Cork
c) orange, white and green
c) the River Blackwater
c) near Galway
7. What is the name of the sea that borders Ireland on the east?
a) the North Sea
b) the Irish Sea
c) the Celtic Sea
8. Which of these is in the Republic of Ireland?
a) the Giant’s Causeway
b) Stonehenge
c) Wicklow Mountains
9. What is the patron saint of Ireland?
a) St David
b) St Andrew
c) St Patrick
10. Which animal is most loved by the Irish?
a) the horse
b) the cow
c) the dog
Answers:
1a, 2b, 3c, 4a, 5b, 6b, 7b, 8c, 9a, 10a.
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10 Quiz Questions on Australia
1. What is the capital city of Australia?
a) Sydney
b) Melbourne
c) Canberra
2. What are the colours of Australia’s flag?
a) white, green and orange
b) blue, white and red
3. Where is the Great Barrier Reef?
a) in the south-east
b) in the north-west
4. What is a didgeridoo?
a) an aboriginal musical instrument
c) white and red
c) in the north-east
b) a poisonous spider
a) a giant koala
5. What is the official language in Australia?
a) Australian
b) Spanish
c) English
6. What are the wild dogs that live in Australia called?
a) marsupials
b) dingoes
c) wombats
7. What is the aboriginal name for the Ayer’s Rock?
a) Lulu
b) Boomerang
c) Urulu
8. Which of these birds can fly?
a) emus
b) kakadus
c) ostriches
9. What is the name of a large, hopping marsupial from Australia?
a) a koala
b) a duck bill platypus
c) a kangaroo
10. What is the Barossa Valley famous for?
a) eucalyptus trees
b) wine
c) botanical gardens
Answers:
1c, 2b, 3c, 4a, 5c, 6b, 7c, 8b, 9c, 10b.
10 Quiz Questions on New Zealand
1. What is the capital city of New Zealand?
a) Auckland
b) Nelson
c) Wellington
2. What constellation is there on New Zealand’s flag?
a) Orion
b) the Southern Cross
the Wagon
3. Where can you go skiing in New Zealand?
a) in the Southern Alps
b) in the Egmont National Park
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c) in Northland
4. What is a kiwi?
a) a marsupial
b) a snake
c) a bird
5. What is the name of the sea that borders New Zealand in the west?
a) the Timor Sea
b) the Coral Sea
c) the Tasman Sea
6. What is the name of a tribe that came to New Zealand from Polynesia?
a) the Tasman tribe
b) the Maori Tribe
c) the Indian Tribe
7. What was Sir Edmund Hilary famous for?
a) climbing Mount Everest b) sailing around the world c) first solo flight
8. How long is the beach west off Northland?
a) seventy miles
b) ten miles
c) ninety miles
9. How many islands does New Zealand consist of?
a) three
b) just one
c) two
10. Who is New Zealand’s head of state?
a) King Charles
b) Prince William
c) Queen Elizabeth II
Answers:
1c, 2b, 3a, 4c, 5c, 6b, 7a, 8c, 9c, 10 c.
American Landmarks
True/False
Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
The USA is the fourth largest country in the world. T/F
The Statue of Liberty, the symbol of freedom, is in New York harbour. You can
climb up into her crown and look out. T/F
The highest mountain of the US, Mount McKinley, is in Hawaii. T/F
Niagara Falls are some of the largest waterfalls. They form the boundary
between the USA and Mexico. T/F
The White House is the Prime Minister’s home. T/F
All American manned space flights are launched from the Lincoln Space Centre.
T/F
There is a colossal mountain carving at Mount Rushmore. It shows the heads of
four American presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham
Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt. T/F
Disneyland, in Anaheim, was the world’s first theme park. It was set up by Walt
Disney. T/F
The Grand Canyon is in Ohio. T/F
The Alcatraz Prison is now a film studio. T/F
Answers:
1T, 2T, 3F, 4F, 5F, 6F, 7T, 8T, 9F, 10F.
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Landmarks of the United Kingdom and Ireland
True/False
1. Balmoral is a castle in Wales that the British royal family often use for their
summer holidays. T/F
2. The Giant’s Causeway is a group of unusually shaped rocks on the coast of
Northern Ireland, which were formed by a flow of lava into the sea. T/F
3. Sherwood Forest is famous as the place where Superman is supposed to have
lived. T/F
4. The Blarney Stone is a stone in the wall of Blarney Castle in the Republic of
Ireland. People believe that, if you kiss it, it will bring you good luck and the
ability to persuade people to do what you want. T/F
5. Stonehenge is a group of very large, tall stones that are arranged into a large circle
with a smaller circle inside it. It stands on Salisbury Plain. T/F
6. Bristol is famous for the Brighton Pavilion, a large building with an unusual
oriental design. T/F
7. Hadrian’s Wall is a stone wall which the Roman Emperor Hadrian ordered to be
built across the south of England in 122 AD.
8. Dublin is the capital of the Republic of Ireland. It is on the east coast, on the River
Shannon. T/F
9. Oxford is an university town in England. T/F
10. The Channel Tunnel runs under the English Channel connecting England and
Germany. T/F
Answers:
1F, 2T, 3F, 4T, 5T, 6F, 7F, 8F, 9T, 10F.
