Russia #1
Borscht, a soup made from _____, is a traditional food in Russia.
Help: A red vegetables
What are beets?
What is Russia's political system?
What is COMMUNISM
Russia is a transcontinental country. Russian land covers part of which two continents?
What are Europe and Asia?
Russians use the _____ as their main form of currency.
Help: Ruby
What is ruble?
What was St. Petersburg old name?
What is Petrograd or Leningrad
The ancient game of _____ became popular in Russia as a way of spending long, dark winter evenings. Two famous Grand Masters of ____ who are Russian are Karpov and Spassky. (Hint: it is two-player strategy board game)
What is chess?
This Russian city is the biggest city in Europe.
What is Moscow?
The world’s first satellite, named ______, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
What is Sputnik?
What are the three colors on the Russian flag?
What are red, white, and blue?
Who is the current dictator is Russia?
Who is Vladimir Putin
_____ and _____ are popular sports in Russia. Choose from these options: Soccer Basketball American football Hockey Lacrosse Volleyball Cricket
What are Hockey and soccer?
As the world’s largest country, Russia encompasses ______ (number) timezones.
What is nine?
Russian chemist, ___________, created the periodic table of elements by arranging them according to scientific laws. The whole world uses this periodic table.
Who is Dmitrii Mendeleev?
Out of these four choices, what does buterbrod mean? cake, sandwich, carrot, potato
What is sandwich?
Russia borders __ countries
What is 15? (Azerbaijan, Belarus, China, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Norway, Poland, Ukraine)
This is an easy one: What Russian holiday is similar to Christmas in America?
New Years
Moscow has more billionaire residents than any other city in the world. There are a total of 74 billionaires living in the popular city, which is exactly 3 more than the second-place city, ______.
What is New York City?
You can expect to find _______, accompanying almost any Russian traditional food—with crepes, in soups, and even sometimes in dessert.
What is sour cream?
The __________ (connecting Moscow and Vladivostok) is the longest railway in the world.
Help: Siberian
What is Trans-Siberian Railway?
The most famous computer game ________ was created by Russian programmer Alexei Pazhitnov in 1985. The game, first available in the Soviet Union, appeared in the West in 1986.
What is Tetris?