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🏞️ River Deep, Mountain High



This is a new CST activities page celebrating another aspect of our beautiful planet, this time rivers and mountains.


Begin the session by asking who enjoys spending time near rivers, canals or lakes?

Who prefers climbing (or driving up) hills and mountains?


How many rivers & hills and mounatins can the group name? (Hopefully, some will feature in the following picture quiz.)



Idioms


Complete these well known phrases, by way of a shout out ...


River deep, mountain HIGH

Cry me a RIVER

Still waters run DEEP

Come hell or high WATER

There's a lot of water under the BRIDGE

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it DRINK

Like water off a duck's BACK

Like a fish out of WATER

Sold down the RIVER

White water RAFTING

Water water everywhere, but not a drop to DRINK

Up shit creek without a PADDLE

Time and tide wait for no MAN

Faith will move MOUNTAINS

Make a mountain out of a MOLEHILL

As solid as a ROCK

King of the MOUNTAIN

Ain't no mountain high ENOUGH

Between a rock and a hard PLACE

It doesn't amount to a hill of BEANS

Head for the HILLS

Hit rock BOTTOM

Rock of AGES

Up hill and down DALE



Reminiscence



Jack and Gill went up the hill

To fetch a pail of water;

Jack fell down and broke his crown

And Gill came tumbling after.


Up Jack got and home did trot,

As fast as he could caper;

Went to bed to mend his head

With vinegar and brown paper.


Jill came in and she did grin

To see his paper plaster;

Mother, vex’d, did whip her next

For causing Jack's disaster.




Oh, the grand old Duke of York

He had ten thousand men

He marched them up to the top of the hill

And he marched them down again


And when they were up, they were up

And when they were down, they were down

And when they were only half-way up

They were neither up nor down




SONG BREAK - 'Comin' Round The Mountain', Gene Autry - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFdgaZCcUm0




Mountains




Here are some clues ...


This is the highest mountain in Scotland & the UK?

This is the highest mountain in England?

This is the highest mountain in Wales?

This hill is in Somerset?

This castle on top of a hill is in Scotland's capital city?

This mount can be found in the Black Hills of Dakota?

This mountain is south west of Tokyo in Japan?

This rock is in the Northern Territory of Australia?

This rock is a British territory in northern Spain?

This mountain can be found in Tanzania, Africa?

This volcano can be found in Italy?

'Christ The Redeemer' overlooks this rock in Rio De Janiero, Brazil?

This mount can be found in Normandy, France?

This mountain can be found above Cape Town, South Africa?

This mountain can be found in the French Alps?


& Some add on questions ...


What is the name of the loch it rises above?

Which national park can it be found in?

What is its Welsh, or proper, name?

Which legendary king is associated with this place?

What royal event takes place here every year?

Which four US presidents are featured?

Which tree does 'Sakura' (the flower in the picture) come from?

What is its proper name & to which native people is it sacred?

What type of monkeys live there?

Which long necked animal features in the picture?

Name the island?

What is the name of the beach below (Barry Manilow had a hit single in 1978 with the same name - here it is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKR2n-G-wdM )

Name its twin in Cornwall?

Who was the first black president of South Africa?

What is the food and drink associated with skiiing called?




On which mountain were the 'Ten Commandments' given to Moses?

Can you name any of them?




Which volcanic eruption in 79 A.D. caused the devastation of Pompeii?

Who starred in the TV sitcom 'Up Pompeii' (see below)?







Who conquered Everest on 29th May 1953 (name him and his guide)?

How many bodies still lie on the mountain (nearest guess)?




In which mountain range would you find Machu Picchu?

Who could manage walking down the 'Stairs Of Death'?




What are these Swiss people doing with their voices?

What is a mountain snow fall called & which dog is renowned for Alpine mountain rescue?



SONG BREAKS -

'The Hills Are Alive With The Sound Of Music' -

& 'Climb Every Mountain' -




Rivers



Here are some clues ...


