Brain-ring з теми "США: країна та люди"

                                                      Brain-ring

“The  United States of America: the country and people”.

Questions

1. Some of American Presidents have been remembered by the Americans first of all due to their contribution to the happiness of the nation. Others- due to their part in important historic events, for example the Civil War. Four Presidents are remembered because they were killed in office. Name the first of them, please.

(It was the 16^th president Abraham Lincoln)

2. Do you know the American flag? It`s called “Stars and Stripes”. Explain these symbols, please.

(There are 50 stars on the blue background,as many as there are states in the USA. There are 13 red and white stripes according to the number of the 13 independent colonies)

3. How many Presidents of the USA were born in the “Presidents` State?

(The state of Virginia is known as the “Presidents` State” because eight Presidents were born there)

4. Who was the capital of the USA named after? (It was named after the first American President George Washington)

5. All of us like plants. What kind of plant is the most famous in America after the elections of the forty-third President of the USA?

(Bush because of George Bush, junior)

6. We all like flowers very much. They are really beautiful especially in May. Think a little and say what flower is connected with the first settlers arrived in Massachusetts.

(The first settlers arrived in Massachusetts by ship “Mayflower”)

7. Do you like travelling? Can you tell that you always feel at ease while travelling? Try to explain. What causes culture shock?

(The main obvious factors in culture shock are different customs and trsditions)

8. In 1870  state universities began to admit women. What states were the first to do it?

(Michigan, Illinois,Missouri,California)

9. Tell the year when the Declaration of Independence was adopted and name its author.

(In 1776. It was drafted by Thomas Jefferson)

10. You know that there is the First Lady in the USA and she helps the President in the social activities of the White House. What can you tell the family relations between James Buchanan and his First Lady?

(James Buchanan was the only bachelor to be elected. He was assisted by his niece)

11. In August at the end of the Second World War the Japanese town Hiroshima and Nagasaki  were bombed. No doubt it was an American President who ordered to throw the atomic bombs. Who was he?

(Harry Truman ordered to bomb Hiroshima and Nagasaki)

12. One famous firm takes care of us especially of babies. You can see the advertisement of its production on TV many times a day. The firm`s name reminds one of the American Presidents. Could you tell his name?

(The name of the firm is “Johnson and Johnson”. It reminds about Andrew Johnson)

13. Everybody in the world knows that America has two hundred-years-old democracy. Many people are ready to give their lives for it. There were two brothers in the history of America who became the sacrifice of democracy. Who were they?

(They were Robert and John Kennedy)

14. John Harvard was not the only man who gave his money to the educational institutions. What reason made the people do so?

(They felt that by giving their money they were investing in the new country)

15. How many educational institutions were opened in America by the time it became independent? Just tell the number.

(9-College of William and Marry; Washington and Lee University; Yale University; Princeton University; Columbia University; University of Pennsylvania; Brown University; Rutgers College; Dartmouth College)

16. You know that Americans play a special kind of football. It`s even called American football. Name two other major organized sports in the USA?

(Two other major organized sports in the USA are basketball and baseball)