Quiz on Russia
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QUIZ: RUSSIA

1) When was Moscow Olympics held?

 a) 1964 b) 1980 c) 1996 d) 2004

2) Which city is said to be the Third Rome?

 a) St. Petersburg  b) Moscow  c) Kiev d) Yekatinburg

3) Who is the first woman in space?

 a) Sunita Williams  b) Kalpana Chawla  c) Valentina Tereshkova  d) Nadia Petrova

4) Who is the first man in space?

 a) Neil Armstrong  b) Edwin Aldrin  c) John Warner  d) Yuri Gagarin

5) Which is the national animal of Russia?

 a) Cow  b) Bear  c) Lion d) Tiger

6) How is Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov better known?

 a) Lenin  b) Stalin c) Putin  d) Yeltsin

17) Which of the following rivers flows in Russia?

 a) The Shannon  b) The Thames  c) The Volga d) The Tiber

8) Which is the currency of Russia?

 a) Rouble  b) Dollar c) Yen  d) Pound

9) Who wrote War and Peace?

 a) Maxim Gorky b) Leo Tolstoy c) Karl Marx  d) Fyodor Dostoevsky

10) How many gold medals were won by Russia in Athens Olympics 2004?

 a) 40 b) 50 c) 27 d) 14

11) What are the colours of Russian flag?

 a) White, blue and red b) Green, red and white c) Red and white d) Blue and red

12) Who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970?

 a) Alexander Solzhenitsyn  b) Anna Karenina  c) Andrei Sakharov d) Yuri Andropov

13) Which is the highest mountain in Russia?

 a) Krestovski b) Elbrus c) Ushkovski d) Ostri Tolbachik

14) Which is the deepest lake in the world?

 a) The Baikal b) The Superior  c)The  Champlain d) The Victoria

Ex.1 Correct the mistakes

1.Moscow is Russia capital

2.Population of Russian Federation is more than 143 million people

3.Moscow and St.Petersburg are the largest city in Russia

4.The Great minds as Lomonosov, Mendeleev, Chaikovskii and others lived in Russia

5.Elbrus-one of the highest mountain in the world-is situated in Russia

6.Russia has got rich culture

7. Russian people very like to eat

8.Russia ranks first in the world in the occupied territory

Ex.2 Read the sentences and say if it is True or False:

1.Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin is the president of Russia

2.St.Petersburg is the capital of Russia

3.They say Russia is one of the most snowy countries

4.Russia is one of the largest countries in the world

5.Our country doesn’t have many natural and mineral resources

6.The 22nd Winter Olympic games are held in Russia, in Sochi