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Rules

Rounds I, II, III

Teams have 1 minute for one task.

Tasks:

Warm-up (1 minute)

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WARM UP

“Wonderland”

You will have 1 minute to make as many short words as you can out of the word

Check yourself!

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ROUND I: Help Alice remember!

“London is the capital of Paris, and Paris is the capital of Rome, and Rome …”

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ROUND I: Help Alice remember!

Art MathsEnglish History Geography Physical TrainingComputer studies

  Mrs. GlobeMr. KeyboardMr. MarathonMrs. Past Mr. NumbersMr. CambridgeMs Portrait

I’m sure I’m not Ada!

Help Alice remember her teachers’ names:

Computer studiesPhysical TrainingArt English MathsHistory Geography

  Mrs. Past Mrs. GlobeMs PortraitMr. KeyboardMr. MarathonMr. NumbersMr. Cambridge

Alice’s teachers:

Let’s try Geography!

Ger

Can

Eng

United

SpNew

It

Ire

Fra

Rus

United States

IrelandCanada

New Zealand

Germany

FranceSpain

England

Italy

Russia

a

An apple

day

keeps

a

doctor

away

I’ll try to say a proverb now…

aAn apple

day

keeps a doctor

away

ROUND II: Riddles

“Curiouser and

curiouser!”!

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ROUND II: Riddles

Humpty Dumpty riddleOnce Alice met Humpty Dumpty from the poem

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king's horses and all the king's

men Couldn't put Humpty together again!

Who is Humpty Dumpty?

A) Робин-Бобин

B) Шалтай-Болтай

C) Ухти-Тухти

D) Эники-Беники

Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall.Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.All the king's horses and all the king's menCouldn't put Humpty together again!

Шалтай-Болтай Сидел на стене. Шалтай-Болтай Свалился во сне.

Вся королевская конница,Вся королевская рать Не может Шалтая, не может Болтая, Шалтая-Болтая собрать!

(Перевод С.Я.Маршака)

Without your tongue

You cannot t______,

Without your feet

You cannot w______,

Without your eyes

You cannot s______,

Without your heart

You cannot b______,

Caterpillar’s poem

Check yourself!

Without your tongue

You cannot TALK,

Without your feet

You cannot WALK,

Without your eyes

You cannot SEE,

Without your heart

You cannot BE,

Cheshire Cat’s Riddle

How do you say the word ‘ghoti’ if ‘gh’ is like in ‘cough’, ‘o’ is like in ‘women’ and

‘ti’ is like in ‘station’?

Cheshire Cat’s Riddle

‘gh’ is like in ‘cough’

‘o’ is like in ‘women’

‘ti’ is like in ‘station’ You say it like ‘fish’.

ROUND III: Writer’s puzzles

Lewis Carroll often wrote letters to his readers and asked them questions.

Try to answer some of them!

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ROUND III:

Who said it?

“Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!”

“What’s the use of a book without pictures and conversations?”

“Off with his head!”

Who said it?

White Rabbit: “Oh dear! Oh dear! I shall be too late!”

Queen: “Off with his head!”

Alice: What is the use of a book without pictures

and conversations?”

It’s true that I have face and hands,

And move before your eyes;

But when I go my body stands,

And when I stand I lie (вру).

What am I?

Alice likes such riddles. And you?

I am a clock!

Minute HAND

Hour HAND

FACE“I GO”

Use your logics!

Lewis Carroll was a mathematician, so he wants you so solve a logical problem:

What is the next letter?J, F, M, A, M, J, J, A, S, O, N, __

January February

March April

May June

July August

September October

November

So last letter is D (December)

These are first letters of months:

What’s the score?

End ofGame!

Who is the winner?

Our compliments to the winners!

Congratulations!