Museums of Contemporary art in the USA
Cinema
1. How many stars are in the “Walk of Fame”? ( 2 500)
2. When was Paramount Pictures founded? ( 1912)
3. What is the first sounded film? (The Jazz Singer)
4. When was the first Oscar given? (1929)
5. Where does the annual award Oscar take place? (Kodak theatre)
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Cinema of the USA
1. How many major companies are in the USA? What they are called?
2. Write three the most famous film directors.
3. What most popular genres do you know?
4. The main annual national Award of USA.
5. What did Hays Code forbid?
answers
1. eight companies, they are called the eight Golden Age majors/
2. Alfred Hitchcock, David Griffith, Stanley Kubrick, Charlie Chaplin, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese.
3. Western, musical, thriller, detective, comedy, horror film, blockbuster, pseudo-historical film.
4. Oscar
5. To show in films murders, drugs, alcohol, naked characters, mocking at religious.
Literature
1. The first period of the North American literature.
2. What famous writers of age of revolution can you say?
3. Who is the author of “Sketch book”?
4. What time does the second period cover?
5. What interest was dominated in Colonization Period.
1. 1607-1765
2. Samuel Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy
3. Washington Irving
4. 1760- 1790
5. Theological interests
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Washington D.C.
1. When was Washington founded? (July, 1790)
2. How many of top 10 buildings in the American Institute of Architects are located in the D.C. and named them? (6. The White house, the Washington National Cathedral, the Thomas Jefferson Memorial, the US Capitol, the Lincoln Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial)
3. Name the official residence of the president of the US. (The White House)
4. The meeting place of the US Congress? (The US Capitol)
5.Name 3-4 Private Universities. (George Washington University, Georgetown University, Horward University, American University)
6.It’s an open-area national park in downtown Washington (The National Mall)
7. An American Memorial built to honour the 16-th President of the US. (The Lincoln Memorial)
Writers
1. Say me the most popular essays by Mark Twain.(The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Innocence Abroad)
2. Say me the most popular essays by Jack London.(White Fang, Love of life, Sea Wolf)
3. Say me the most popular writers in the USA.( Mark Twain, Jack London, Hemingway Ernest, Michael Cunningham)
4. Who was the winner of the Pulitzer Prize?( Michael Cunningham)
5. Say me the writers who committed suicide.( Jack London, Hemingway Ernest)
1.Where is located Silicon Valley?
2.The other name of Silicon Valley.
3.The population of Silicon Valley.
4.The number of household income in Silicon Valley.
5.The biggest city in Silicon Valley
6.The name of great mountain in Silicon Valley.
Ответы
1.in San Fransisco California
2.The Cremnium Valley
3.1.3 millions
4. 83.944 dollars
5.San Khose
6.Santa Cruz
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Las Vegas.
1) Where is Las Vegas situated? In which state?
2) For what is Las Vegas famous for?
3) When was the city incorporated?
4) What title did the city earn?
5) When did The ‘Elvis-A-Rama Museum’ open?
6) Where is ‘The Guinness Book of World Records’ located?
7) How many cars are there in Imperial Palace’s Auto collection?
8) What does the word ‘Liberace’ in title ‘The Liberace Museum’ mean?
9) When did ‘The Liberace Museum’ close to the public?
10) Whose waxworks (sculptures of wax) do ‘The Madame Tussaud’s Wax Museum’ display?
1) It is situated in the U.S. state of Nevada.
2) It is famous for gambling, shopping and fine dining.
3) It was incorporated in 1911.
4) The city earned the title of Sin City.
5) It opened on the 5th of November in 1999.
6) It is located near the street Circus-Circus on the Strip.
7) More than 250 cars.
8) It is a name of American entertainer and pianist. Valentino Liberace.
9) It closed to the public on the 17th of October in 2010.
10) The waxworks of historical and royal figures, film stars, sport stars and infamous murderes.
1.City, which is situated in the center of the Bay Area (San Francisco)
2.Why did the popularity of San Francisco grow up so quickly? (The California Gold Area)
3. Say about the weather of San Francisco? (Chilly summer fog, steep rolling wills, middle temperature is about 42 degrees)
4.What is the Colden Gate Bridge ( the most famous bridge)
5. Name the cruelest prison (Island Alcatraz)
6.Say the places of interest (Colden Gate Bridge, Island Alcatraz, The Cable Car, San Francisco’s China town)
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Museums of Contemporary art in the USA
1. When was the Museum of modern art in New York opened?
2 .Who was the founder of this museum?
3 .Name the famous paintings.
4 .Where is the Museum of Contemporary art, LA located?
5 .Name the famous painters, whose works are included in collection?
6.when was Museum of Contemporary art in Chicago founded?
7.name the famous paintings in this museum.
8.When was Contemporary Museum in Honolulu opened?
9.who was the founder?
10. Whose sculptures display the ground near the museum?
Answers:
1.November,1929
2.Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
3. Paul Cézanne, «Bather», Vincent van Gogh, The Starry Night, Painting
by Francis Bacon
4.near Walt Disney Concert Hall
5. Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Roy Lichtenstein
6. in 1967
7. Cindy, 1988, by Chuck Close
8.Oktober, 1988
9.Anna Rice Cooke
10. Charles Arnoldi, Deborah Butterfield