1. When did Belarus declare independence?
a) 9 March 1975
b) 17 April 1968
c) 25 August 1991
d) 24 November 1985
2. Which country is to the south of Belarus?
a) Estonia
b) Latvia
c) Lithuania
d) Ukraine
3. Which is the capital of Belarus?
a) Lida
b) Polonsk
c) Minsk
d) Slavgorod
1. When was Catherine II born?
a) 2 May 1729
b) 1 March 1710
c) 19 August 1714
d) 8 December 1732
2. Where was Catherine II born?
a) Berlin
b) Munich
c) Szczcen
d) Frankfurt
3. What was Catherine II’s name at the time of her birth?
a) Sophia Augusta Frederika
b) Maria Theresa
c) Jane Seymour
d) Margaret Tudor
1) When was Nikita Khrushchev born?
a) 22 February 1876
b) 17 April 1894
c) 21 July 1896
d) 31 December 1900
2) Where was Nikita Khrushchev born?
a) Tbilisi
b) Kalinovka
c) Bratislava
d) Prague
3) Which party did Nikita Khrushchev join?
a) Menshevik Party
b) Liberal Party
c) Russian Communist Party
d) Royalist Party
1) When was Yuri Andropov born?
a) 31 January 1901
b) 15 June 1914
c) 14 August 1912
d) 21 December 1916
2) Where was Yuri Andropov born?
a) Talinn
b) Nagutskoye
c) Helsinki
d) Warsaw
3) On which river did Yuri Andropov work as a boatman?
a) Thames
b) Danube
c) Rhine
d) Volga
1) When Leo Tolstoy was born Russia followed Julian calendar. His date of birth according to Julian calendar was 28 August 1828. What was his date of birth according to Gregorian calendar?
a) 16 August 1828
b) 14 August 1828
c) 9 September 1828
d) 11 September 1828
2) Where was Leo Tolstoy born?
a) Yasnaya Polyana
b) Moscow
c) St. Petersburg
d) Vladivostok
3) Where did Leo Tolstoy study languages and law but returned without degree?
a) St. Petersburg University
b) Moscow University
c) Kazan University
d) Tashkent University
1) When was Leonid Brezhnev born?
a) 14 March 1896
b) 18 May 1894
c) 28 August 1902
d) 19 December 1906
2) Where was Leonid Brezhnev born?
a) Yekatinburgh
b) Kamenskoye
c) Vladivostok
d) Dushanbe
3) Which campaign did Leonid Brezhnev implement in Kazhakstan in 1954?
a) Campaign against hunger and disease
b) Virgin and Idle Lands Campaign
c) Cleanliness campaign
d) Fisheries campaign