Category: Russia

Russia Quiz

Countries, Russia

1. Who succeeded Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia?

2. When was Moscow Olympics held?

3. Which city is considered Third Rome?

4. Who is the first woman in space?

5. Who is the first man in space?

6. Who won Wimbledon Women’s Singles Title in 2004?

7. Which is the national animal of Russia?

8. How is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known?

9. Which James Bond film has the character Tatiana Romanova?

10. Which dynasty ruled Russia before the 1917 Revolution?

11. Which of the following rivers flows in Russia?

12. Which is the currency of Russia?

13. Which military alliance came to an end with the decline of USSR?

14. Which Russian submarine had a tragic end?

15. Which revolutionary leader was murdered in Mexico in 1940?

16. Who wrote War and Peace?

17. How many gold medals were won by Russia in Athens Olympics 2004?

18. What are the colours of Russian flag?

19. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970?

20. Russia has how may time zones?

21. Which is the highest mountain in Russia?

22. Which is the deepest lake in the world?

23. Which scientist wrote about reflexes?

24. Who was the Czar of Russia at the time of Napoleon’s invasion?

25. Which is the national flower of Russia?

Originally posted 2017-03-26 03:33:48.

Konstantin Chernenko Quiz

History, Russia

Konstantin Chernenko Quiz Questions

1) When was Konstantin Chernenko born?
a) 22 January 1909
b) 19 May 1912
c) 24 September 1911
d) 14 November 1918

2) Where was Konstantin Chernenko born?
a) Bolshaya Tes
b) Nagutskoye
c) Dushanbe
d) Tashkent

3) When did Konstantin Chernenko join the Communist Party?
a) 1921
b) 1925
c) 1931
d) 1945

4) Where was Konstantin Chernenko head of agitation and propaganda?
a) Belarus
b) Ukraine
c) Moldavia
d) Abkhazia

5) Who made Konstantin Chernenko his chief of staff in 1964?
a) Vladimir Lenin
b) Joseph Stalin
c) Leonid Brezhnev
d) Mikhail Gorbachev

6) When did Konstantin Chernenko become member of Politburo?
a) 1977
b) 1979
c) 1980
d) 1981

7) When did Konstantin Chernenko become Secretary General of USSR?
a) 13 February 1984
b) 24 May 1985
c) 23 September 1986
d) 16 December 1989

8) When did Konstantin Chernenko become President of USSR?
a) 29 March 1977
b) 12 April 1984
c) 31 August 1985
d) 30 November 1986

9) When did Konstantin Chernenko die?
a) 10 March 1985
b) 10 June 1986
c) 8 August 1988
d) 22 October 1990

10) Where did Konstantin Chernenko die?
a) St. Petersburg
b) New York
c) Moscow
d) Paris

Konstantin Chernenko Quiz Questions with Answers

1) When was Konstantin Chernenko born?
c) 24 September 1911

2) Where was Konstantin Chernenko born?
a) Bolshaya Tes

3) When did Konstantin Chernenko join the Communist Party?
c) 1931

4) Where was Konstantin Chernenko head of agitation and propaganda?
c) Moldavia

5) Who made Konstantin Chernenko his chief of staff in 1964?
c) Leonid Brezhnev

6) When did Konstantin Chernenko become member of Politburo?
a) 1977

7) When did Konstantin Chernenko become Secretary General of USSR?
a) 13 February 1984

8) When did Konstantin Chernenko become President of USSR?
b) 12 April 1984

9) When did Konstantin Chernenko die?
a) 10 March 1985

10) Where did Konstantin Chernenko die?
c) Moscow

Originally posted 2017-03-26 03:31:25.

Yuri Gagarin Quiz

Russia, Science

1) When did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth?
a) 5 October 1957
b) 6 June 1959
c) 4 November 1960
d) 12 April 1961

2) Which spacecraft was used by Yuri Gagarin to orbit the earth?
a) Luna 7
b) Luna 8
c) Vostok 1
d) Vostok 2

3) From where did the spacecraft carrying Yuri Gagarin take off?
a) Moscow
b) Leningrad
c) Vladivostok
d) Baikanour

4) What did Yuri Gagarin say when the flight began?
a) Glasnost
b) Poyekhalil
c) Chau chau
d) Au revoir

5) How long did Yuri Gagarin’s flight last?
a) 60 minutes
b) 108 minutes
c) 120 minutes
d) 148 minutes

6) When did Yuri Gagarin join the Air Force?
a) 1952
b) 1953
c) 1954
d) 1955

7) Whose death resulted in Yuri Gagarin being banned from space flights as he was considered national treasure?
a) Laika
b) Valentina Tereshkova
c) Vladimir Komarov
d) Vladimir Seryogin

8) When did Yuri Gagarin die?
a) 14 April 1982
b) 27 March 1968
c) 19 July 1969
d) 25 November 1985

9) What caused Yuri Gagarin’s death?
a) Pneumonia
b) Typhoid
c) Plane crash
d) Car crash

10) What is Yuri Gagarin called?
a) Inventor of satellite
b) The Columbus of the Cosmos
c) Father of USSR
d) Peter the Great of 20th century

Yuri Gagarin Quiz Answers

1) When did Yuri Gagarin orbit the earth?
d) 12 April 1961

2) Which spacecraft was used by Yuri Gagarin to orbit the earth?
c) Vostok 1

3) From where did the spacecraft carrying Yuri Gagarin take off?
d) Baikanour

4) What did Yuri Gagarin say when the flight began?
b) Poyekhalil

5) How long did Yuri Gagarin’s flight last?
b) 108 minutes

6) When did Yuri Gagarin join the Air Force?
d) 1955

7) Whose death resulted in Yuri Gagarin being banned from space flights as he was considered national treasure?
c) Vladimir Komarov

8) When did Yuri Gagarin die?
b) 27 March 1968

9) What caused Yuri Gagarin’s death?
c) Plane crash

10) What is Yuri Gagarin called?
b) The Columbus of the Cosmos

Originally posted 2017-02-24 22:36:52.