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Intermediate level
1. Who invented the aeroplane? (The first powered flight was by
Wilbur Wright in 1903. It lasted 12 seconds.)
2. Who is the Queen of the United Kingdom? (Queen Elizabeth II)
3. Who was the most famous woman Prime Minister in Britain?
(Margaret Thatcher, 1979-90)
4. Who invented gunpowder? (Gunpowder was probably invented
in China in about 1160)
5. Which is the most famous long island? (Long Island in New
York State, containing Brooklyn, Queens and John F. Kennedy
Airport)
6. What did John Boyd Dunlop invent in 1888? (He made tyres
with air in them for his child's bicycle.)
7. Who wrote King Lear, Macbeth and Romeo and Juliet?
(William Shakespeare)
8. What do English-speaking people often say when they are being
photographed? ('Cheese!' Then they look as though they are
smiling.)
9. If it is midday in London, what time is it in New York? (Seven
o'clock in the morning)
10.Which was the most expensive film ever made? (Star Trek in
1979: $46,000,000)
11.Which of the Beatles was killed? (John Lennon)
12.Why was Leonardo da Vinci famous? (He was an outstanding
thinker, painter, architect and inventor in Italy, 1452-1519.)
13.What is the boiling point of water? (100° centigrade)
14.Name at least three countries in Europe, which have red, white
and blue flags. (United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia, France,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway)
15.Which river flows through Cairo? (The Nile)
16.What are the first six letters on the top row of most typewriters
in the world? (QWERTY)
17.What does UNESCO stand for? (United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organisation)
18.Which is the nearest big city to Heathrow Airport? (London)
19.What is the American English word for the British English

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