Исполнитель: учитель иностранного языка Антипова О.А.

1. Исполнитель: учитель иностранного языка Антипова О.А.

3. Who gave to London its first name? The Egyptians The Greeks The Romans

5. 2) Which river runs through London? The Thames The Severn The Seine

7. 3) Who founded the Tower of London? Charles I William I Henry VIII

9. 4) Who said “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”? Charles Dickens William Shakespeare Samuel Johnson

11. 5) Which is the oldest part of London? Westminster The City The West End

13. 6) How much of London did the Great Fire of London destroy in 1666? A quarter of London Three quarters of London The whole city

15. 7) Who designed St Paul’s Cathedral? Christopher Wren Benjamin Hall Francis Drake

17. 8) Where are the British kings and queens crowned? St Paul’s Cathedral Westminster Abbey The House of Lords

19. 9) Which birds, according to legend, protect the Tower of London? Pigeons Ravens Swans

21. 10) Which is the most famous shopping street in London? Oxford Street Downing Street Baker Street

23. 11) What is a ‘double-decker’? A bus A lorry A ship

25. 12) Where can you make a speech in Hyde Park? Poet’s Corner Speaker’s Corner Revolutionary Corner

27. 13) What is ‘the Globe’ in London? The largest department store in Europe Cockney rhyming slang for ‘hope’ A Shakespearean theatre

29. 14) Which is the only London Bridge that can be raised? Tower Bridge London Bridge Waterloo Bridge

31. 15) Why will 2012 be a special year for London? It’s the city’s 2000th anniversary The city will be hosting the Olympic Games There will be an eclipse of the sun

33. 16) Where are the Crown Jewels kept? Buckingham Palace The Tower of London The Bank of England

35. 17) If you visited Number One, London, where would you be? Buckingham Palace Main Post Office Apsley House

37. 18) Which museum is situated at 221B Baker Street? Tate Modern Madam Tussaud’s Sherlock Holmes Museum

39. 19) What colour is the traditional London taxi? Yellow Black Green

41. 20) What’s the popular name for the underground system in London? The Tunnel The Channel The Tube

43. 21) What is the London Eye? A telescope An observation wheel A newspaper

45. 22) Which former London resident has been voted ‘the greatest Briton of all time’? Sir Winston Churchill Charles Darwin John Lennon

47. 23) Which bridge over the Thames was pulled down in 1970 and transported, piece by piece, to Arizona in the USA? London Bridge Tower Bridge Westminster Bridge

49. Look at the map. Where are these sights? ……..……. The Globe Theatre …………….The Houses of Parliament …………….The South Bank Centre …………….The Tower of London …………….Tower Bridge …………….The Millennium Bridge …………….The London Eye

50. It’s over 900 years old. It was a military castle, a palace for the king, and a prison. It is now a museum. You can see the Crown Jewels there.