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6 Moscow quizzes and 60 Moscow trivia questions.
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Magnificent Moscow
  Magnificent Moscow   popular trivia quiz  
Photo Quiz
 10 Qns
Moscow is a wonderful city full of historical and architectural wonders. There are many places to visit and tourism is an industry that is growing rapidly. Here are ten locations that might be on any tourist itinerary.
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  Peggy Louisa Visits: Moscow   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
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As a student... ahem...some years ago, I was privileged to spend three months in the city of Moscow. This quiz will introduce you to some of the wonderful places I was able to visit whilst I was there. Dobro pozhalovat' v Moskve!
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  Moscow Mule    
Multiple Choice
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Test your knowledge on the capital of the world's largest nation.
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  More About Moscow    
Multiple Choice
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Every visitor to any of the 'world capitals' carries home his own memories of such a city. What facts must be considered 'basic'is to some extent a matter of taste. This quiz deals with such a 'subjective' choice of 'essentials'.
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  Moscow Quiz for Experts    
Multiple Choice
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Hey, I hope you enjoy a quiz on Moscow and Russia.
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  Moscow: A Fascinating Capital    
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Anyone who wants to understand Russia should have seen its big cities. This is a quiz that refers to some essentials of the city, especially from a historical and tourist point of view.
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trivia question Quick Question
The Romanov Czars are said to descend from Boyars. What were Boyars?

From Quiz "More About Moscow"





Moscow Trivia Questions
1. Under which tsar did Moscow lose its status as the Russian capital?

From Quiz Moscow Mule

Answer: Peter I

Peter the Great despised Moscow. He was obsessed with westernising Russia and gaining a coastline on the Baltic Sea and so in 1703, in the midst of the Great Northern War against Sweden, Peter founded a new city on the Baltic, St Petersburg, and moved his capital there. Despite Peter's hatred for Moscow and its distance from the sea, Moscow's mayor Yuri Luzhkov had a maritime-themed statue of Peter erected on the banks of the Moskva.

2. What is the lower house of the bi-cameral Russian parliament called?

From Quiz Moscow

Answer: Duma

Rada is in Ukraine. The House of Lords is in the UK.

3. The most famous square in Moscow is of course the Red Square. How did it get its name?

From Quiz Moscow: A Fascinating Capital

Answer: misunderstanding of its Russian name Krasnaja Plostjad

Bloody events did take place here (e.g. the murder by the Moscovites of the 'false Dimitris' in 1606 and 1612), but the true origin of the English name Red Square is the ambiguity of the word krasnij that may mean either beautiful or red.When the square was laid out it was considered to be the most 'beautiful' square of Moscow, rather than a 'red' square. When the Red Army started parading here, there developed another connotation, especially in the West.

4. One building that most tourists want to see is the colourful onion-domed cathedral, whose image is synonymous with Moscow. After which saint is this cathedral named?

From Quiz Peggy Louisa Visits: Moscow

Answer: St Basil

The Cathedral of St Basil the Blessed is situated at one end of Red Square. It has eight unique domes and was designed by architect Postnik Yakovlev. It was completed in 1560 and had been ordered by Tsar Ivan IV (better known as The Terrible) to commemorate a military victory. Legend has it that the Tsar was so afraid that Yakovlev might build an even more beautiful cathedral elsewhere for another patron that he had him blinded (or, in another version of the tale, beheaded)! St Basil was a Muscovite, a "Holy Fool", who had been buried in the previous cathedral that stood on this site. The cathedral's official name however is The Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin by the Moat! St Isaacs is a St Petersburg landmark. Source: Moscow.Info Website PS In real life, St Basil's is actually smaller than it looks in photographs.

5. In which year did Moscow regain its status as the Russian capital?

From Quiz Moscow Mule

Answer: 1918

In 1918, in the midst of the Russian Civil War, Lenin moved the Russian capital back to Moscow out of fears for the safety of Petrograd (as St Petersburg was renamed in 1914).

6. Which year was the Moscow metro open?

From Quiz Moscow

Answer: 1935

When the Metropolitan opened at first there were only 13 stations, now there are over 150 stations. This year a new and the first station was opened outside the road of MKAD.

7. The Romanov Czars are said to descend from Boyars. What were Boyars?

From Quiz More About Moscow

Answer: top ranking administrators

There also was a Council of Boyars for some time. Boyars had high ranks in the administration but also in the army.Mikhail Romanov became Czar in 1613. The House of the Romanovs on Ulitska Varvarko 10, had been built by an ancestor of his.

