This document contains a series of puzzles and questions to test the reader's knowledge of idioms, literature, history and languages. It includes exercises matching words to their definitions, idioms to their translations, books to authors, and identifying places, people and countries from clues. The questions cover topics like translations between Old English and modern English, the meaning of common sayings, identifying figures like the Loch Ness monster, and the origins of Australia as a country founded by criminals.

2. Put the letters in the right order to get the
words.
1. eiwtnr
2. yperplsi
3. eaht
4. irtdy
5. yanst

3. The right answers
1. winter – the coldest word
2. slippery
3. heat – the hottest word
4. dirty
5. nasty

4. 2.Match “black” and “white”
with the names of the animals
a) Find out the idioms. (Two are extra).
BLACK 1. ELEPHANT
2. DOG
3. DEER
WHITE 4. SHEEP
5. HEDGEHOG
6. CROW

5. THE RIGHT ANSWERS
1. BLACK DOG
2. WHITE ELEPHANT
3. BLACK SHEEP
4. WHITE CROW
The extra words: hedgehog, deer!

6. b) Find the Russian equivalents!
Three are extra!
1. BLACK DOG a) Тоска зелёная.
b) Дорогое и ценное.
2. WHITE
ELEPHANT
c) Мудрый человек.
d) Паршивая овца.
3. BLACK SHEEP
e) Дорогое, но бесполезное.
f) Белая ворона.
4. WHITE CROW
g) Глупый человек.

7. The right answers!
The extra idioms: 1) дорогое и ценное;
2) глупый человек;
3) мудрый человек;
THE RIGHT IDIOMS: 1) BLACK DOG – ТОСКА
ЗЕЛЁНАЯ;
2) WHITE ELEPHANT – ДОРОГОЕ, НО
БЕСПОЛЕЗНОЕ;
3) BLACK SHEEP – ПАРШИВАЯ ОВЦА;
4) WHITE CROW – БЕЛАЯ ВОРОНА;.

8. 3. Match the name of the book
and its author.
1. “Jane Eyre” a) William Thackeray
2. “Vanity Fair” b) Lewis Carroll
3. “Alice in Wonderland” c) Jerome K. Jerome
4. “The Lost World” d) Charlotte Bronte
5. “Three men in a boat” e) Arthur Conan Doyle

9. THE RESULTS
1. “Jane Eyre” - d) Charlotte Bronte
2. “Vanity Fair” - a) William Thackeray
3. “Alice in Wonderland” - b) Lewis
Carroll
4. “The Lost World” - e) Arthur Conan
Doyle
5. “Three men in a boat” - c) Jerome K.
Jerome

11. 1. Attention! Look at the screen. Translate the
words of old English into modern English
Old English was very different from modern English.
But there are some words that you can recognize:
drenkan
slepan
nyne
sunne
god nigt

12. The right answers
drenkan - drink
slepan - sleep
nyne - nine
sunne - sun
god nigt – good night

13. 2. GUESS! WHAT DID ONE EDITOR-IN-
CHIEF DO TO ATTRACT THE READERS?
All journalists try their best to find
the most exciting and surprising
news to attract the readers. But one
editor-in-chief once said “When a
dog bites a man that is not news but
that is news when …….?……

14. THE RIGHT RESULT!
“When a dog bites a
man that is not news
but that is news when
a man bites a dog.”

15. 3. Give the Russian equivalent
Give the Russian equivalent to
a very wise English proverb
“Those who live in glass
houses should not throw
stones”.

16. THE RIGHT CHOICE!
“Those who live in glass houses
should not throw stones”. –
Чья бы корова мычала!

17. 4. WHAT’S HIS NAME?
This man was busy growing cows,
horses, pigs and other animals on his
farm during all his life. And now his
name is written with bright big
letters in different big cities all over
the world including Moscow (for
example opposite the monument to
Pushkin) What’s his name?

18. 4. WHAT’S HIS NAME?
Macdonald. (вопрос-шутка,
основанный на песне,
которую учат обычно в
начальной школе “Old
MacDonald had a farm”)

19. 5. What is the place and who is
that mysterious somebody?
Thousands of tourists come to a
famous place in Britain to see
somebody that has never been
seen and to visit the museum
devoted to that never seen
somebody.

20. 5. What is the place and who is
that mysterious somebody?
Loch Ness
Loch Ness
Monster

21. 6. WHAT’S THIS?
There is something that in
Russian is called by the name of
a very popular British sport
game.

23. 7. What country is it?
There is a country which is highly
developed now and has a good
reputation. But it has a very dark
past. It was founded many years
ago by criminals.

24. AUSTRALIA