Викторина по английскому языку Do you know the history of your republic?( 10-11 класс)

Учитель: Убушиева В.С.
Викторина на английском языке ( для 10-11классов)
к 400-летию вхождения калмыков в состав России.
«Do you know the history of your republic?”
I.Warm-up.1.What is the total territory of Kalmykia? (75,9 thousand square kilometers)
2. What republics and regions border the republic? ( Volgograd, Rostov, Astrakhan regions, Dagestan Republic, Stavropol territory)
3. What are the administrative points? (13 regions, 3 towns)
4. What are useful minerals Kalmykia is rich by? ( gas, oil, bishofit, clay, lime-rakushechnic)
5. What animal is named as a contemporary of mammoth? ( saigak)
6. Give the names of different plants. ( feather grass, wormwood, oats,)
7. What flower is a symbol of Kalmykia? ( tulip)
8. What flower can you see on Kalmyk flag? ( lotus)
9. What kind of animal is called a “small kangaroo”? ( a jerboa)
10. How was the river Volga called in the middle age? (Itil)
11. Name famous writers and poets of our republic.( D.Kugultinov, A.Balakaev, M. Narmaev, M. Khoninov, K, Erendzhenov, A. Suseev, E. Budzhalov, B.Sangadzhieva)
12. How many years come into a century according to the Kalmyk calendar? (60 years)
13. What was the Kalmyk for ‘’The Great Bear”? ( Dolan Burkhn)
14.What was the Kalmyk for “ Polar Star”? ( Altn Gasn)
15.What was the Kalmyk for “ The Milky Way?’’ ( Tengrin Uidl)
16.What’s the drink of cheerfulness,younth and longevity? (koumiss)
17. Name the months in the Kalmyk calendar. ( tiger, hare, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, hen, dog, pig, mouse, cow.)
18. What Kalmyk holidays do you know? (Zul,Tsagan Sar, Ur Sar)
19. Name the months in the Kalmyk calendar. ( tiger, hare, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, hen, dog, pig, mouse, cow.)
Green path.When was the oirat’s written language created and who was the author?
( the scientist –enlightener of oirat , the lama Zaya-Pandit in 1648)
Name the exact date of the voluntary entry of the Kalmyks back in the Russian State? ( the 20-th August 1609)
When and who led away the part of the Kalmyks back to Jungaria? ( Ubushi khan in 1771)
What temple was named by I.I. Ziletski as ‘ the most graceful building in all the Kalmyk steppe? ( Chosheutovski temple)
Yellow path.Name famous Kalmyk epic-singers. ( Elyan Ovla, D. Shavaliev, M.Basangov,
V.Karuev)
2. What are the names of the poets-translators of “ Jangar”? ( Lipkin S, Eremenko
V, Neyman J)
What are the names of the main heroes of “Jangar”? ( Khongor, Jangar,Mingian, Altn Chedzhi, Sanal, Savr)
Red path.Who are the authors of the hymn of Kalmykia?
( words-Vera Shugraeva, music-Arkadij Mandzhiev)
What’s the name of a Kalmyk chess figure which substitute for the figure of an elephant? ( a figure of a camel)