Russia History Quiz 5

Questions

1. What was the first name of Russian inventor Pavlov, famous for "Pavlovs Dog"?

   1. Joseph
   2. Ivan
   3. Vladimir
   4. Alexander

2. Why was Russian Suspended from the G8 in 2014?

   1. Nuclear Weapons
   2. Invasion of Crimea
   3. Invasion of Iran
   4. Vote Rigging

3. Who passed away at his home in Gorky in 1924?

   1. Khrushchev
   2. Stalin
   3. Lenin
   4. Gorbachev

4. Who attacked Russia in the Battle of Lake Khasan?

   1. Japan
   2. Italy
   3. Poland
   4. Germany

5. Which of these were a prominent prehistoric tribe from central Crimea?

   1. Lindi
   2. Sindi
   3. Dindi
   4. Mindi

6. Which nation declared its independence in 1992?

   1. Estonia
   2. Macedonia
   3. Poland
   4. Finland

7. Where was Aleksander Nevksy crowned Prince in 1236?

   1. Novgorod
   2. Moscow
   3. Germania
   4. Kiev

8. When was the Commonwealth of Independent States Established?

   1. 1993
   2. 1998
   3. 1991
   4. 1995

9. When did Tsar Nicholas II finally fall as leader of Russia?

   1. 1917
   2. 1927
   3. 1937
   4. 1947

10. When did Satyrus ascend to the throne of the Bosporan Kingdom?

    1. 2 AD
    2. 1090 BC
    3. 431 BC
    4. 888 BC

11. What were the names of the Russian brothers who invented the Samovar?

    1. Misitsyn
    2. Pistsyn
    3. Lisitsyn
    4. Nisitisyn

12. Agrippa placed which King in charge of Pontus in 16 BC?

    1. Dolemon I
    2. Solemon I
    3. Tolemon I
    4. Polemon I

13. What is the name of the chromatic buttoned accordion, invented in 20th century Russian?

    1. Dayan
    2. Bayan
    3. Cayan
    4. Mayan

14. The Seagull was the first work by which famous figure?

    1. Maxim Gorky
    2. Leo Tolstoy
    3. Anton Chekov
    4. Vladimir Nabokov

15. The Bosporan Kingdom was located near which peninsula?

    1. Taman
    2. Saman
    3. Maman
    4. Laman

16. Parties must win what % of the national vote to take their seats in the Duma?

    1. 5
    2. 20
    3. 15
    4. 10

17. Kepoi was a key city in which culture?

    1. Samara
    2. Bosporan Kingdom
    3. Kama
    4. Scythians

18. In what year did Yeltsin win his second election, narrowly defeating Zyuganov?

    1. 1998
    2. 1996
    3. 1988
    4. 1992

19. In 62 AD which Roman leader deposed Cotys I from unknown reasons from the Bosporan Kingdom?

    1. Agrippa
    2. Nero
    3. Augustus
    4. Ceaser

20. How many years did Leonid Brezhnev preside over the Communist Party?

    1. 48
    2. 38
    3. 18
    4. 28

21. For roughly how many years did the Bosporan Kingdom exist/

    1. 200
    2. 700
    3. 1300
    4. 2000