Слайд 1Intellectual Competition
Quiz 2
Слайд 2Question 1
This car was designed by Ferdinand Porsche. It was cheap
enough for ordinary people to buy. It cost less that a thousand marks. It went into production in 1938 and was used extensively by the German army in the Second World War. In 1948 it went into production as a civilian car and was very successful. Before it went out of production in 1978, 19 million cars had been sold, more than any other car ever. What was it called?
Слайд 4Question 2
What is the deepest and the oldest lake in the
world?
Слайд 6Question 3
What language did these words come from?
Tiger, paradise, scarlet, chess,
checkmate, checkers, salamander, spinach, jasmine, lilac, khaki, bazaar, shawl, lemon, divan, van (from ‘caravan’).
Слайд 7These words are Persian. They came into English usually through other
languages.
Слайд 8Question 4
This country is the second largest in the world after
Russia. It is washed by three oceans: the Pacific, the Atlantic and the Arctic. It has the longest unguarded border in the world. It is one of the most developed countries in the world.
Слайд 9This country has the highest level of “quality of life” and
the highest “index of development of human potential” which includes not only level of life, but personal safety, health of people and condition of environment.
What country is it?
Слайд 12Question 5
This Norwegian polar explorer was the first person to reach
the South Pole in 1911. He was also a famous explorer of Antarctica. He spent there more than a year conducting explorations. He wrote quite a number of books and was an outstanding public figure.
Слайд 14Question 6
These animals have very good hearing. They are very intelligent
and have good memory. They have a special feeling of approaching earthquakes. Scientists think that they feel the slightest vibrations of the earth. They are the first to leave the dangerous place and they warn other animals about danger.
Слайд 16Question 7
This is half wood half grass. It can grow up
to 39 meters high, and some species only produce flowers once every hundred years. It is extremely strong and is used, among other things, for making houses, water pipes and paper.
Слайд 17It is also eaten by various animals, including the panda. This
plant is especially common in South Asia and has a Malasian name which imitates the noise the wood makes when you put it in fire and it breaks up as it burns.
Слайд 19Question 8
This boy was born in a hut on the African
coast after he and his parents has been left there. His mother died when the boy was one year old. Some time later his father left the door of the hut open, and apes led by their king, Kerchak, came into the cabin and killed the man. They didn’t kill the baby.
Слайд 20A monkey called Kala had just lost her baby, and she
adopted the boy. The little boy grew up with the apes, and when he was ten he was as strong as a man of thirty. He found his parents’ books in the hut and taught himself to read. When Kala was finally killed by a cannibal, the boy avenged (отомстил) her death. What was the name of this extraordinarily strong, intelligent and heroic character?
Слайд 22Question 9
This liquid was invented in India. You use it to
wash hair. It will look bright and shiny because after washing with this liquid it will reflect light. The word we use to describe this liquid came from the Hindi language and means “to press”.
What is the name of this liquid?
Слайд 24Question 10
This fruit contains more vitamin E than any other fruit
and twice as much vitamin C as an orange. Its skin is brown and it is green inside. It is one of the most expensive you can buy. This fruit was introduced in Europe not long ago though the seeds were brought from China early in the 20th century by James McGregor.
Слайд 25He gave the seeds to his friend who planted them on
his farm in New Zealand and got his first fruit in 1910.
In 1953 this fruit was exported from New Zealand to Europe for the first time and it has become a favourite although many people wrongly think that it is a native New Zealand fruit.
What fruit is it?
Слайд 27Question 11
This is a Swiss food company. It was founded in
1866. It has more than 300 enterprises in 55 countries.
95% of its products are produced outside Switzerland. It controls about 45% of world coffee production.
What company is this?
Слайд 29Question 12
This wonderful football player played in 1368 football games and
scored 1281 goals! He was born in 1940 and played for Santos, his first and last club. He had the special instinct which allowed him to be in the right place at the right time and score goals from almost all positions with his head or his feet.
What is the name of this outstanding football player?
Слайд 31Question 13
It was the most famous story of ghost ships for
over three hundred years. The legend says that this ship was trying to round the Cape of Good Hope against strong winds and never succeeded. Then it was trying to make Cape Horn and failed there too. The ship was sailing back and forth on its endless voyage.
What is it called?
Слайд 33Question 14
This city was founded on seven hills. According to the
legend, it was founded by two brothers fed by a wolf.
This city is famous for its architecture.
Many Russian writers and artists liked to live in this city.
Слайд 35Question 15
What language did these words come from?
Karate, kimono, tycoon, kamikaze,
samurai, hara-kiri, sake, tsunami.
Слайд 37Question 16
What language did these words come from?
Zigzag, nickel, iceberg, protein,
rucksack, semester, seminar, hamburger, cookbook, ecology, check, Christmas tree, kindergarten, lobby, noodle.
Слайд 38These words came into English from Arabic
Слайд 39Question 17
This national park in the USA is famous for its
geysers. The height of some of them reaches 115 metres. One of them is the highest in the world.
Which park is it?
Слайд 49Steamboat Geyser may discharge a hundred thousand gallons or more of
water in a single eruption. By comparison, Old Faithful Geyser discharges 3,700 to 8,400 gallons during a typical 1.5 to 4.5 minute eruption.
Giant Geyser in upper Geyser Basin Yellowstone is the second highest in the world.
Слайд 52Question 18
This actor is one of those who have performed the
part of the agent 007. He is one of the last actors who have performed this part.
Слайд 53Pierce Brosnan
(born in 1953 in Ireland)
Слайд 54Question 19
What language do these words come from?
Admiral, cotton, zenith, giraffe,
sofa, zero, tariff, magazine, café, coffee, safari, alcohol, arsenal, Allah.
Слайд 55These are German words
in English
Слайд 56Question 20
You can’t but respect the people of this small country
who have conquered 40% of their territory from the sea. They protected their land from the sea with dams and turned it into fertile soil.