Russia History Quiz 40

Questions

1. What was the nickname of Ivan II?

   1. The Fair
   2. The Honest
   3. The Brave
   4. The Deadly

2. Who was the last Emperor of Russia?

   1. Nicholas II
   2. Nicholas I
   3. Alexander V
   4. Catherine the Great

3. Who killed Prince Yury in 1325?

   1. Vladimir
   2. Dmitry
   3. Joelen
   4. Aleksander

4. Which Us President led the 1980 boycott of the Moscow Olympics?

   1. Nixon
   2. Kennedy
   3. Ford
   4. Carter

5. Which of these riots occurred in 1662?

   1. Salt Riot
   2. Bronze Riot
   3. Grain Riot
   4. Copper Riot

6. Which leader met Pope John Paul II at the Vatican in 1989?

   1. Andropov
   2. Gorbachev
   3. Brezhnev
   4. Chernenko

7. Where did Soviet troops finally leave in 1989?

   1. Afghanistan
   2. Nepal
   3. Ukraine
   4. China

8. When was Synthetic Rubber invented in Russia?

   1. 1990
   2. 1940
   3. 2006
   4. 1910

9. When did the Russian parliament approve a $68 billion package to help banks in trouble due to the Global Crisis?

   1. 2008
   2. 2015
   3. 2004
   4. 2001

10. When did Russia take up the former seat of the Soviet Union at the UN?

    1. 1998
    2. 1987
    3. 1994
    4. 1992

11. Dying in 1989, what was the chief profession of Andrei Sakharov?

    1. Physicist
    2. Chemist
    3. Astronaut
    4. Biologist

12. What was the capital of the prehistoric region of Pontus?

    1. Dinope
    2. Linope
    3. Sinope
    4. Finope

13. What did people in Deniper Donets cover their graves with?

    1. Swords
    2. Tiger Meat
    3. Ochre
    4. Hair

14. The Red Belt are the supporters of which party?

    1. A Just Russia
    2. Communist Party
    3. LDPR
    4. United Russia

15. The arrest and inprisonment of Mikhail Khodorkovksy was part of Putin's plan to rid politics of which figure "oligarchs"?

    1. Yeltsin
    2. Leonev
    3. Andropv
    4. Gorbachev

16. Of which people was King Sauromates II leader?

    1. Tatars
    2. Assyrians
    3. Mongols
    4. Bosporan Kingdom

17. Ivan Elmanov invented which system of transport?

    1. Monorail
    2. Bendy Bus
    3. Cable Car
    4. Electric Tram

18. In what year did Stalin die?

    1. 1953
    2. 1963
    3. 1983
    4. 1933

19. In 2007 Russia passed a law suspending Russia's participation in which 1990 act?

    1. Submarines
    2. Conventional Armed Forces
    3. Nuclear Weapons
    4. Animals

20. How many years did Boris Gryzlov serve as Chairman of the State Duman?

    1. 12
    2. 3
    3. 8
    4. 5