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Russia Trivia Questions and Answers - How well do you know Russia (Россия) and Russian history, food and culture? Test your general knowledge skills on this quiz! You get 20 trivia questions and 10 seconds to answer each! ** CORRECTION: #19 Leningrad and Saint Petersburg are the same city. Leningrad is more accurate answer since it was the actual name at the time of Putin's birth. 💬 COMMENT: How many did you get? 🔔 SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/apptato?... 🧠 PLAY BRAIN GAMES: http://www.apptato.com ** MORE TRIVIA & WORD GAMES: Unscramble the Scrambled Words:    • Logo Quiz Challenge #1 (30 Logos) | Guess ...   Guess the Word Games (Hangman):    • Guess the Word Game | Complete the Word Fr...   Trivia Multiple Choice Quiz:    • Guess the Word Game | Complete the Word Fr...   Guess the Logo Quiz:    • Logo Quiz Challenge #1 (30 Logos) | Guess ...   ** SOCIAL: Website: http://www.apptato.com Facebook:   / apptato   Twitter:   / apptato   Instagram:   / apptato   ** SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE: Trivia Questions and Answers Picture Guessing Games (logo, animals, paintings, etc.) Guess the Word Games Riddles and Brain Teasers with Answers Crossword Puzzles with Answers Word Search Puzzles Math Speed Test and Logic Puzzles Memory Games Perfect Games for Family Trivia Game Nights! ** Trivia Questions and Answers: 1) Borscht is a sour soup popular in Russia. Which ingredient gives it its signature red color? (Beetroot) 2) The name Russia (Россия) is derived from this Eastern Slavic medieval state. (Kievan Rus) 3) What do the colors (white, blue and red) of the Russian flag symbolize? (nobility, honesty, courage) 4) This figure renamed the “Tsardom of Russia” to the “Russian Empire” in 1721 and became its first emperor. (Peter the Great) 5) What is Russia’s largest religion? (Orthodox Christianity) 6) The Mongol Horde led by Batu Khan invaded Kievan Rus (Medieval Russia) during this century A.D. (13th century (1200’s) AD) 7) Ballet dance was invented in Russia in the 15th century. (False) Ballet was invented in Italy in the 15th century. It was then imported into Russia in 1698 during the reign of Peter the Great. Since then Russia has taken the art form to a whole new level and gave rise to world class ballet companies such as Marinsky Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet and many others. 8) The Nutcracker (Щелкунчик) ballet act was created in Russia in 1892 based on a Prussian fairytale. The music was composed by which famous Russian composer? (Tchaikovsky) 9) Russia entered World War I on July 28 1914, when the Austro-Hungarian Empire declared war on Serbia. (True) 10) This Czar was assassinated on July 17, 1918 along with the entire royal family which ended the Russian monarchy. (Nicholas II) 11) Russia’s Trans-Siberian Railway (9289km), which runs from Moscow to Vladivostok or Beijing is the world’s longest railway line. (True) 12) Sambo (са́мбо) is a Russian hand to hand combat martial art inspired from Catch wrestling, Judo, and Jiujutsu. What does the word “Sambo” mean? (Self-defence without weapons) 13) Lenin was a Russian revolutionary figure who served as the first head of Communist Soviet Russia from 1917 until his death in 1924. What was his first name? (Vladimir) 14) This Russian tank was considered to be the “Best tank of World War Two” by German Field Marshall von Kleist. (T-34) 15) Russia became the first country to send a person to space. Who was the cosmonaut? (Yuri Gagarin) 16) The Cold War was the geopolitical, ideological and economical struggle between the United States and the USSR. This was a period of great uncertainty and fear of a looming all out nuclear war. When did it start and end? (1947 - 1991) 17) Matryoshka dolls are a set of wooden stacking, nesting Russian tea dolls of decreasing size placed one inside another. What does Matryoshka translate to in English? (Little matron) 18) Garry Kasparov, born in then Soviet Union, is said to be the greatest chess master in history. In 1997 he was defeated by this machine artificial intelligence. (Deep Blue (IBM)) 19) Vladimir Putin is Russia’s current president. Which city was he born in? (Leningrad / Saint Petersburg) ** CORRECTION: Leningrad and Saint Petersburg are the same city. Leningrad is more accurate since it was the actual name at the time Putin was born! 20) Tetris is a tile matching invented by a Russian software engineer Alexey Pajitnov of Moscow. He was inspired by a wooden puzzle game called pentominoes. How did he come up with the name Tetris? (Tetra + Tennis) ** Attributions (Pictures) Sambo at the 2015 European Games. Andrei Kazusionak (BLR) vs Ashot Danielyan (ARM) Presidential Press and Information Office / Attribution 4.0 International - CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) URL: http://en.president.az/articles/15654... #triviatuesday #StayHome #braingames