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Your Submissions: Online Quiz to test your knowledge about Russia and Russian culture
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Posted by: Khashyar

Hi Everyone,

I would like to create an online "Russia Quiz," that tests visitor's knowledge about Russia and Russian culture.

I think that it would be a fun quiz to test a person's knowledge of Russia....

The way that I envision the quiz, you will be given a Question, you can choose between 4 or 5 answers, and then the answer will be given to you at the end, along with an interesting fact about the Topic/ Question.

The quiz could be 10 to 20 questions long, and then at the end, you will be given your Russian cultural knowledge score.

To help me with creating this quiz, I would appreciate if you could help me assemble a list of questions, answers, and one to two sentence interesting fact per question.

It would be wonderful if you would just post it in this thread.

When I create the quiz, I will delete this thread so that no one will have the answers.

I think that this quiz can be an interesting diversion, and will help educate the test-taker about Russia.

Here is the example of the format to submit your Russia Questions:

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Question: What is the Capital of Russia?

Answer: Moscow

Interesting Fact: Russia is one of the most expensive cities to live in the world, with a one night stay in a hotel often topping prices of the best hotels in the West.

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True or False: Russian President Vladimir Putin is dating a former Miss Russia and Miss Universe.

Answer: True.

Interesting Fact: President Putin is currently dating for Miss Russia and Miss Universe, Oksana Fyodorova, who was a police lieutenant from St. Petersburg. She won the Miss Universe Contest in 2002. She was stripped of her Miss Universe crown 4 months later for refusing to fulfill her duties as the beauty pagent winner.

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Thank you for submitting your questions for the quiz....

Khashyar

Posted by: inlove

[quote]Answer: True. President Putin is currently dating for Miss Russia and Miss Universe, Oksana Fyodorova, who was a police lieutenant from St. Petersburg. She won the Miss Universe Contest in 2002. She was stripped of her Miss Universe crown 4 months later for refusing to fulfill her duties as the beauty pagent winner.[quote]

What???

Ok, ok I got it. It is a joke, right?

I, probably, should disqualify myself from the contest. I'll think about the questions, though..

Posted by: Khashyar

Question: The Russian city of St. Petersburg was inspired by which European city?

choices: a) Rome b) Paris c) Venice or d) Stockholm

Answer: Venice

Interesting Fact It was Peter the Great who wanted to build an inspiring Russian city that was to be the "Venice of the East," and it became the capital of Russia. In 1918, the Bolsheviks of the Russian Revolution moved it back to Moscow."

Posted by: Khashyar

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Originally posted by inlove
[quote]Answer: True. President Putin is currently dating for Miss Russia and Miss Universe, Oksana Fyodorova, who was a police lieutenant from St. Petersburg. She won the Miss Universe Contest in 2002. She was stripped of her Miss Universe crown 4 months later for refusing to fulfill her duties as the beauty pagent winner.[quote]

What??? Ok, ok I got it. It is a joke, right?
I, probably, should disqualify myself from the contest. I'll think about the questions, though..

Inlove,

I think that people find it interesting to also answer some current event questions, or some "entertainment" questions.....

We can't be academic and PC all the time.... Right?

People enjoy those types of "in the news" questions too.

Khashyar

Posted by: Khashyar

Question:What was referred to as "Black" land because of its dark rich soil?

Choices: a) Armenia, b) St. Petersburg, c) Minsk, d) Ukraine

Answer: Ukraine

Interesting Fact: Semi-nomadic populations once roamed Ukraine in between the 9th and 13th Centuries, and had to pay a license fee to the ruling Prince for permission to roam and use the land. The term "Black" referred to these temporary property rights.

Posted by: Khashyar

Question: Who is often referred to as the person who established Belarus?

Answer: The Prince of Polotsk

Interesting Fact: The Prince of Polotsk founded a settlement on the Dvina river that became the nucleaus of Belarus. After death of Prince Svyatoslav the Warlike of Kiev (972) the Belarusian city of Polotsk was captured by Varyags (Swedish vikings) and ruled by Ragnvald who became the first prince of Polotsk.

Posted by: Khashyar

Question: True or False: Until the 13th Century in Russia, women has a certain status, power relative equality in Russian Society?

Answer: True

Interesting Fact: This changed when Russia's central government was moved from Kiev to Moscow, and the Russian Government became influenced by Byzantine Religion and the militarisation of Muscovite Society. The was the beginning of the time when the Christian Doctrine of "female impurity" began to spread throughout Russia. This held true until the 19th Century, when Russian women were often educated in Europe, and led movements for equality of the sexes and other causes.

Posted by: Khashyar

Question: Only 5% of Ukrainians were living below the poverty line in 1998

Answer: False

Interesting Fact: In fact, 40 percent of Ukrainians were living below in the poverty line in 1998, nearly twice as many as in Belarus.

Posted by: inlove

Khash, this is no contest, if you are giving all the answers away. You should post the question, and make somebody else answer..

IMHO..

Posted by: Khashyar

Hi Inlove...

By posting all of the Q's and A's, I am trying to give examples of how others can submit their own Questions and Answers.

Actually, the quiz itself will not be in the forum, but in a seperate program that I am going to write after I have gathered perhaps 200 Questions and Answers... (Then I will delete this thread)...

Khashyar

Posted by: Jill

OK, here's are a trivia question:

In what city is the largest Lenin head in the world located?

There used to be one about the only Russian city where the Lenin statue was both removed (in 1991) and then restored (in 1996), but I don' know if this has changed (perhaps other cities have since followed suit?).

