Capitals of Former USSR Countries
The capital of Russia
What is Moscow?
This big-eared creature of unknown species befriends Gena the Crocodile
Who is Cheburashka?
This physicist developed the theory of relativity
Who is Albert Einstein?
This director made Jaws, E.T., and Schindler’s List
Who is Steven Spielberg?
This small furry rock-dweller at Ein Gedi looks like a groundhog but is a distant relative of the elephant
What is a rock hyrax?
This city is the capital of Ukraine
What is Kyiv?
The title of this cartoon about a wolf endlessly chasing a hare means “Just you wait!”
What is Nu, pogodi!?
This man developed the first successful polio vaccine
Who is Jonas Salk?
This actor starred in Happy Gilmore and wrote “The Hanukkah Song.”
Who is Adam Sandler?
his curved-horned wild goat climbs the cliffs of Ein Gedi and the Negev
What is a Nubian ibex?
This city is the capital of Kazakhstan
What is Astana?
Uncle Fyodor, Matroskin the cat, and Sharik the dog live in this village.
What is Prostokvashino?
This physicist was scientific director of the Manhattan Project’s Los Alamos Laboratory
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
This director made Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, and Spaceballs
Who is Mel Brooks?
This crested bird was voted Israel’s national bird in 2008
What is the hoopoe?
This city is the capital of Kyrgyzstan
What is Bishkek?
Based on an Astrid Lindgren book, this mischievous man with a propeller on his back lives on a roof
Who is Karlsson-on-the-Roof (Malysh i Karlson)?
Her X-ray image “Photo 51” was key to discovering the structure of DNA
Who is Rosalind Franklin?
Born in Jerusalem, this actress won an Oscar for Black Swan
Who is Natalie Portman?
This antelope was reintroduced to the wild at the Hai-Bar Yotvata reserve
What is the Arabian oryx?
This city is the capital of Turkmenistan
What is Ashgabat?
Yuri Norstein’s 1975 masterpiece follows a little animal who walks into a mist to visit his friend
What is Hedgehog in the Fog?
This physicist helped explain nuclear fission, and the element meitnerium is named for her
Who is Lise Meitner?
She starred in, directed, and co-wrote the 1983 film Yentl
Who is Barbra Streisand?
This amphibian from the Hula Valley was thought extinct until it was rediscovered in 2011
What is the Hula painted frog?