Russia Quiz
Russia Quiz Questions
1) Who succeeded Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia?
a) Alexander Lebed
b) Vladimir Putin
c) Gary Kasparov
d) Mikhail Gorbachev
2) When was Moscow Olympics held?
a) 1964
b) 1980
c) 1996
d) 2004
3) Which city is considered Third Rome?
a) St. Petersburg
b) Moscow
c) Kiev
d) Yekatinburg
4) Who is the first woman in space?
a) Sunita Williams
b) Kalpana Chawla
c) Valentina Tereshkova
d) Nadia Petrova
5) Who is the first man in space?
a) Neil Armstrong
b) Edwin Aldrin
c) John Warner
d) Yuri Gagarin
6) Who won Wimbledon Women’s Singles Title in 2004?
a) Anastasia Myskina
b) Elena Dementieva
c) Maria Sharapova
d) Anna Kournikova
7) Which is the national animal of Russia?
a) Cow
b) Bear
c) Lion
d) Tiger
8) How is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known?
a) Lenin
b) Stalin
c) Putin
d) Yeltsin
9) Which James Bond film has the character Tatiana Romanova?
a) The spy who loved me
b) From Russia with love
c) Dr. No
d) Goldfinger
10) Which dynasty ruled Russia before the 1917 Revolution?
a) Tudor
b) Hohenzollern
c) Stuart
d) Romanov
11) Which of the following rivers flows in Russia?
a) Shannon
b) Thames
c) Volga
d) Tiber
12) Which is the currency of Russia?
a) Rouble
b) Dollar
c) Yen
d) Pound
13) Which military alliance came to an end with the decline of USSR?
a) ANZUS
b) SEATO
c) CENTO
d) Warsaw Pact
14) Which Russian submarine had a tragic end?
a) Lenin
b) Bismark
c) Kursk
d) Viktor
15) Which revolutionary leader was murdered in Mexico in 1940?
a) Joseph Stalin
b) Nikita Krushchev
c) Leon Trotsky
d) Leonid Brezhnev
16) Who wrote War and Peace?
a) Maxim Gorky
b) Leo Tolstoy
c) Karl Marx
d) Fyodor Dostoevsky
17) How many gold medals were won by Russia in Athens Olympics 2004?
a) 40
b) 50
c) 27
d) 14
18) What are the colours of Russian flag?
a) White, blue and red
b) Green, red and white
c) Red and white
d) Blue and red
19) Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literaturein 1970?
a) Alexander Solzhenitsyn
b) Anna Karenina
c) Andrei Sakharov
d) Yuri Andropov
20) Russia has how may time zones?
a) Eleven
b) Nine
c) Four
d) Seven
21) Which is the highest mountain in Russia?
a) Krestovski
b) Elbrus
c) Ushkovski
d) Ostri Tolbachik
22) Which is the deepest lake in the world?
a) Baikal
b) Superior
c) Champlain
d) Victoria
23) Which scientist wrote about reflexes?
a) Andrey Ershov
b) Ivan Pavlov
c) Nikolai Vavilov
d) Vladimir Galkin
24) Who was the Czar of Russia at the time of Napoleon’s invasion?
a) Peter the Great
b) Nicholas I
c) Alexander I
d) Nicholas II
25) Which is the national flower of Russia?
a) Carnation
b) Thistle
c) Lavender
d) Camomille
Russia Quiz Questions with Answers
1) Who succeeded Boris Yeltsin as President of Russia?
b) Vladimir Putin
2) When was Moscow Olympics held?
b) 1980
3) Which city is considered Third Rome?
b) Moscow
4) Who is the first woman in space?
c) Valentina Tereshkova
5) Who is the first man in space?
d) Yuri Gagarin
6) Who won Wimbledon Women’s Singles Title in 2004?
c) Maria Sharapova
7) Which is the national animal of Russia?
b) Bear
8) How is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known?
a) Lenin
9) Which James Bond film has the character Tatiana Romanova?
b) From Russia with love
10) Which dynasty ruled Russia before the 1917 Revolution?
d) Romanov
11) Which of the following rivers flows in Russia?
c) Volga
12) Which is the currency of Russia?
a) Rouble
13) Which military alliance came to an end with the decline of USSR?
d) Warsaw Pact
14) Which Russian submarine had a tragic end?
c) Kursk
15) Which revolutionary leader was murdered in Mexico in 1940?
c) Leon Trotsky
16) Who wrote War and Peace?
b) Leo Tolstoy
17) How many gold medals were won by Russia in Athens Olympics 2004?
c) 27
18) What are the colours of Russian flag?
a) White, blue and red
19) Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970?
a) Alexander Solzhenitsyn
20) Russia has how may time zones?
a) Eleven
21) Which is the highest mountain in Russia?
b) Elbrus
22) Which is the deepest lake in the world?
a) Baikal
23) Which scientist wrote about reflexes?
b) Ivan Pavlov
24) Who was the Czar of Russia at the time of Napoleon’s invasion?
c) Alexander I
25) Which is the national flower of Russia?
d) Camomille