History & Politics
True or False: Al-Farabi was born in Damascus.
Answer: False (He was born in Otrar)
Who was the first Kazakh cosmonaut?
Answer: Toktar Aubakirov
What instrument did Kurmangazy play?
Answer: Dombra
In which sport did Gennady Golovkin become world champion?
Answer: Boxing
Which Kazakh intellectual and political leader was one of the founders of the Alash movement?
Answer: Alikhan Bokeikhan
Who raised the flag over the Reichstag in 1945?
Answer: Rakhimzhan Koshkarbayev
Which philosopher from Otrar was known as the “Second Teacher” after Aristotle?
Answer: Al-Farabi
Who wrote the novel “The Path of Abai”?
Answer: Mukhtar Auezov
True or False: Gennady Golovkin has held multiple middleweight world titles.
Answer: True
True or False: The national newspaper “Egemen Qazaqstan” has existed since the Soviet period.
Answer: True
True or False: Abai Kunanbayev only wrote poetry and did not translate foreign authors.
Answer: False (He translated Pushkin, Goethe and others)
Which Kazakh scientist founded the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan?
Answer: Kanysh Satpayev
Dimash Kudaibergen is famous for his vocal range of how many octaves?
Answer: Six octaves
Which Kazakh female athlete won gold in triple jump at the 2012 London Olympics?
Answer: Olga Rypakova
Which Kazakh educator and writer opened the first secular schools for Kazakh children in the 19th century?
Answer: Ybyrai Altynsarin
Which Kazakh leader united the three zhuzes in the 18th century to fight against the Dzungars?
Answer: Abylai Khan
Which Kazakh cosmonaut spent more than 300 days in space?
Answer: Talgat Musabayev
Which Kazakh poet and philosopher promoted moral and educational reform in the 19th century?
Answer: Abai Kunanbayev
Which Kazakh cyclist is an Olympic champion and former professional road racer?
Answer: Alexander Vinokurov
Which Kazakh singer became internationally famous after participating in a Chinese TV show in 2017?
Answer: Dimash Kudaibergen
Who was the first Kazakh to receive the title “Hero of the Soviet Union”?
Answer: Talgat Begeldinov
Where is located Baikonur Cosmodrome?
Answer: in southern Kazakhstan
Name one internationally famous Kazakh opera singer.
Answer: Bibigul Tulegenova / Roza Baglanova
Which young Kazakh singer won second place at Junior Eurovision 2019?
Answer: Yerzhan Maxim
What Kazakh project highlights contemporary scientists, entrepreneurs and cultural figures?
Answer: The “100 New Faces of Kazakhstan” project