This river runs through London?

This river is in Liverpool?

This river separates England from Wales?

Two rivers run into Cardiff Bay. What are they?

Name this famous Scottish loch?

This river can be found in Dublin?

This river drains water from Lake Eerie into Lake Ontario?

You're in denial if you don't know the name of this African river?

This river runs through a South American rainforest?

Petaluma, Napa & Guadalupe Rivers, and numerous smaller creeks and streams run into this American bay?

This river runs through 'The Magnolia State' in southern America?

Name this city, which is made up of 100 small islands?

You'd be insane to fall into this Parisian river?

This river runs through Rome?

This river runs through Florence?



& Some add on questions ...


Name the bridge?

Who had a hit single about this ferry in 1964?

What are the two Welsh words which greet you as you enter Wales?

What is the Welsh Government building called?

What monster might you find in it?

What is the name of the bridge?

What is the name of the tourist boat?

Which ancient wonders of the world can be found nearby?

What % of the oxygen we breathe comes from this rainforest?

Name the island prison?

Which desert is associated with this U.S. state?

What is the name of the tourist boats?

What is this type of statue called? What is the small city which is the centre of the Roman Catholic Church called?

What is the name of this bridge?




Name this English river & the author?




Name this canyon & the river that carved it?

Who fancies taking a 'Sky Walk'?




What name is given to these deep Norwegian inlets?

Who would dare to stand on this rock for a photo?




Name the river that runs through New York?

T or F. When US Airways flight 1549 crashed into it on 15th January 2009, all 155 people on board survived?




Name this Indian mausoleum & the sacred Indian river it sits on?

Who is in this photo, taken in 1992?




SONG BREAK. 'Messing About On The River', Josh MacRae - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddr76lfRaIQ




Canals





What are these horses called & on which Scottish canal would you find them?

Name this aquaduct & canal in North Wales?

Name this London lock & the canal?

Name this city of canals & the flowers it is famous for? (Here is a song link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm31Lni60LU )

What is this series of 'steps' on the 'Worcester & Birmingham Canal' called? (Can anyone describe how to open and close them?) Here is a video of how to open a lock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmZ7hBMTY8Q 

Name this boat lift in Cheshire?

In which English city would you find 'Gas Street Basin'?

In which English city would you find 'Canal Street'?

In which part of London would you find 'Little Venice'?


What is the name of the canal in Egypt which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea?

What is the name of the canal in central America that connects the Pacific & Atlantic Oceans?




Animals




Simply name the animals and birds that you might find on mountains and waterways?


Here are some extra questions ...


Complete the saying "See you later alligator ..."?

Which TV sitcom character always imagined his mother-in-law as one of these?

If in the Himilayas, what would this mythical creature be called?

Who is frolicking with them?

Which humped animal are they related to?

Which country has this bird as its national emblem?

Which fish are they skilled at catching?

What celestial object are they said to howl at?

What do you call a male and a female one?

What are their babies called?

What are their babies called?

What are their babies called?

What is the male called?

Why are they pink?

Why country brews a beer named after this bird?

Which of its cousins is said to deliver a baby?

What does it grow on its head?

What is this great cat said never able to do?



Comedy sketch. Guess who is in the gorilla outfit? -




TV & Movies




Name this 1959 Alfred Hitchcock movie & the actors?

Name this 1978 movie based on an Agatha Christie book & the actor?

Name the American family & the mountains where they lived?

Name this 1965 musical movie & the family who escaped the Nazis by climbing the Alps?

Name this 1939 movie based on a Mark Twain novel & the actor?

Name this 1951 movie & the actors?

Name the 1972 thriller that featured a piece of music called 'The Duelling Banjos'? (Here it is - start video at 2.00mins in - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35nh7qkPYXo )

Name this 1957 war film set in Burma? (Does anyone remember the 'Colonel Bogey March' & the missing words? - Here it is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k4NEAIk3PU )

Name this 1968 'Carry On' movie & the lead actor?

