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100

The Russian equivalent of the world, "hello" (not "hi") when speaking to A CHILD in Russian.

What is "здравствуй"?

100

The case that is used to describe the subject of a sentence.

What is the nominative case?

100

The leader of the Soviet Union the year the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

Who is Михаил Горвачёв?

100

The Russian translation of the word, "book." Write it on the board in CURSIVE.

What is a книга?

100

The translation of the following word into English. NO CHEATING.

технология

What is technology?

200
What to say when you need to go to the bathroom in Russian.

Answers will vary, but something along the lines of, "What is, можно в туалет?"

200
The case used to describe the means with which something is done.

What is the instrumental case?

200

The year that the serfs were emancipated by Tsar Alexander II.

When is 1861?

200

Write two words that are pieces of clothing that you would primarily wear in the winter in CURSIVE.

Answers will vary.

200

The quantity of letters in the Russian Cyrillic alphabet.

What is 33 letters?

300

The proper way to say that a school is not far from us.

Answers will vary, but along the lines of, "What is, школа недалеко от нас/школа рядом?"

300

The case that is forced on words when preceded by the following verbs: to learn, to help, to serve, to give.

What is the dative case?

300
The two monks responsible for the creation of the Russian alphabet.

Who are Cyril and Methodius?

300

Write the following sentence in Russian and in CURSIVE:

My mom lives in Russia.

What is "Моя мама живет в России?"

300

The current name used to describe the former Commitee for State Safety (KGB). NO CHEATING.

What is the Federal Safety Service (FSB)?

400

The ways you would address the different quantities of pencils that Tim, Sasha, and Ivan have.

Tim: 1 pencil

Sasha: 3 pencils

Ivan 5 pencils

What is:

У Тима есть один карандаш, у Саши есть три карандаша, у Ивана есть пять карандашей.

400

The case used to answer the question, "куда?"

What is the accusative case?

400

The author of well-known pieces of Russian literature such as 'The Idiot' and 'The Brothers Karamazov'

Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?
400

Write three adjectives to describe something positively in Russian and in CURSIVE.

Answers will vary.

400

The approximate size of Russia's general area in square kilometers.

What is approx. 17,000,000 sq km?

500

The following sentence in Russian: Шла Саша по шоссе и сосала сушку. Twice.

Yes.

500

Three prepositions that force the use of genitive case.

Answers vary: без, вокруг, до, после, вместо, из-за, для, против, ради.


500

The year that Vladimir the Great baptized the Kievan Rus and converted them to Christianity.

When is 988?

500

Write the following sentence on the board in CURSIVE.

Шиншилла лишит меня.

(The chinchilla will deprive me.)

What is... шиншилла лишит меня?

500

The language that was consistently used in Tolstoy's 'Anna Karenina', and 'War and Peace' that's not Russian.

What is French?

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