Politics & History
When did Azerbaijan join the USSR?
April 28, 1920
Latvia's second-largest city, renowned as the most Russian-speaking city in the country, is often described as a Russian-language enclave. Located in the Latgale region near the Russian border, a majority of its population communicates in Russian, and it is frequently referred to as the "capital of Russian-speaking Latvia".
Daugavpils
What Central Asian work is known to be the longest poem in the world with +500,000 verses?
Manas
Which one is correct:
Alaina-worried y'all don't know how to use an em dash-made editing a Jepoardy category.
Alaina--worried y'all don't know how to use an em dash--made editing a Jepoardy category.
Alaina - worried y'all don't know how to use an em dash - made editing a Jepoardy category.
NONE OF THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!
When was The Birch founded?
2004!!!
When did President Nursultan Nazarbayev sign a decree to latinize the Kazakh alphabet?
October 2017
The endorheic saline lake in the western Tian Shan mountains that is the eighth deepest lake in the world.
Issyk-Kul or Ysyk-Köl
What was the song and band that represented Ukraine in Eurovision in 2021?
Shum (Шум)
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^What is this and when do you use it? (Give a lovely example)
Compound modifiers
Including this year, how many editions of The Birch are there?
18
Which separatist region still uses the Cyrillic form of Romanian as its national language?
Transnistria
The name of the largest gulag located above the Arctic Circle that housed over 73,000 prisoners at its 1951 peak. It functioned as a massive forced-labor hub for coal mining, with roughly 2 million prisoners passing through.
Vorkutlag (Vorkuta Gulag)
Considered THE national treasure of X country, who wrote Jamila, a novella that tells the story of a young romance set in the WWII USSR. This author is extremely culturally significant...and y'all should know it :D
Chinghiz Aitmatov
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^What is this and when do you use it?
En dash: To represent a range of numbers, dates, or times, acting as a substitute for the word "to" or "through."
When was the first ever PRINT edition of The Birch?
2023
Should Putin die "tragically," who is next in line to replace him before elections can be held 14 days later? (You have to say the name, not the position)
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin
What is the national dish of Moldova?
Mămăligă is considered the national dish of Moldova. It is a dense, hearty cornmeal porridge similar to Italian polenta, traditionally cooked in a cast-iron pot (ceaun) and served with sour cream, garlic, salty brânză cheese, or fried fish
This painting was heavily featured in Soviet school textbooks and media, including a 1974 Soviet postage stamp. The work represents the liberation of Eastern women through socialist education and was part of a collection about collective farming.
"Daughter of Soviet Kirgizia" (1948)
Semyon Chuykov (1902–1980)
Alaina is so excited to be working for the abolition of the death penalty this summer.
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PASSIVE VOICE!!!NO. NO! NOOOOOOO!
How do you spell AND pronounce (the un-American way) the first and last names of BOTH of your editors-in-chiefs? (Go to the board and write it out...then proudly pronounce your guess)
Lora Tseytlin
Alaina Parent
Who beat Orban, what is his party, and, interestingly, what was his old party?
Peter Magyar
Tisza party
Fidesz party
A traditional Slavic long-necked string instrument featuring a distinct, deeply rounded staved body and a small, circular soundboard, typically played with a plectrum. The instrument was historically used by minstrel players (skomorokhi) before being banned in the 17th century, only to be rediscovered and modernized in the late 19th century. It also shares a name with a Kazakh instrument.
Domra
Who wrote the poem of our only translation piece in the print edition? (Y'all cannot check the docket or any technology sources to figure this out:))
Galina Rymbu
Which latinization guide do we use?
Library of Congress
What are the cities and states your editors-in-chiefs are from? Bonus points if you can spell both >:)))
Seattle, Washington
Pflugerville, Texas