Name this American TV series?

Name this 1967 movie & the characters? Also, who wrote the book? (Here is another song link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BH-Rxd-NBo&t=3s )

Name the canal based children's TV series?

Name this 1980 horror movie & the actors? Also, name the hotel where it was set?

Name this 1977 sci-fi movie & the actor? Why is he making a replica of the 'Devil's Tower' in Wyoming?

Name the TV series & the other characters? Can anyone make the yell?




SONG BREAK. 'Trail Of The Lonesome Pine', Laurel & Hardy - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qApsAPnoH7c




Music Round



You could play this as a "Name That Tune" round. Play the first few lines of songs and ask members to match them up with the pictures. Play full songs as members request.









Comedy sketch. 'Gavin And Stacey Line Dance' - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZmntV0Y3Sw




Practical activity



You could play 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' ...




Get painting ...




Or you could make a miniature 'Zen Garden' ...





Here are some clues ...


This is the highest mountain in Scotland & the UK? BEN NEVIS

This is the highest mountain in England? SCAFELL PIKE

This is the highest mountain in Wales? SNOWDON

This hill is in Somerset? GLASTONBURY TOR

This castle on top of a hill is in Scotland's capital city? CASTLE ROCK, EDINBURGH

This mount can be found in the Black Hills of Dakota? MOUNT RUSHMORE

This mountain is south west of Tokyo in Japan? MOUNT FUJI

This rock is in the Northern Territory of Australia? AYRES ROCK

This rock is a British territory in northern Spain? ROCK OF GIBRALTAR

This mountain can be found in Tanzania, Africa? KILAMANJARO

This volcano can be found in Italy? ETNA

'Christ The Redeemer' overlooks this rock in Rio De Janiero, Brazil? SUGARLOAF

This mount can be found in Normandy, France? MONT SAINT MICHEL

This mountain can be found above Cape Town, South Africa? TABLE MOUNTAIN

This mountain (the highest in Europe) can be found in the French Alps? MONT BLANC


& Some add on questions ...


What is the name of the loch it rises above? LOCH LINNHE

Which national park can it be found in? LAKE DISTRICT

What is its Welsh, or proper, name? YR WYDFFA

Which legendary king is associated with this place? KING ARTHUR

What royal event takes place here every year? ROYAL MILITARY TATTOO

Which four US presidents are featured? GEORGE WASHINGTON, THOMAS JEFFERSON, THEODORE ROOSEVELT & ABRAHAM LINCOLN (APPARENTLY WANTS HIS FACE CARVED THERE!)

Which tree does 'Sakura' (the flower in the picture) come from? CHERRY BLOSSOM

What is its proper name & to which native people is it sacred? ULURU / ABORIGINE

What type of monkeys live there? BARBARY MACAQUES

Which long necked animal features in the picture? GIRAFFE

Name the island? SICILY

What is the name of the beach below (Barry Manilow had a hit single in 1978 with the same name - here it is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKR2n-G-wdM ) COPACABANA

Name its twin in Cornwall? ST MICHAEL'S MOUNT

Who was the first black president of South Africa? NELSON MANDELA

What is the food and drink associated with skiiing called? APRES SKI


On which mountain were the 'Ten Commandments' given to Moses? MOUNT SANAI

Can you name any of them?


  • You shall have no other God's before me

  • Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images

  • Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain

  • Remember the Sabbath day and keep it Holy

  • Honour your father and mother

  • Thou shalt not kill

  • Thou shalt not commit adultery

  • Thou shalt not steal

  • Thou shall not bear false witness

  • You shall not covet


Which volcanic eruption in 79 A.D. caused the devastation of Pompeii? VESUVIUS

Who starred in the TV sitcom 'Up Pompeii' (see below)? FRANKIE HOWARD


Who conquered Everest on 29th May 1953 (name him and his guide)? EDMUND HILLARY & SHERPA TENZING

How many bodies still lie on the mountain (nearest guess)? 200


In which mountain range would you find Machu Picchu? ANDES

Who could manage walking down the 'Stairs Of Death'? (A FEAR OF HEIGHTS IS ACROPHOBIA)


What are these Swiss people doing with their voices? YODELLING

What is a mountain snow fall called & which dog is renowned for Alpine mountain rescue? AVALANCHE / SAINT BERNARD (THE BARREL CONTAINS BRANDY)


Here are some clues ...


