英語趣味知識問答

1、之知識問答對抗賽中國地質(zhì)大學(xué)2009年英語口語大賽之Round 1 Required Questions A (10) VS B (10)Round 2 Quick-fire Questions (10) A BRound 3 Overtime Questions (5) A BRound 1 Required QuestionsA A. Forgiveness B. Patience C. Tolerance“_ is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.” Jean Jacques Rousseau , French thinker 2. What is the

2、motto placed on United States coins?IN GOD WE TRUST 3. Match the Advertisements with the Brand namesLets make things better. The choice of a new generation.Just do it. Intelligence everywhere. Motorola NIKE Pepsi Phillips4. What do the following widely-used web expressions mean? ASAP BTW IMHOAs soon

3、 as possible By the wayIn my humble opinion5. If someone is clumsy when they should be careful, we might describe them as being like .A. a cat in a paper houseB. a bull in a china shopC. a dog in a glass house6. He is never satisfied with what he has got. The grass is always greener on the other sid

4、e of the _. A. roadB. fenceC. garden7. If you describe the weather as being “close”, what does it mean? A. ColdB. HotC. Humid8. What do the letters SOHO stand for?Small Office Home Office9. Uncle Toms Cabin and Roots are two novels which give a vivid description of the miserable life of the _. A. ea

5、rly settlers B. black slavesC. native Indians 10. When something happens rarely, it happens . A. once in a yellow moonB. once in a blue moonC. once in a white moon12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Round 1 Score of Group A:Round 1 Required QuestionsB1. What is the capital of Australia?A. Canbe

6、rraB. Melbourne C. Sydney 2. Every man is a _ when he is in love. PlatoA. GeniusB. FoolC. Poet3. Who wrote the Scarlet Letter ?A. Charles Dickens B. Earnest Hemingway C. Nathaniel Hawthorne4. Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America, is from which political party?Democratic P

7、artyRepublican Party4. Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States of America, is from which political party?Democratic Party5. If you are celebrating your diamond anniversary, how many years have you been married?A. 40B. 50C. 606. Which music genre is associated with the Beatles?A. PopB.

8、Punk rockC. R & B7. The following words are from Chinese. Can you translate them?Confuciuscoolie kowtow wonton孔子苦力磕頭餛飩8. What do the following widely-used web expressions mean? IOWGMTALOLIn other wordsGreat Minds Think Alike laughing out loudly9. What do the letters CNN stand for? Cable News Network

9、10. “Whats the problem?” “We better take John home, hes absolutely legless.” This means . A. Hes drunk. B. Hes tired.C. Hes ill.12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Round 1 Score of Group B:Round 2 Quick-fire Questions1. Which of the following is NOT Americas newspaper?2. Dont judge a book by it

10、s _. A. author B. cover C. sales3. Which syllable is stressed in the word photographer? A. photographer B. photographerC. photographer 4. What is the legal drinking age in the USA?A. 16B. 18C. 215. What animal is the symbol of the World Wildlife Fund?A. PandaB. KoalaC. Deer6. How many zeros are ther

11、e in a trillion?A. 9B. 12C. 157. Which sport is called “the sport of kings”?A. GolfB. Horse racingC. Archery8. What do the letters EMS stand for?321Express Mail Service9. True or FalseThe Google name comes from googol; the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.10. After each statement, either team will hav

12、e one chance to answer it. Its black-and-white. It has webbed feet. It has flipperlike wings. It appears in the Southern Hemisphere. Its good at swimming and diving. Its a bird.It cannot fly. It inhabits cool regions. It lives at or near the south pole.Penguin1234567891011121314151617181920212223242

13、5Round 2 Score of Group A:12345678910111213141516171819202122232425Round 2 Score of Group B:Round 3 Overtime Questions1. Witty question:Why are girls afraid of the letter C ? Because it makes fat fact!2. Match the idioms as what they are.as proud as a as gentle as a as happy as a pigPeacocklamb?3. W

14、hat do we mean by “below stairs gossip”?A. Gossip amongst servantsB. Gossip amongst children C. Gossip amongst housewives4. If you listened to blues music, how would you feel? A. Depressed B. AngryC. Excited 5. A Funny RiddleIn a pond there are ten fish, one of them died, and the water level of the pond incre