The Star Hour

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The Star Hour

• Great Britain
• The motto Its better to see something once
  than to hear about it a hundred times.

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Game 1

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

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The Atlantic OceanThe ThamesThe North
SeaSnowdonBen Nevis

• Edinburgh
• The English Channel
• The Strait of Dover
• Cardiff

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Captains 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

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Captains Game

The Atlantic Ocean
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Scotland
Ben Nevis
Edinburgh
The North Sea
The Irish Sea
Snowdon
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England
Wales
The Severn
Cardiff
The Thames London
The Strait of Dover
The English Channel
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Game 3 London

• 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

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Game 3 London

• 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

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Game 4The sights of London
Buckingham Palace
Westminster Abbey
The Houses of Parliament
The Tower
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Game 4The sights of London
The Tower
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St. Paul s Cathedral
The British Museum
The Houses of Parliament
Buckingham Palace
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The British Museum
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The British Museum
The Houses of Parliament
Buckingham Palace
Madame Tussauds museum
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Buckingham Palace
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Parliament Square
Regents Park
Trafalgar Square
The monument to Admiral Nelson
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Trafalgar Square
The monument to Admiral Nelson
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The National Gallery
St. Pauls Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Covent Garden
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Westminster Abbey
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The National Gallery
The British Museum
The Tower of London
The Houses of Parliament
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The Houses of Parliament
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Westminster Abbey
St. Pauls Cathedral
The Tate Gallery
The British museum
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St. Pauls Cathedral
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• The British Museum
• The Tower of London
• The National Gallery
• The Victoria and Albert Museum

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• The National Gallery

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• St. Jamess Park
• Hyde Park
• Regents Park
• Greenwich Park

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• Hyde Park

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• London Bridge
• Tower Bridge
• Stamford Bridge

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• Tower Bridge

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Stradford-upon-Avon
Game 5
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Glasgow
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Edinburgh
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Oxford
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Oxford
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Cardiff
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Brighton
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Game 6

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

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A daffodil An eagle A leek A thistle Stars and
Stripes A birch tree Eisteddfod St. Patricks
Day Summer Bank Holiday Statue of
Liberty Stonehenge Gay Fawkes Night The Fens The
Hadrians Wall

• Its interesting to know
• Different countries have different national
  emblems or symbols. This emblem was adopted by
  King James III, in the 15th century.
• There is a legend that, in the 8th 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 the
  battle.

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Midsummers Day, June 24th is the longest day of
the year. On that day a very old custom at
______ is held. _______ is one of the Europes
biggest stone circles that is 10 or12 metres
high.The earliest past is 5000 years old. The
Druid priests used _______for a calendar. They
knew when the months and seasons start
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A Thistle
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Stonehenge
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Game 8

• Crossword

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1 St. Davids Day is celebrated in this country
Across
2. People of this country prefer the traditional
festival of Hogmanay, of New Years Eve, to
Christmas. 3. St. Patricks day is celebrated in
this country. 4. The greatest holidays of this
country are Christmas and Easter. 1. It made
Great Britain a rich and powerful country.
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