Russian Geography
Russia has this many time zones?
a) 9 b) 10 c) 11 d) 12
c) 11
Moscow has this many metro lines?
a) 9 b) 11 c) 14 d) 17
d) 17
A famous dish usually made from beets and includes cabbage and other vegetables in it
borscht
The currency of Russia
roubles
This is the largest and deepest lake in Russia? a) Yalpuh Lake b) Vostok c) Onega d) Baikal
d) Baikal
What is the highest building in Moscow?
a) Ostankino Tower b) Moscow City’s Towers c) St.Basil’s Cathedral
a) Ostankino Tower
During the Maslenitsa holiday, which welcomes Spring by the burning of dolls meant to personify winter, pancakes are seen and eaten all over Russia, with what topping?
a) caviar b) berries c) cottage cheese d) potatoes
a) caviar
The coldest temperature ever recorded in Russia
a) -71C b) -55C c) -64C d) -82C
a) -71C
Name 5 cities in Russia, NOT Moscow
Kazan, Omsk, Saint Pete, Sochi, Volgograd, Novosibirsk, Ekaterinburg, Vladivostok, Nizhnekamsk
What famous game was invented in Moscow?
a) Tetris b)Dominoes c) Minecraft
a) Tetris
This breakfast food, sometimes dessert, is made from flour, eggs, and cottage cheese, and looks like small, but thick pancakes
a) pelmeni b) sirniki c) dranniki d) vareniki
b) sirniki
What is the legal age of driving a car in Russia?
a) 13 b)16 c)18 d)21
c) 18
What is the national animal of Russia?
A bear
How many people live in Moscow?
a) 12 million b) 14 million c) 16 million d) 13 million
d) 13 million
On the 31st of December, you will see this salad on almost all tables in Russian households
a) Olivie b) Cesar c) Vegetable d) Fruit
a) Olivie
Which city has the deepest metro in Russia?
a) Kazan b) Moscow c)Samara d)St.Petersburg
d)St. Petersburg
Name 2 countries that border Russia. There are 14 total
Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan Mongolia, North Korea, China
How many airports are there in Moscow?
a)five b)four c)six d)seven e) three
Sheremntyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, Zhukovsky - b)-four
What’s the English for “pelmeni”
1) caviar 2) boiled meat 3)palm 4)dumplings
4) dumplings
How many people came to the opening of the first McDonald’s?
a) 5000 b) 500 c)3000 d)300
a)5000