This river runs through London? THAMES

This river is in Liverpool? MERSEY

This river separates England from Wales? SEVERN

Two rivers run into Cardiff Bay. What are they? TAFF & ELY

Name this famous Scottish loch? LOCH NESS

This river can be found in Dublin? LIFFEY

This river drains water from Lake Eerie into Lake Ontario? NIAGARA

You're in denial if you don't know the name of this African river? NILE

This river runs through a South American rainforest? AMAZON

Petaluma, Napa & Guadalupe Rivers, and numerous smaller creeks and streams run into this American bay? SAN FRANCISCO BAY

This river runs through 'The Magnolia State' in southern America? MISSISSIPPI

Name this city, which is made up of 100 small islands? VENICE

You'd be insane to fall into this Parisian river? SEINE

This river runs through Rome? TIBER

This river runs through Florence? ARNO



& Some add on questions ...


Name the bridge? TOWER BRIDGE

Who had a hit single about this ferry in 1964? GERRY & THE PACEMAKERS

What are the two Welsh words which greet you as you enter Wales? CROESO Y CYMRU

What is the Welsh Government building called? SENYDD

What monster might you find in it? NESSIE

What is the name of the bridge? HALFPENNY

What is the name of the tourist boat? 'MAID OF THE MIST'

Which ancient wonders of the world can be found nearby? PYRAMIDS AT GIZA

What % of the oxygen we breathe comes from this rainforest? 20%

Name the island prison? ALCATRAZ

Which desert is associated with this U.S. state? MISSISSIPPI MUD PIE

What is the name of the tourist boats? GONDOLAS

What is this type of statue called? GARGOYLE

What is the small city which is the centre of the Roman Catholic Church called? VATICAN CITY

What is the name of this bridge? PONTE VECCHIO


Name this English river & the author? AVON / WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (THE BARD OF AVON)


Name this canyon & the river that carved it? GRAND CANYON / COLORADO

Who fancies taking a 'Sky Walk'? *


What name is given to these deep Norwegian inlets? FJORDS

Who would dare to stand on this rock for a photo? *


Name the river that runs through New York? HUDSON

T or F. When US Airways flight 1549 crashed into it on 15th January 2009, all 155 people on board survived? TRUE


Name this Indian mausoleum & the sacred Indian river it sits on? GANGES

Who is in this photo, taken in 1992? PRINCESS DIANA


What are these horses called & on which Scottish canal would you find them? KELPIES / FORTH & CLYDE CANAL

Name this aquaduct & canal in North Wales? PONTCYSYLLTE / LLANGOLLEN CANAL

Name this London lock & the canal? CAMDEN LOCK / GRAND UNION CANAL

Name this city of canals & the flowers it is famous for? (Here is a song link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm31Lni60LU ). AMSTERDAM / TULIPS

What is this series of 'steps' on the 'Worcester & Birmingham Canal' called? (Can anyone describe how to open and close them?) CAEN FLIGHT

Here is a video of how to open a lock - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmZ7hBMTY8Q

Name this boat lift in Cheshire? ANDERTON BOAT LIFT

In which English city would you find 'Gas Street Basin'? BIRMINGHAM

In which English city would you find 'Canal Street'? MANCHESTER

In which part of London would you find 'Little Venice'? PADDINGTON


What is the name of the canal in Egypt which connects the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea? SUEZ CANAL