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Ulan Ude and Ryazan

Posted by: Jill

OK, the only country of the former Soviet Union that has more of its population living abroad than with its borders.

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Armenia

Posted by: Jill

First Christian ruler of Rus? (Note that this is not the same person who christianized Rus).

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Olga (Rus was Christianized by Vladimir)

Posted by: Jill

What FSU country was the first country in the world to officially accept Christianity?

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Armenia

Posted by: Jill

First Russian city invaded and destroyed by the Mongol Tartars?

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Ryazan

Posted by: Jill

What is the name of the the only written testimony on the early history of East Slavic peoples?

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The Primary Chronicle, aka the Tale of Bygone Years (Povest vremmenikh let)

Posted by: Jill

How did Kiev get it's name?

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According to legend, Kiev was founded by three brothers and their sister; Kyy was the name of the oldest brother and the city was named for him.

Posted by: Jill

Who was the first woman in space?

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Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova

Posted by: Jill

What is the former name of Nizhny Novgorod?

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Gorky

Posted by: Jill

Who was known as the "Mad Monk of Russia"?

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Rasputin

Posted by: Jill

What is the oldest and deepest lake in the world?

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Baikal

Posted by: Jill

Who was the "father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb"?

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Andrei Sakharov

Posted by: Jill

What killer was responsible for up to 53 murders in the Rostov area between 1978 and 1990?

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Andrei Chikatilo

Posted by: Jill

What Russian child became a hero and role model for denouncing his parents to Soviet authorities?

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Pavlik Morozov

Posted by: Jill

What Russian poet received an honorary doctoral degree from Oxford University in 1965?

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Anna Akhmatova

Posted by: Jill

What 19th century Russian writer believed that beauty would save the world?

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Posted by: Khashyar

Thank you, Jill....

Great Questions (and answers)....

Khashyar

Posted by: povlhp

Who founded Novgorod:

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the Vikings

Next one, multiple possible answers.

What do Adolph and Staling have in common:

Both had a moustache, and neither was born in the country they were leading, and both killed millions of Russians.

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What is the former name of St.Petersburg ?

Leningrad

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Which city is the 3rd largest in Russia after Moscow and St.Pete ?

Novosibirsk w/ 1.5 mio people.

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How many cities in Russia has a Metro ?

(I only know it is more than 5)

Posted by: heatherlatyshev

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Originally posted by povlhp
Who founded Novgorod:

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the Vikings

Next one, multiple possible answers.

What do Adolph and Staling have in common:

Both had a moustache, and neither was born in the country they were leading, and both killed millions of Russians.

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What is the former name of St.Petersburg ?

Leningrad

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Which city is the 3rd largest in Russia after Moscow and St.Pete ?

Novosibirsk w/ 1.5 mio people.

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How many cities in Russia has a Metro ?

(I only know it is more than 5)

Actually, Stalin killed millions of Russians, Hitler only killed hundreds of thousands. Stalin killed, in total over twice as many Russians, his own people, than Hitler killed total, all races and cultures together. He was and still is the #1 worse leader when it came to genocide than any other leader in history. But, he was deeply loved and even though he killed millions of his own people, nearly every one in Russia, and some surrounding countries cried, literally, the day he died.

Posted by: BradIL

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Originally posted by Jill: What killer was responsible for up to 53 murders in the Rostov area between 1978 and 1990? Andrei Chikatilo

Jill- I would appreciate an approximate pronouncer of the surname of Chikatilo. I can get a lot of mileage out of this!

Khashyar, et. seq., I find this very informative, I'm picking up a lot of little facts I never came across.

Vladimir & Miss Oksana Lovely... ooooooooo... The Prez & the copper are kickin' it

Posted by: Jill

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Jill- I would appreciate an approximate pronouncer of the surname of Chikatilo. I can get a lot of mileage out of this!

I shudder to think what KIND of mileage, but...Chik-a-TILL-o.
He's a very interesting character. Evidently when he was a child, his mother used to tell him that he once had an older brother who got eaten by villagers during the Ukrainian famine. They say this is why he had a penchant for canabilism...

Posted by: Jill

This Hetman signed the treaty of Pereyaslavl in 1654 making Ukraine a protectorate of Moscow.

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Bogdan Khmelnitsky

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Often called the decisive battle of WWII.

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The Battle of Stalingrad

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Joseph Dzhugashvili is better known by what name?

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Joseph Stalin

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How long did the Blocade of Leningrad last?

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880 days

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What was the golodomor?

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The Ukrainian famine of 1933

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How many Soviet cities did Stalin procalim "hero cities" in acknowledgement of the suffereing and bravery of their populations during WWII?

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13

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He became president of the republic of Ukraine in Jan., 1918 and argued that the period of the Kievan state (10th-13th cent.) belonged to Ukraine only (and not Russia).

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Mikhailo Hrushevsky

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This movie is generally watched by people in the FSU on New Years eve.

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Irony of Fate (Ironiya sudbi ili s legkim parom).

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This mountain chain separates Europe and Asia.

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The Urals

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International Women's day is celebratedin the FSU on this day.

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March 8

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This is Old New Year in Russia.

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January 14

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Christmas is celebratedin Russia on this day.

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January 7

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This Ukrainian poet wrote "Kobzar."

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Taras Shevchenko

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He wrote "Eugene Onegin."

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Pushkin

Posted by: Jill

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What is the former name of St.Petersburg ?
Leningrad

Oh, and Petrograd! Do I get a bonus point?