The Star Hour Great Britain The motto Its

The Star Hour Great Britain The motto: “It’s better to see something once than to hear about it a hundred times”.

Game 1 The Mississippi Edinburgh The English Channel Snowdon The Pacific Ocean The Atlantic Ocean The Gulf of Mexico The Strait of Dover Cardiff The Rocky Mountains Yosemite Valley The Thames The Caribbean Sea The North Sea Ben Nevis The Appalachians

• Edinburgh • The English Channel • The Strait of Dover • Cardiff The Atlantic Ocean The Thames The North Sea Snowdon Ben Nevis

Captain’s Game 2 • • • • England London 49 5 2, 5 Scotland Wales Cardiff Edinburgh The Atlantic Ocean The Strait of Dover Snowdon Ben Nevis The Thames The Severn The North Sea The English Channel • The Irish Sea

Captain’s Game The Atlantic Ocean Scotland 5 Ben Nevis Edinburgh The North Sea The Irish Sea 49 2, 5 Snowdon England Wales The Severn Cardiff The Thames London The Strait of Dover The English Channel

Game 3: London 1. What is the population of London? a) 11 c) 3 b) 5 d) 7 2. Where does the British Prime Minister live? a) 12 Whitehall c) 7 Russel Street b) 10 Downing Street d) 15 Oxford Street 3. What is the head of the state? a) The Prime Minister c) The Queen b) The President d) The Speaker 4. What is the official residence of the Queen in London? a) Holyrood Housec) The Castle b) Buckingham Palace d) The Houses of Parliament

Game 3: London 1. What is the population of London? a) 11 c) 3 b) 5 d) 7 2. Where does the British Prime Minister live? a) 12 Whitehall c) 7 Russel Street b) 10 Downing Street d) 15 Oxford Street 3. What is the head of the state? a) The Prime Minister c) The Queen b) The President d) The Speaker 4. What is the official residence of the Queen in London? a) Holyrood House c) The Castle b) Buckingham Palace d) The Houses of Parliament

Game 4: The sights of London Buckingham Palace The Tower Westminster Abbey The Houses of Parliament

Game 4: The sights of London The Tower

St. Paul’ s Cathedral The British Museum The Houses of Parliament Buckingham Palace

The British Museum

The British Museum The Houses of Parliament Buckingham Palace Madame Tussaud’s museum

Buckingham Palace

Parliament Square Regent’s Park Trafalgar Square The monument to Admiral Nelson

Trafalgar Square The monument to Admiral Nelson

The National Gallery St. Paul’s Cathedral Westminster Abbey Covent Garden

Westminster Abbey

The National Gallery The British Museum The Tower of London The Houses of Parliament

The Houses of Parliament

Westminster Abbey St. Paul’s Cathedral The Tate Gallery The British museum

St. Paul’s Cathedral

• • The British Museum The Tower of London The National Gallery The Victoria and Albert Museum

The National Gallery

• • St. James’s Park Hyde Park Regent’s Park Greenwich Park

Hyde Park

• London Bridge • Tower Bridge • Stamford Bridge

Tower Bridge

Game 5 Stradford-upon-Avon

Glasgow

Edinburgh

Oxford

Oxford

Cardiff

Brighton

Game 6 1. The population of the country is 70 million people. It’s false. 2. The symbol of England is a rose. It’s true. 3. People speak only English in different parts of the country. It’s false. 4. The British flag is called “Stars and Stripes”. It’s false. 5. The climate is mild and humid. It’s true. 6. The full name of the country is Great Britain. It’s false. 7. The symbol of Wales is a daffodil. It’s true. 8. The symbol of Scotland is a leek. It’s false.

It’s interesting to know… Different countries have different national emblems or symbols. This emblem was adopted by King James III, in the 15 th century. There is a legend that, in the 8 th century, an army of enemies were coming up at night to attack the castle, the seat of the Scottish kings. The army had no idea that an enemy was close until one of the barefoot soldiers stepped on ____ and cried of pain. The Scots heard the noise , ran out of the castle and defeated the enemies in. I the battle. Midsummer’s Day, June 24 th is the longest day of the year. On that day a very old custom at ______ is held. _______ is one of the Europe’s biggest stone circles that is 10 or 12 metres high. The earliest past is 5000 years old. The Druid priests used _______for a calendar. They knew when the months and seasons start A daffodil An eagle A leek A thistle Stars and Stripes A birch tree Eisteddfod St. Patrick’s Day Summer Bank Holiday Statue of Liberty Stonehenge Gay Fawkes Night The Fens The Hadrian’s Wall

A Thistle

Stonehenge

Game 8 Crossword 2 2 4 11 3 3 4 Across 1 St. David’s Day is celebrated in this country 2. People of this country prefer the traditional festival of Hogmanay, of New Year’s Eve, to Christmas. 3. St. Patrick’s day is celebrated in this country. 4. The greatest holidays of this country are Christmas and Easter. Down 1. It made Great Britain a rich and powerful country.