general questionnaire

“CHORAL MUSIC AND POETRY”

Garnock AcademySCOTLAND

Collège Albert Camus

FRANCE

IES Fco. Ros Giner SPAIN

Zespół Szkół P. Nr 1 im. POLAND

GENERAL QUESTIONNAIRE

• France• Poland• Scotland• Spain


Question 1-d: Which is the border country toGermany, Czech Republic, Ukraine, Belarus,Lithuania and Slovakia?

• Rainy• Cloudy• Sunny• Very cold

Question 2-a: What is the weather like inSpain (usually)?

• Temperate climate• Very cold• Very hot• Extremely snowy

Question 2-b: What is the weather like inFrance (usually)?

• Cold and snowy• Hot• Tropical• Antarctic

Question 2-c: What is the weather like inPoland (usually)?

• Tropical• Hot and sunny• Cold and very rainy• Temperate climate

Question 2-d: What is the weather like inScotland (usually)?

• France and Poland• Poland and Scotland• Scotland and Spain• Spain and France

• France and Poland• Poland and Scotland• Scotland and Spain• Spain and France

Question 3-b: Which of these countries havea Republic?

• Spain• France• Scotland• Poland

Question 4-a: Match this food with thecorrect country:


Question 4-b: Match this food with thecorrect country:


Question 4-c: Match this food with thecorrect country:


Question 4-d: Match this food with thecorrect country:

• Voltaire• Marie Curie• Sean Connery• Pedro Almodóvar

• Ebro• Baltic Sea• Loch Ness• Mont Blanc


Question 8-a: Match these politicians with the correct country. 1: José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

• Hogmanay• La Prise de La Bastille • Drowning Marzanna• San Fermín

• Hogmanay• La Prise de La Bastille• Drowning Marzanna• San Fermín

• French• Polish• English, Scottish and Gaelic• Spanish, Basque, Catalan and Galician

• Spain• Poland• Scotland• France

• 3/25/1957• 5/1/2004• 1/1/1973• 1/1/1986

• Paris• Warsaw• Edinburgh• Madrid

• Cinedine Zidane• Robert Kubica• Steve Archibald• Pau Gasol

• Frédéric Chopin• Manuel de Falla• Maurice Ravel• Hamish McCunn

Question 21-a. Match each composer with the correct country: Poland.


Question 21-b. Match each composer with the correct country: France.


Question 21-c. Match each composer with the correct country: Scotland.


Question 21-d. Match each composer with the correct country: Spain.

• ¡Hola! ¿Cómo te llamas?• Cześć ! Jak masz na imię?• Bonjour! Comment t'appelles-tu?• Hallo! De an t ainm a thort?

• ¡Bienvenido! ¡Encantado de conocerte!• Bienvenue! Ravi de faire votre connaissance!• Failte! `Smath dh`fhaicinn! • Witam ! Miło Cię spotkać!

• Merci!• Tapaidh leibh!• Dziękuję!• ¡Gracias!

• Tioraidh! • Au revoir! / Salut!• ¡Adiós!• Do zobaczenia!

Question 22-d: How do you say “Bye!” in Scottish Gaelic?

Now you can try to answer the next question

You can check it on

this map.


This is the only Scotland’s border because it is all surrounded by the ocean.


But in this map you cannot see

Andorra (because it is a very small

country) and Morocco (because

it is in Africa).


And Poland is also close to Russia, as this country has a little bit province there.


That’s true, but at the northern

provinces, it is usually rainy and cloudy too (that’s

a picture of Asturias, at the

very North of Spain.


The weather in France is colder in

the North and in the East, wetter in the

West and hotter and sunnier in the

South.


It can be very cold, specially in winter, when temperature can go down to -20ºC. The annual average temperature is just around 7ºC.


Scotland’s temperate climate is due to the influence

of the sea, which keeps what

scientists call a temperate oceanic

climate.


Like other countries in Europe, like

Sweden, Netherlands or

Monaco.


This is the most usual kind of government in Europe. Most of European countries had a Monarchy, but they finally turned into Republics.


Its name is “Tortilla de patatas” (Spanish

omelet). Other typical Spanish dishes are

“Gazpacho” (a sort of tomato soup), “Fabada asturiana” (a stew with beans), etc… and all of

them are delicious.


It is called “Bigos” and you

can cook it using meat,

mushrooms and prunes.


The “baguette” is a kind of bread known all over the world. Of course, you can eat it with meat, fish, vegetables… or whatever you like.


Haggis is a Scottish traditional food.

They eat it on 25th January at Burns

Suppers that they have to celebrate the

birthday of Robert Burns our national

poet.


Marja Skłodowska, better known as Marie Curie (because she married to Pierre Curie) was born in Warsaw on 1867. She won 2 Nobel Awards and she was the first female teacher at Paris University.


His real name was François Marie Arouet.

He was a French enlightened and,

during his life (1694-1778) he was a writer,

a philosopher, a lawyer, a historian…


This actor was born in Edinburg on 1930. He became famous (principally) because of playing character James Bond in many films.


Pedro Almodóvar is the most famous Spanish director. He was born in Calzada de Calatrava (a small Spanish village) and he has made a lot of good films like “Talk to her”.


The Mont Blanc is the highest

mountain all over Europe and it is in France, but also in

Italy (it’s called Monte Bianco in

Italian).


The Ebro is the longest and most abundant river in

Spain (well, the longest is the Tajo, but Spain shares it

with Portugal). It flows to the

Mediterranean Sea.


This sea is very shallow (its average depth is only 57 m) and it is the largest deposit of amber in the world. The quality of this amber is very high too.


This lake is worldwide known for the legend of its Monster. Some people say that the have seen it, but nobody has ever proof its existence.


Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born in Malaga (Spain)

on 1881 and died in Mougins (France)

1973. He is one of the XXth century most

famous painters.


Victor Hugo (1802-1885) is one of the most important French writers, but he was also interested in politics, art, philosophy…


Hamish McCunn was a Scottish Romantic Composer, born in

Greenock and the son of a shipowner. His

most famous piece is the overture “The Land

of the Mountain and the Flood”.


Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1885) was born

in Poland. He was a poet and a Polish

patriot, whose work was the beginning of

the romantic poetry in this country.


José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero is the

President of the Spanish Government.


Nicolas Sarkozy is the President of the French Republic.


David Cameron is the Prime Minister of the

United Kingdom.


Donald Tusk is the Prime Minister of the

Popular Republic of Poland.


The Celebration of the Bastille (July 14th) is the French national party. They remember the day when French Revolution started.


This traditional Polish custom is a way to say

the winter good bye.


Hogmanay is the term used in Scotland for New Year’s Eve celebrations. Bells ring out at the stroke of midnight and all the people of a village or town form a circle and hold hands with their arms crossed singing a traditional Scottish song – Auld Lang Syne.


This Spanish custom takes place in a town

called Pamplona. People run in front of bulls in order to drive

them to their destination. There, the

party ends with a bullfighting.


France has a total surface of 670 000 km².


Scotland has a total surface of 79 000 km².


The croissant is a typical French

product. You can mix it with butter,

chocolate, jam , ham, etc…


The “Jamón ibérico” (a kind of ham) is made from the pig leg. It has to be much to be in a cold and salted place in order to get its special taste.


The tradition of whisky is widely associated

with Scottish heritage. The whiskies produced

in this country are distilled twice and

allowed to mature in an oak cask for three

years.


The Sernik is a typical Polish cheese cake.


Other important Polish cities are

Craiova, Wroclaw, Poznan or Gdansk.

The Warsaw Mermaid in the Old Town Market Place, Warsaw


Other important Spanish cities are

Barcelona, Valencia or Seville.

The Cibeles Fountain in Madrid


Other important French cities are Rennes, Caen, Lyon, Toulouse or Marseille.

View of Paris from the Notre Dame Cathedral


Other important Scottish cities are Inverness, Dundee or Aberdeen.

View of Edinburgh's Old Town from the Scott Monument


Pau Gasol is a Spanish basketball player. He started his career in

Spain but, nowadays, he plays in the USA, at

LA Lakers.


Robert Kubica is a F1 pilot. He is probably the most famous Polish sport player. Today, he competes in the Lotus Renault Team.


Zinedine Zidane was born in Marseille, but

he has Algerian descent. He is

considered one of the best football player of

all time. Now he is retired.


Steve Archibald is considered one of the best Scottish football player. He is retired but he has competed many times with the Scottish National Team.


Notre Dame Cathedral is one of the most popular

monuments in Paris (capital of France). This gothic building has also appeared in many films like “The Hunchback of

Notre Dame”.


The Alhambra is one of the most famous

monuments in Spain and in the world. It is a

group of Muslim palaces that has been recognized as a very

valuable cultural heritage.


Wawel Cathedral is a monument that has experimented many changes during its life. For example, its Baroque furnishings were generally designed by outstanding Italian architects.


The National Monument in the City of Edinburgh is Scotland’s memorial to those who died fighting for the United Kingdom in the Napoleonic Wars, notable for being only partially completed.


The Polish National Anthem was written

in 1797 by Józef Wybicki and the

source of the melody is unclear, but

usually ascribed to Michal Kleofas

Oginski.


“La Marseillaise” is the French

National Anthem. It is called this way

because the Marseille troops

were singing it as they entered Paris

on 1792.


The Spanish National Anthem

has no official lyrics, but Spanish people

are so proud of singing it that they

use the syllable “Na” to follow the music’s

rythm.


“God Save the Queen” is the official

anthem shared by Scotland, England,

Wales and Northern Ireland. Depending

on the gender of ruling monarch, it

can change to “God save the King”.


This costume is typical from the South of

Spain, but there are different ones in other provinces. The one in

the picture is traditional in Madrid,

for example.


The tartans of the kilts indicate which clan you belong to. When wearing a kilt, one must also wear a flash, which is a garter worn around the top of the socks that come to the knees. This makes up part of the traditional dress.


This costume has been used many times by

Polish folk groups in a lot of exhibitions. In the picture, we can see one

of these groups (from Lublin).


As in Spain, there are many different traditional costumes in France,

depending on the region we consider. This one is another kind.


Jacques Prévert (1900-1977) became

famous because of his particular style. He wrote about life

in Paris and life after the Second World

War.


We have already talked about Adam Mickiewicz (1798-1855). Remember that he was a very important Polish poet and patriot.


Robert Burns (1759-1796) was Born in Alloway and died in Dumfries after leading a very full and exciting life.


Federico García Lorca (1898-1936) was born

in Granada and he wrote about the popular culture of this area. He

was killed because of the Spanish Civil War.


Frédéric Chopin (his real name was

Fryderyc Szopen) was a Polish

musician. He composed mainly piano music like

“Etiuda Rewolucyjna” (Revolutionary

Study).


Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) was a French composer. His “Bolero” is one of the best known melodies in the world.


We have already talked about Hamish McCunn. He composed different

kinds of music. Some of his most famous

compositions are the operas “Diarmind” and

“Jeanie Deans”.


He was the most important nationalist composer in Spain. Some of his most popular compositions are “El amor brujo” y “La vida breve”.


Remember: ¡Hola! ¿Cómo te

llamas?


Remember:

Bienvenue! Ravi de faire votre connaissance!


Remember: Dziękuję!

Remember:

Tioraidh!

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