Culture Flashcards
Apple
Steve Jobs
Microsoft office, Windows
Bill Gates
Mark Zuckerberg
Jaki prezydent USA widnieje na banknocie 5 dollars?
Abraham Lincoln
Who directed “Star Wars”? Who is a DIRECTOR of ‘Star Wars’?
DIRECTOR = reżyser
GEORGE LUCAS
Where is MOMA located? what is its connection with culture?
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!)
John D.Rockefeller
Najbogatszy człowiek w historii
Amerykański przedsiębiorca, potentat przemysłu paliwowego, filantrop i fundator Uniwersytetu Chicagowskiego
What is Vivienne Westwood Famous for? What country does she come frome?
English fashion designer, businesswoman
Zajmuje sie obecnie tzw haute couture czyli luksusowym krawiectwe na zamowienie dla konkretnego klienta
What is Notting Hill Festival?
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.
What is THE GLOBE? What is it associated with?
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.
What are GRAMMY AWARDS?
Nagroda muzyczna coroczna przyznawana przez Amerykańska narodowa akademie sztuki i techniki rejestracji (odpowiednik filmowego Oscara )
What is Golden Globe Award?
Złoty Glob nagroda filmowa przyznawana przez Hollywoodzkie stowarzyszenie prasy zagranicznej
Where was William Shakespeare born?
Stratford-upon-Avon
Who played in the film ‘ Escape from Alcatraz’?
Clint Eastwood
What are THE GIANTS?
One of the oldest baseball teams in the US.
Neiman Marcus
Famous big shop in San Francisco with beautiful roof
In which city of US people read most frequently?
In San Francisco (!)
the most famous book shop is City Lights
What is WEST END?
Grupa teatrów zlokalizowanych w zachodniej części Londynu
Anne Hathaway
Wife of W.Shakespeare
The 2010 Olympic Games were held in…
Vancouver in Canada
Who wrote the ‘Jungle Book’?
Rudyard Kipling
Who was Louis Armstrong?
Louis Armstrong was an American jazz trumpeter and singer. He sang e.g. What a wonderful world.
In Britain tea is often served with…
Milk
The 1994 Football World Cup was organised in…
The USA
The Tower of London is a stone fortress built by…
William The Conqueror
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
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.
The River… is the longest river in the United Kingdom.
SEVERN
The American Civil War ( wojna domowa między N and S) began in…and ended in…
1861 - 1865
Who is the author of ‘Christmas Carol’?
Charles Dickens
Name at least 3 novels written by Charles Dickens
Christmas Carol
Oliver Twist
David Copperfield
Ile sztuk napisał Shakespeare?
36
Name at least ten plays of Shakespeare.
- Hamlet
- Macbeth
- Othello
- Midsummer Night’s Dream
- Much Ado about Nothing
- King Lear
- All’s well that ends well
- As you like it
- Antony and Cleopatra
- Titus Andronicus
- Henry VIII
- Julius Caesar
- The Merchant of Venice
- Romeo and Juliet
- The Merry Wives of Windsor
Sen nocy letniej
The Midsummer Night’s Dream
Wiele hałasu o nic
Much Ado about nothing
Kupiec Wenecki
The Merchant of Venice
Wszystko dobre co się dobrze kończy
All’s Well That Ends Well
The first bridge in London was….
LONDON BRIDGE
Till 1749 it was the one and only bridge across the River Thames (!)
Imax Cinema in London
A theater in London with really huge screen
Who is Andy Warhol?
American artist, director and producer. A leading figure in the visual art movement known as POP ART.
Where is Andy Warhol Museum?
In Pittsburgh in the U.S.
What is NHS?
National Health Service in UK