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ENGLISCH/919: Brainteasers (205) The American Way of Life (SB)


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205 The American Way of Life



How familiar are you with American culture and customs?

I. Which of the following New York islands was the entry point for millions of European immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

a Long Island
b Staten Island
c Ellis Island

II. What is a "power breakfast"?

a A breakfast that consists entirely of health food. b A breakfast that comes with espresso. c A business meeting held in a restaurant over breakfast.

III. In American restaurants, two of the following situations would be unacceptable. Which is the only acceptable one?

a You wait for the waiter / waitress to show you to a table. b You walk into a restaurant and seat yourself. c You ask people you don't know if you can take a seat at their table.

IV. Which of the following sentences would be considered rude in an American restaurant?

a "I'll have the steak sandwich".
b "I want the steak sandwich".
c "I'd like the steak sandwich".

V. Which of the following is a classic American Cocktail?

a Manhattan
b Mississippi
c Miami Beach

VI. Which of the following questions is not possible if you have already met the person you are asking?

a "How are you doing"?
b "How do you do?"
c "How are you?"

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Now, did you know the right answers?

I. c Ellis Island

... is the New York island that was the entry point for millions of European immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries?

II. A "power breakfast" is

c A business meeting held in a restaurant over breakfast.

III. The only acceptable way to get into an American restaurants is

b to walk into a restaurant and seat yourself.

IV. In an American restaurant it would be considered rude to say:

b "I want the steak sandwich".

V. The classic American Cocktail is called:

a Manhattan

VI. It is impossible to say:

b "How do you do?"

if you have already met the person you are asking.

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Anders als bisher, bringen wir von nun an die Lösungen der Rätsel direkt im Anschluß. Hier die noch ausstehenden Lösungen der letzten Folge 204 Tricky little "in":

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Brainteasers (204) Tricky little "in"

We asked you to fit these "preps" into the following completion sentences:

at, at, on, on, to, into

1 Welcome ... London! (Willkommen in London!)

2 They are ... the cinema. (Sie sind in dem Kino.)

3 He lives ... the third floor. (Er wohnt in dem dritten Stock.)

4 She went ... town yesterday. (Sie ist gestern in der Stadt gewesen.)

5 You can buy it ... the supermarket. (Das kannst Du in dem Supermarkt kaufen.)

6 You are ... the bus to Liverpool. (Du bist in dem Bus nach Liverpool.)

and the solution is:

1 Welcome to London!

2 They are at the cinema.

3 He lives on the third floor.

4 She went into town yesterday.

5 You can buy it at the supermarket.

6 You are on the bus to Liverpool.


7 October 2013