Prince Charles and the Mexican city with 'more pasties than Cornwall'

KEY

Question 1

a. TRUE Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall on Sunday visited a remote Mexican mining town to pay tribute to hundreds of British expatriates who brought football and Cornish pasties to the American country two centuries ago.

b.FALSE Hundreds of Cornish families moved to Pachuca and Real del Monte in the 1820s for a new life working in silver mines that had fallen into decline.

c.FALSE They not only brought mining expertise and 1,500 tonnes of equipment to revitalise the area, but also British culture, which remains to this day.

d.FALSE The first day of the royal visit fell on the Day of the Dead, a colourful Mexican religious festival where people gather to pray..

Question 2

a)       They laid a wreath at the memorial of a Mexican-British soldier who died in the First World War, placed the first turf on a new football pitch and visited the world's only pasty museum.

b)       Around 350 Cornish miners, wives and children sailed to Mexico on three ships in the early 1820s, with the first arriving in 1824. It took them 14 months to haul their equipment 250 miles from the coast to the inland Pachuca and Real del Monte in what is remembered as the "Great Trek" in Mexican folklore.

Question 3

a)       remote           b) wreath         c) host       d) settle     e) altar

Question 4

a)After joining celebrations/ they had joined celebrations in Real Monte’s town centre, then they visited a local secondary school.

b)It is said that the soldier fought in the First World War.

c)International pasty festivals are now hosted in Pechuca and an official Fifa football museum is housed there.