What is the name of the canal in central America that connects the Pacific & Atlantic Oceans? PANAMA CANAL


Complete the saying "See you later alligator ..."? CROCODILE / "SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR, IN A WHILE CROCODILE"

Which TV sitcom character always imagined his mother-in-law as one of these? HIPPOPOTAMUS / REGINAL PERRIN

If in the Himilayas, what would this mythical creature be called? SASQUATCH / YETI

Who is frolicking with them? GORILLAS / DAVID ATTENBOROUGH

Which humped animal are they related to? LLAMA / CAMEL

Which country has this bird as its national emblem? GOLDEN EAGLE / U.S.A.

Which fish are they skilled at catching? BROWN BEAR / JUMPING SALMON

What celestial object are they said to howl at? WOLF / MOON

What do you call a male and a female one? GOAT / BILLY & NANNY

What are their babies called? OTTER / PUPS

What are their babies called? GOOSE / GOSLING

What are their babies called? SWAN / CYGNET

What is the male called? MALLARD DUCK / DRAKE

Why are they pink? FLAMINGO / THEY EAT SHRIMP

Why country brews a beer named after this bird? KINGFISHER / INDIA

Which of its cousins is said to deliver a baby? HERON / STORK

What does it grow on its head? MOOSE / ANTLERS

What is this great cat said never able to do? LEOPARD / NEVER CHANGE IT'S SPOTS


Guess who is in the gorilla outfit? ROWAN ATKINSON


Name this 1959 Alfred Hitchcock movie & the actors? 'NORTH BY NORTHWEST' / CARY GRANT & EVE MARIE SAINT

Name this 1978 movie based on an Agatha Christie book & the actor? 'DEATH ON THE NILE' / PETER USTINOV

Name the American family & the mountains where they lived? 'THE WALTONS' / BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA

Name this 1965 musical movie & the family who escaped the Nazis by climbing the Alps? 'THE SOUND OF MUSIC' / THE VON TRAPPS

Name this 1939 movie based on a Mark Twain novel & the actor? 'THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN' / MICKEY ROONEY

Name this 1951 movie & the actors? 'THE AFRICAN QUEEN' / KATHARINE HEPBURN & HUMPHREY BOGART

Name the 1972 thriller that featured a piece of music called 'The Duelling Banjos'? (Here it is - start video at 2.00mins in - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35nh7qkPYXo ). 'DELIVERANCE'

Name this 1957 war film set in Burma? (Does anyone remember the 'Colonel Bogey March' & the missing words? - Here it is - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k4NEAIk3PU ) 'BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI' /


"Hitler has only got one ball,

Göring has two but very small,

Himmler is rather sim'lar,

But poor old Goebbels has no balls at all."


OR ...


"Hitler has only got one ball,

The other is in the Albert Hall,

His mother, the dirty bugger,

Chopped it off when he was small.


She threw it into the apple tree,

The wind blew it into the deep blue sea,

Where the fishes got out their dishes,

And ate scallops and bollocks for tea."


Name this 1968 'Carry On' movie & the lead actor? 'CARRY ON UP THE KHYBER' / KENNETH WILLIAMS

Name this American TV series? 'GRIZZLY ADAMS'

Name this 1967 movie & the characters? Also, who wrote the book? (Here is another song link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BH-Rxd-NBo&t=3s ). 'THE JUNGLE BOOK' / RUDYARD KIPLING

Name the canal based children's TV series? 'ROSIE & JIM'

Name this 1980 horror movie & the actors? Also, name the hotel where it was set? 'THE SHINING' / 'OVERLOOK HOTEL'

Name this 1977 sci-fi movie & the actor? Why is he making a replica of the 'Devil's Tower' in Wyoming? 'CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND' / THAT IS WHERE THE ALIEN SPACECRAFT ARE TO CONVERGE & HAND OVER HUMANS TAKEN YEARS PRIOR

Name the TV series & the other characters? Can anyone make the yell? 'TARZAN'













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