literature and music
Question: What is the name of the popular Russian New Year song about a fir tree born in the forest?
Answer: "A Fir Tree Was Born in the Forest" ("V lesu rodilas yolochka").
Question: Which salad is the main New Year's dish?
Answer:Olivier salad
Question: In which film does the song "Five Minutes" sound?
Answer:"Carnival Night
Question: A good luck symbol associated with the horse?
Answer: A horseshoe
Question: Which famous Russian composer wrote the ballet "The Nutcracker"?
Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Question: Who traditionally congratulates Russians on the New Year on TV?
Answer:The President of Russia.
Question: In which film do the characters celebrate New Year in a bathhouse?
Answer:"The Irony of Fate".
Question: Where is a horse's "blind spot" located?
Answer: Directly behind, over the tail
Question: In which story by Eduard Uspensky does the action take place around New Year's in Prostokvashino?
Answer: "Winter in Prostokvashino"
. Question: Which clock shows the beginning of the New Year?
Answer:The Kremlin Clock (on the Spasskaya Tower)
Question: In which city does the film "Sorcerers" take place?
Answer:In Moscow
Question: Which zodiac animal in the cycle comes directly after the Horse?
Answer: The Goat (or Sheep)
Question: Who is the author of the play "The Twelve Months"?
Answer: Samuil Marshak.
Question: Where do people throw a wish note on New Year's Eve?
Answer:Into a champagne glass
Question: What is the name of the New Year's comedy about a mother-in-law and three sons-in-law?
Answer:"Gentlemen of Fortune".
Question: White horses are never called white. What is the color (coat) of a white horse called?
Answer: Gray
Question: What is the name of the poet who wrote the lyrics for the song "Five Minutes" from the film "Carnival Night"?
Answer: Vladimir Lifshits.
Question: What do they light on the New Year's table?
Answer:Sparklers.
Question: What is the name of the main character in the film "The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!"?
Answer:Zhenya Lukashin.
Question: Why is it said that horses have 5 hearts? Where are the other ones?
Answer: In their legs (hooves)