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Culture Flashcards

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Apple

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Steve Jobs

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Microsoft office, Windows

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Bill Gates

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Facebook

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Mark Zuckerberg

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Jaki prezydent USA widnieje na banknocie 5 dollars?

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Abraham Lincoln

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Who directed “Star Wars”? Who is a DIRECTOR of ‘Star Wars’?

DIRECTOR = reżyser

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GEORGE LUCAS

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Where is MOMA located? what is its connection with culture?

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MOMA= Museum of Modern Art, MoMA
In New York City ( Manhattan)
Otworzone przez Abbę Aldrich Rockefeller ( żona Johna D. rockefellera) w 1929 roku ( kilka dni po wybuchu wielkiego kryzysu na Wall Street!)

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John D.Rockefeller

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Najbogatszy człowiek w historii

Amerykański przedsiębiorca, potentat przemysłu paliwowego, filantrop i fundator Uniwersytetu Chicagowskiego

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What is Vivienne Westwood Famous for? What country does she come frome?

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English fashion designer, businesswoman

Zajmuje sie obecnie tzw haute couture czyli luksusowym krawiectwe na zamowienie dla konkretnego klienta

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What is Notting Hill Festival?

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Nothing Hill Festival/Carnival takes place in Notting Hill, London. It is an annual ( coroczny) carnival that has taken place since 1966. It is led by the members of British West Indian community. It is connected with Black British culture.

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What is THE GLOBE? What is it associated with?

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It is the first theatre of Shakespeare.
Burnt and totally destroyed in 1613.
In 1997 a new Globe theatre was built on the same place that the first one.

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What are GRAMMY AWARDS?

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Nagroda muzyczna coroczna przyznawana przez Amerykańska narodowa akademie sztuki i techniki rejestracji (odpowiednik filmowego Oscara )

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What is Golden Globe Award?

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Złoty Glob nagroda filmowa przyznawana przez Hollywoodzkie stowarzyszenie prasy zagranicznej

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Where was William Shakespeare born?

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Stratford-upon-Avon

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Who played in the film ‘ Escape from Alcatraz’?

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Clint Eastwood

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What are THE GIANTS?

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One of the oldest baseball teams in the US.

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Neiman Marcus

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Famous big shop in San Francisco with beautiful roof

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In which city of US people read most frequently?

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In San Francisco (!)

the most famous book shop is City Lights

18
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What is WEST END?

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Grupa teatrów zlokalizowanych w zachodniej części Londynu

19
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Anne Hathaway

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Wife of W.Shakespeare

20
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The 2010 Olympic Games were held in…

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Vancouver in Canada

21
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Who wrote the ‘Jungle Book’?

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Rudyard Kipling

22
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Who was Louis Armstrong?

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Louis Armstrong was an American jazz trumpeter and singer. He sang e.g. What a wonderful world.

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In Britain tea is often served with…

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Milk

24
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The 1994 Football World Cup was organised in…

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The USA

25
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The Tower of London is a stone fortress built by…

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William The Conqueror

26
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Who was Oliver Cromwell?

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In English civil war that was held in 1642-48 he was against King.

The war of 1642-48 in England was a civil war between Royalists ( those who were loyal to king Charles I) and Parliamentarians ( led by the Puritan Oliver Cromwell).

Puritan= purytanin
PURYTANIZM to ruch religijno-społeczny w XVII I XVII-wiecznej Anglii, majacy na celu “oczyszczenie” kościoła anglikańskiego z pozostałości po katolicyzmie w liturgii i teologii.
W języku potocznym purytanizm to skrajne przejawianie jakichś zasad, szczególnie moralnych.

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The River… is the longest river in the United Kingdom.

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SEVERN

28
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The American Civil War ( wojna domowa między N and S) began in…and ended in…

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1861 - 1865

29
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Who is the author of ‘Christmas Carol’?

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Charles Dickens

30
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Name at least 3 novels written by Charles Dickens

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Christmas Carol
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield

31
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Ile sztuk napisał Shakespeare?

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32
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Name at least ten plays of Shakespeare.

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  1. Hamlet
  2. Macbeth
  3. Othello
  4. Midsummer Night’s Dream
  5. Much Ado about Nothing
  6. King Lear
  7. All’s well that ends well
  8. As you like it
  9. Antony and Cleopatra
  10. Titus Andronicus
  11. Henry VIII
  12. Julius Caesar
  13. The Merchant of Venice
  14. Romeo and Juliet
  15. The Merry Wives of Windsor
33
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Sen nocy letniej

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The Midsummer Night’s Dream

34
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Wiele hałasu o nic

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Much Ado about nothing

35
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Kupiec Wenecki

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The Merchant of Venice

36
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Wszystko dobre co się dobrze kończy

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All’s Well That Ends Well

37
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The first bridge in London was….

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LONDON BRIDGE

Till 1749 it was the one and only bridge across the River Thames (!)

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Imax Cinema in London

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A theater in London with really huge screen

39
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Who is Andy Warhol?

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American artist, director and producer. A leading figure in the visual art movement known as POP ART.

40
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Where is Andy Warhol Museum?

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In Pittsburgh in the U.S.

41
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What is NHS?

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National Health Service in UK

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