Culture B2P2 3

  8   In America, a frowning expression is associated with ….. .      

20 What was Noah Webster famous for?      

5 Who defined a stereotype as ‘a fixed, over-generalised belief about a particular group or class of people’?      

15 Which word best describes polite eye contact between people in the UK?     

13 In Australia, if someone is knee-high to a grasshopper, they are ….. .         

  3   Which form of humour is used to insult another person?      

23 Which country’s core values are closely linked to nature?     

7 The Dutch idiom ‘kiezen of delen’ originates from ….. .      

19 Which is NOT a characteristic of American communication?      

25 Ken didn’t know the answer to the question, so he just ….. his shoulders.      

22   In Australia, a bandicoot is a type of ….. .      

11   When Australia was founded, who were NOT sent there as prisoners?      

12   In American culture, ‘strike out’ is a metaphor for ….. .

  9   The British expression ‘beyond the pale’ refers to ….. .      

  6   What is a distinctive feature of American football?            

16   Which country’s culture is best represented by meditation and martial arts?      

21   British speakers use the phrase ‘take it with a ….. of salt’ when they don’t fully believe something.

4 A cultural metaphor for Germany is ….. .   

2 In British humour, what is ‘taking the mick’?   

24   If someone is in stitches, they are ….. .      

18 British black humour is making fun of ….. .      

14   In Britain, it is important to respect people’s ….. by not standing too close.      

  1   Americans might see the British lack of directness as ….. .      

10   The American ‘W’ sign hand gesture indicates ….. .      

17   Which phrase best sums up the British sense of stoicism?