ingkat5680c English Quiz (= joc de preguntes en anglès). Cartographer (=
cartògraf). Trenta preguntes / Thirty Questions / Thəəti Kwéshchənz
(delwedd F1557)
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Països Catalans. Pàgina Principal.
English for the Catalan Countries. Main Page.
Íngglish fǝ
dhǝ Katǝlan Kʌ́ntriz. Mein Peij.
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24-12-2018
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1 What does a cartographer draw?
2 What Mediterranean island was badly affected by forest fires in May 2011?
3 What animal living in the Sahara Desert with very long ears is the Algerian
national animal?
4 What does the German word Handschə mean?
5 What is a person who studies the weather called?
6 What element was common in thermometers at one time, but is highly toxic to
people and to the environment in general?
7 On a weather chart, what is the name for the line joining points of equal
pressure?
8 What is the word describing the amount of water vapour held in the air?
9 What word is used in English to describe the air which moves from a high
pressure area to a low pressure area?
10 How many carats are in pure gold?
11 What Roman goddess was the protectoress of the Roman Empire?
12 What character did the American writer Edgar Rice Burrows create? It was a
man who lived in the trees
13 How many major joints are in the human body?
14 The symbol in maths for infinity is a number tuned on its side. What number
is this?
15 Photopollution is pollution caused by what? It affects especially
observatories
16 Who is the Greek god of the sea?
17 What is the currency of Egypt?
18 What is the world’s second largest sea (note: sea, not ocean)?
19 How many bones are in the human skull?
20 What is the world’s fastest growing plant?
21 What Scotsman wrote the novel Treasure Island?
22 What is the river in Rome?
23 Clint Eastwood is an American film actor who was born in 1930. What is his
real first name?
24 In 1859, hunters released 24 individuals of an animal in Australia to hunt
them. Today there are 200,000,000 of them. What animal is this?
25 What is the longest river in Russia?
26 It is predicted that in 2050 the countries with the biggest populations will
be India, then China, then the U.S.A: The fourth is an African country. Which
one?
27 What number did the Greeks call “deka” and the Romans “”decem”?
28 What mountain was called Peak XV until 1865?
29 Who was burned at the stake by the English in
30 Who was the first Roman Emperor?
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RESPOSTES / ANSWERS / ÁNSƏZ 1 What does a cartographer draw? Maps 2 What Mediterranean island was badly affected by forest fires in May 2011? Eivissa 3 What animal living in the Sahara Desert with very long ears is the Algerian national animal? Fennec fox (Vulpes
zerda) 4 What does the German word Handschə mean? Glove 5 What is a person who studies the weather called? Meteorologist 6 What element was common in thermometers at one time, but is highly toxic to people and to the environment in general? Mercury 7 On a weather chart, what is the name for the line joining points of equal pressure? Isobar 8 What is the word describing the amount of water vapour held in the air? Humidity 9 What word is used in English to describe the air which moves from a high pressure area to a low pressure area? Wind 10 How many carats are in pure gold? 24 11 What Roman goddess was the protectoress of the Roman Empire? Juno 12 What character did the American writer Edgar Rice Burrows create? It was a man who lived in the trees Tarzan 13 How many major joints are in the human body? Thirteen – three
per limb (arms = 6, legs = 6) plus the neck 14 The symbol in maths for infinity is a number tuned on its side. What number is this? Number 8 15 Photopollution is pollution caused by what? It affects especially observatories Light, especially
artifical light 16 Who is the Greek god of the sea? Poseidon 17 What is the currency of Egypt? Pound (divided into
100 piastres) 18 What is the world’s second largest sea (note: sea, not ocean)? Caribbean 19 How many bones are in the human skull? There are 28 20 What is the world’s fastest growing plant? Bamboo 21 What Scotsman wrote the novel Treasure Island? Robert Louis
Stevenson 22 What is the river in Rome? Tiber 23 Clint Eastwood is an American film actor who was born in 1930. What is his real first name? Clinton 24 In 1859, hunters released 24 individuals of an animal in Australia to hunt them. Today there are 200,000,000 of them. What animal is this? Rabbit 25 What is the longest river in Russia? Volga 26 It is predicted that in 2050 the countries with the biggest populations will be India, then China, then the U.S.A: The fourth is an African country. Which one? Nigeria 27 What number did the Greeks call “deka” and the Romans “”decem”? Ten 28 What mountain was called Peak XV until 1865? Mount Everest 29 Who was burned at the stake by the English in 1431 in France? Jeanne d’Arc 30 Who was the first Roman Emperor? Augustus Caesar |
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