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DECEMBER 2011 2ND OF ESO BRITISH CULTURE QUIZ

WINNERS

FIRST PRIZE( Stephan,Brais and Frank)



SECOND PRIZE( Cristina, Nair and Lucía)



THIRD PRIZE( Sofía, Frank and Alberto)







=DECEMBER 2015= =1ST OF ESO= BRITISH CULTURE QUIZ WINNERS FIRST PRIZE( Diego,Damián and Miguel)





= = SECOND PRIZE( Paula, Martín and Aroa) =

= = = =On November 5th people celebrate 'Bonfire Night'. All over Britain there are firework displays and bonfires with models of Guy Fawkes, which are burned on the fire. This video from The British Council's LearnEnglish site explores the origins of the festival and looks at how it's celebrated now. = media type="youtube" key="bcyXMLz3fK0" width="560" height="315" align="center"

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=Scottish people sing Auld Lang Syne at midnight on December 31 .It is a Scottish poem written in 1788 by Robert Burns and later set to the music of a folk song. =

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=CHRISTMAS TIME=

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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS = = = = =Christmas Corner=
 * 1) How old is Sally?
 * 2) What do they make and write?
 * 3) Who is Jack writing to?
 * 4) What is his message?
 * 5) Who is Sally writing to?
 * 6) What is her message?
 * 7) What does Sally and Jack’s mum cook for Christmas?
 * 8) What do they do on Christmas Eve?
 * 9) When do they open their presents?
 * 10) What time do they have a special lunch on Christmas Day?
 * 11) What do they eat for lunch?

OXFORD UN IVERSITY PRESS

Go to www.allthingschristmas.com

Find the answers to these questions:

a) What is the origin of the word ‘Christmas’?

b) In which century did the Santa Claus story originate?

c) What is the world’s most widely-known Christmas carol?

d) Which popular Christmas song did the pop group ‘Wham’ sing?

e) When does America’s first Christmas cake date back to?

f) How many eggs do you need to make ‘chocolate reindeer cookies’?

g) Which Christmas gifts are typical in Scandinavia?

h) Which Christmas story begins with these words: “WHEN Scrooge awoke,

it was so dark, that looking out of bed, he could scarcely distinguish the

transparent window from the opaque walls of his chamber”.

i) Where is the United States’ national Christmas tree?

j) Christmas lights first appeared in 1882 when an employee of Thomas

Edison presented the public with 80 coloured light bulbs. What colour

were they?

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