Australian Landmarks
T/F
1. Australia is an island continent. T/F
2. Australia is composed of six states and six territories. T/F
3. The capital city of Australia is Sydney. T/F
4. Western Australia is the largest of the Australian states. It occupies 2.25 million
square kilometers – the entire western third of the continent. T/F
5. Tasmania is a large island off the south east coast of Australia. It does not belong
to Australia. T/F
6. A Tasmanian devil is an imaginary animal. T/F
7. Uluru is a very large red rock in the Northern Territory, Australia. T/F
8. A koala is an Australian animal that lives in caves. T/F
9. The Olympic Games were held in Sydney in 2000. T/F
10. The Great Barrier Reef which is home to many marine creatures is in Queensland.
T/F
Answers:
1T, 2F, 3F, 4T, 5F, 6F, 7T, 8F, 9T, 10T.
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Step 1
a) rectangle
b) star
c) stripe
d) maple
e) band
f) vertical
Definitions:
1. a shape with five or more points that represents a point of light in the sky
2. a band of colour among one or more colours
3. a flat shape with four straight sides forming four right angles
4. a tree with many pointed leaves which grows in the northern half of the world e.g.
Canada
5. a line of a colour or pattern different to that of the area or material on either side of it
6. forming an angle of 90 degrees with the level ground
Answers: 1b, 2c, 3a, 4d, 5e, 6f
Step 2
Extension (This exercise may be used to test your students’ knowledge while reviewing the
material.)
Fill in the gaps in this text with words and phrases from the list below:
The Stars and Stripes
The United States flag is nicknamed the Stars and (1) ………There are (2) ……. stripes. They
stand for the 13 states that first formed the United States long ago. They represent the 13
original (3) ….. that became the first states of the US. There are also 50
(4) ….., one for each state there is now. The flag is (5) ….. in shape and it is the combination
of three colours: white, blue and (6)…..
red
stars
rectangular
colonies
stripes
thirteen
Fill in the gaps in this text with words and phrases from the list below:
The Canadian flag
The flag of Canada is 1)…..in shape and it has two colours: red and white. These are the
official colours of Canada. The flag is a 2)…… triband because it has three vertical coloured
stripes. The wide white 3)…..in the middle contains a red maple 4)….The leaf has eleven
5) ….. The maple leaf is a 6) ….of Canada. This flag was officially adopted on February 15,
1965.
symbol
rectangular
vertical
stripe
leaf
points
Answers
The Stars and Stripes
The United States flag is nicknamed the Stars and Stripes. There are thirteen stripes. They
stand for the 13 states that first formed the United States long ago. They represent the 13
original colonies that became the first states of the US. There are also 50
stars, one for each state there is now. The flag is rectangular in shape and it is the
combination of three colours: white, blue and red.
Canada’s Flag
The flag of Canada is rectangular in shape and it has two colours: red and white. These are
the official colours of Canada. The flag is a vertical triband because it has three vertical
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coloured stripes. The wide white stripe in the middle contains a red maple leaf. The leaf has
eleven points. The maple leaf is a symbol of Canada. This flag was officially adopted on
February 15, 1965.
Step 3
Read the following text and answer the questions.
The Union Flag
The flag of Britain – the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is officially
called the Union Flag, because it embodies the emblems of three countries united under one
Sovereign. Although more commonly known as the Union Jack this is in fact incorrect and
probably arises from the way in which the Royal Navy itemised flags in ships’ stores lists: the
small Union Flag worn at the jack-staff (bows) would appear as ‘Flags: Union “Jack”. The
emblems that appear on the Union Flag are:
- the red cross of St George, for England, on a white ground
- the white diagonal cross or saltire of St Andrew, for Scotland, on a blue ground
- the red diagonal cross of St Patrick, for Ireland, on white background.
The first Union flag, in 1606, combined the crosses of St George and St Andrew. It was made
up under James I, a Scottish king who came to the English throne in 1603 and united both
countries under his rule.
The flag went through several changes before it got its final version. In 1801, following the
union of Great Britain with Ireland, St Patrick’s cross was added. The cross remains in the
flag although now only Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom.
(Source: British Information Services)
Questions
1. What emblems does the Union Flag embody?
2. Is the Union Jack a correct name for the flag?
3. What was the origin of misunderstanding connected with the Union Jack?
4. What does the cross of St George symbolize?
5. What does the cross of St Andrew stand for?
6. What country does the cross of St Patrick represent?
7. What did the first Union Flag look like?
8. When did James I come to the English throne?
9. Which cross was added in 1801?
10. What country does the cross of St Patrick represent today?
Step 4
Additional informations
Australia’s Flag
Australia’s flag is also called the Commonwealth Blue Ensign. It has three main design
elements on a deep blue background:
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

The British Union Jack flag is in the upper left corner - noting Australia's ties to Great
Britain
The Southern Cross constellation (5 stars) is on the right side of the flag - the
Southern Cross is a major navigational constellation in the Southern Hemisphere
The large, white, seven-pointed Commonwealth Star (also called the Star of
Federation) - it is symbolic of the original states of Australia.
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New Zealand’s Flag
The New Zealand Flag is New Zealand’s national symbol. Its royal blue background
represents the blue sea and the sky surrounding the country. The four red stars with white
borders of the Southern Cross signify New Zealand’s place in the South Pacific Ocean. There
is the Union Flag in the upper-left corner. It recognizes New Zealand’s ties with the UK.
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