Russia
Russian Holidays
Maslenitsa
Russian Language
Russian Food
100
The Hermitage was built as :
1. a Palace
2. a Museum
1. a Palace
100
When do we celebrate a Funny Day?
on the 1st of April
100
Maslenitsa is a holiday, when Russian people
1. ate a lot
2. were not allowed to eat
They
1. ate a lot
100
Why Maslenitsa has this name. It is connected with the word:
1. масса
2. масло
3. мысль
2. масло
100
What dish do we call "the first course" in Russian?
A soup
200
What is the phone code when you call to Saint-Petersburg?
812
200
Who brings presents to Russian kids for the New Year and Christmas?
Дед Мороз ( Grandfather Frost)
200
Bliny are the symbol of
1. the Sun
2. Mars
3. emoji
1. the Sun
200
How many letters in the Russian alphabet?
33
200
What dish from the list is not a soup?
1. солянка 2. уха
3. щи 4. кисель
4. кисель
300
What was the capital of Russia 100 years ago?
1. Moscow 2. Saint-Petersburg
3. Novgorod
1. Moscow
300
What holiday can be a working day?
1. Women's Day
2. Maslenitsa
3. Russian old new Year
4.Teachers' Day
3. Russian old new Year
300
What ingredient is missing for the pancake recipe? Flour, sugar, butter, milk...
Eggs
300
In one Russian city there is a monument devoted to a Russian Letter . What is this letter?
300
Which Tsar did brought forks to Russia?
Peter the Great
400
Where did the last Russian tsar live?
In Petrograd
400
Did Peter the Great give flowers to his mother for the Womens' Day?
No. It started much later.
400
One of the games people played on Maslenitsa was to climb a high pole. What present you would NEVER see on the top of this pole?
1. beautiful shawl 2. a rooster 3. A pair of boots
4. a cow 5. a piglet
4. a cow
400
What is BATON in Russian?
1. a little boat
2. bread
3. a stick for a orchestra director
4. a river
2. bread
400
What vegetable did we call "a second bread" in old times? (hint - a folk tale)
a turnip
500
What is this flag?
The Navy of Russia
500
Now we celebrate New Year on the 1st of January. But it was Peter the Great who changed the date. When did our Year start before Peter?
on the 1st of September
500
What material it was used for a special Maslenitsa doll?
1. a wooden stick
2. straws
3. pine needles
2. straws
500
What group does Russian Language belong to?
1. south Slavic
2. western Slavic
3. eastern Slavic
4. Roman
3. eastern Slavic
500
The dessert which was invented in 1912 for the 100th anniversary of the War.
"Napoleon" cake
