true/false questionnaire British culture

EXPO BRITANICA , TRUE OR FALSE?

1.- Not everyone in Britain speaks English

2.- People from Scotland are called Scotch

3.- People from Wales are called Welsh

4.- More than 56 million people live in Britain

5.- In Britain you drive on the right side of the road

6.- Punctuality is vital in British Culture

7.- Great Britain is synonymous with UK

8.- Industrial cities are London, Liverpool, Manchester and Newcastle

9.- The weather in Britain is very predictable

10.- November 15^th is Guy Fawkes Day

11.- Tea or coffee is drunk at breakfast

12.- The midday meal can be called lunch or dinner

13.- You play polo on horseback

14.- Taxis in London are black

15.- There is no carnival in London

16.- Loch Ness is not in England

17.- Cambridge in England has more inhabitants than Cambridge, USA (Massachusetts)

18.- British people still have an island mentality

19.- In Scotland over 75.000 people speak Gaelic

20.- Important industries in Britain today include gas, engineering and electronics

21.- The London underground is called “the tube”

22.- In many Elizabethan houses, the wooden beams are visible both from the outside and the inside

23.- Sainsbury’s, Tesco and ASDA are supermarkets

24.- The sandwich originated in Britain

25.- There is only one religion in England

26.- The Wellington Boots is called after a town in New Zealand

27.- Boots is the name of a famous Chemist’s Pharmacy

28.- Fish and Chips are always eaten at midday in England

29.- English money is in Pounds, Shillings and pence.

30.- In England there is a Queen but no King

31.- Shakespeare wrote a novel as well as plays

32.- No women are allowed to live on the Isle of Man

33.- It never rains in England

34.- The British flag is called the Union Jack

35.- The patron Saint of England is St. George

36.- England once had a Spanish Queen

37.- King Henry VIII had 8 wives

38.- The Romans never occupied Britain

39.- The bulldog is often used as a symbol of England

40.- Heathrow is the airport near Manchester

41.- King Charles I walked and talked ten minutes after he was dead

42.-Yorkshire puddings are eaten with roast beef.

43.- David Beckham played rugby for Scotland

44.- An insect name was adopted by a famous British musical group.

45.- Trained dogs can help the blind and the deaf

46.- Robin Hood is often referred to as “the Sheriff of Nottingham”

47.- The isle of Wight is between England and Ireland

48.- “Got a light” is related to electricity

49.- Stonehenge is in Ireland

50.-In English there are some French, Spanish and German words