WELCOME TO THE EOI CHRISTMAS TREASURE HUNT
You’ll have to complete 9 different tasks to win the game. When you finish one task, give it to the teacher, who will check it. If you did it right, she’ll stamp your passport so that you can go to another room, where you’ll get the next task. GOOD LUCK!
TASK 1
HIDDEN NUMBERS. Each word below has the letters necessary to spell a number. But
the letters are not together and possible not in the right order. And… some letters
are not necessary. Find the numbers in the words. A is an
example.
A. SNOOZE one F. WROTE ………….
B. FAVORITE …………. G. EXERCISE ………….
C. TWINE …………. H. TIGHEST ………….
D. COIFFURE …………. I. ETHEREAL ………….
E. FROZE …………. J. BEGINNING ………….
TASK 2
Look at the maps below and write the country and the nationality.
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Answers:
PICTURE
COUNTRY NATIONALITY
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2
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8
TASK 3
FLAGS. Below you have the flags of four different countries. Use the crayons on the
desks and color them.
Don’t be afraid to make mistakes. We’ll give you a new sheet if
necessary!
TASK 4
RIDDLES. Below you have seven riddles that you must solve to continue playing.
The answers are in the first box, but some are not necessary!
Potential answers:
A PENNY A NURSERY LUNCH AND DINNER
GOD
JULY ALL MEAT AND FISH A SNAKEA WATERMELON I C FISH AND CHIPSFEBRUARY THE ECHO A DOG E
Number
Riddle Answer
1 What month has 28 days? 2 What two things do people never eat
before breakfast? 3 I can speak all the languages in the
world. Who am I? 4 What letter of the alphabet is a part of
your face?5 I’m the beginning of the end and the
end of time and space. I’m essential
to creation and I surround every place. What am I?
6 There was a green house. Inside the green house there was a white house. Inside the white house there was a red house. Inside the red house there were lots of babies. What is it?
7 What has a head, a tail, is brown and has no legs?
TASK 5
RIDDLE. Solve this riddle.
A DOCTOR AND A BOY ARE FISHING IN THE RIVER. THE BOY IS THE DOCTOR’S SON BUT THE DOCTOR IS NOT THE BOY’S FATHER. WHO IS THE DOCTOR?
Answer: …………………………………………….
TASK 6
THE PRESS (part 1). Here are the names of six British newspapers. Form their names
by putting together the pieces in the puzzle.
The Morning The DAILY Times Mirror Financial Mail Times The The Sun Sunday The Daily
The Star
LIST OF BRITISH NEWSPAPERS:
1. _____________________________________
2. _____________________________________
3. _____________________________________
4. _____________________________________
5. _____________________________________
6. _____________________________________
TASK 7
THE PRESS (part 2). Use the newspapers and magazines on the desks to answer the
following questions.
SOURCE QUESTION PAGE ANSWER
Us
Weekly
How much money did Kristen
Steward earn last year?
Glamour How much is a metallic
leather satchel?
Metro What’s Alec Baldwin’s new
wife’s name?
The
Scotsma
n
What’s the speed limit on
Scottish motorways?
The
Guardian
What’s the North Korean
leader’s name?
TASK 8
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS. In English-speaking countries such as the US or the UK (almost) everybody would understand Merry Christmas. But in those countries
there are people who speak other languages. Below you have some of those languages and their way of saying Merry
Christmas. Match the Christmas greetings to the right
language.
CHRISTMAS GREETINGS LANGUAGES
Nadolig Ilawen
Nollaig Chridheil
Meri Kirihimete
Mele Kalikimaka
Miri Kirijimiji
Hawaiian
Maori
Scottish Gaelic
Warlpiri (Australian Aboriginal language)
Welsh
Anwers:
GREETING LANGUAGE
Nadolig Ilawen
Nollaig Chridheil
Meri Kirihimete
Mele Kalikimaka
Miri Kirijimiji
TASK 9
MEMORY EXERCISE. Below you have a popular English Christmas poem.
Memorize it as a group and tell it together to the teacher.
I WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR; A POCKET FULL OF MONEY AND A CELLAR FULL OF BEER, AND A GREAT FAT PIGTO LAST YOU ALL THE YEAR.
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