8. One of the surprising charms of Moscow is its metro. The stations look like art palaces. Which later Soviet leader was in charge of the building of the Moscow underground system in 1931?

From Quiz Moscow: A Fascinating Capital

Answer: Nikita Khrushchev

Khrushchev shared responsibility with Lazar Kaganovitch.

9. What is the name of the river which runs through Moscow?

From Quiz Moscow Mule

Answer: Moskva

The Moskva flows into the Oka river which is in turn a tributary of the Volga, Europe's longest river, which discharges into the Caspian Sea.

10. What is the Russian currency?

From Quiz Moscow

Answer: ruble & rouble

11. What colour are, in 2001, the famous onion domes of the St Basil's cathedral which dominates the Red Square?

From Quiz Moscow: A Fascinating Capital

Answer: multicoloured

12. Most people know that there is a famous square at the heart of Moscow. What is its name?

From Quiz Peggy Louisa Visits: Moscow

Answer: Red Square

Red Square: the place that conjures up all sorts of images and has so much history associated with it. Many Westerners would probably think that the good old Soviets decided to call the square "red" as it's the colour associated with Communism. However, the place was known as Red Square long before the Communists came along. Historically, the word "krasniy", which now means "red", meant "beautiful". Therefore, the Square was known as "Beautiful Square"! Prior to the middle of the 17th century, the square was called "Trinity Square", named after the cathedral that was the predecessor to St Basil's. Popularly it was also known as "Fire Square" due to the frequency with which Moscow burned down! (Source: Moscow.Info Website) For your information, Red Square is actually more of a rectangle than a square!

13. Which cathedral can be found at the southern end of Red Square?

From Quiz Moscow Mule

Answer: St Basil's Cathedral

St Basil's was commissioned by Tsar Ivan IV (the Terrible) to commemorate his victory over the Tatars at Kazan. It was completed in 1561. Legend has it that Ivan had the architects blinded so that they could never again create anything so beautiful. The other options can all be found within the Kremlin grounds.

14. Which hotel is located on the Kutuzovskiy Prospekt opposite the White House?

From Quiz Moscow

Answer: Ukraina

This hotel has four stars and is located in a very prestigious part of Moscow. It is close to the Kievskiy station and is not that far away from the Red Square. Across the bridge on the Arbat you can find some very attractive souvenirs.

15. One of the Moscovite 'tourist attractions' is the Lenin Mausoleum. What is its geometrical shape?

From Quiz Moscow: A Fascinating Capital

Answer: step-pyramid of cubes

16. What is the name of the river that runs through Moscow, on which tourists can take boat trips?

From Quiz Peggy Louisa Visits: Moscow

Answer: Moscow

No, I didn't invent the Moscow (Moskva in Russian) River to trick you! It is actually the city's main river, although one of its tributaries, the River Yauza, also runs through the north east part of the city. The Moscow River is a tributary of the Oka River (which is in turn a tributary of the Volga) and is 503km (312 miles) long. The Volga is the best known of Russia's rivers and is actually Europe's longest river at nearly 3,700km (2,300 miles). It empties into the Caspian Sea. The Neva is St Petersburg's river and the Don is another of Russia's main rivers. At nearly 2,000km (1,200miles) in length, it rises to the south east of Moscow and empties into the Sea of Azov. Source: Wikipedia

17. In 1812 Muscovites burned their city to the ground rather than let it fall into the hands of which invading army?

From Quiz Moscow Mule

Answer: The French

Having conquered much of Europe and forced the leaders of much of the rest to follow his lead, Emperor Napoleon of France embarked on an invasion of Russia. It was a disastrous mistake. Beaten back by the onset of the Russian winter, Napoleon left Russia with only a fraction of the 600,000 soldiers who had invaded with him. After that the tide of the Napoleonic Wars began to turn against him.

18. What are the three colors of the Russian flag from top to bottom?

From Quiz Moscow

Answer: white, blue, red

In the times of Soviet union the flag was red with a hammer and sickle in the top left corner

19. What does the word Kremlin originally mean ?

From Quiz Moscow: A Fascinating Capital

Answer: fortification

20. One attraction I can remember being quite struck with was a massive bell in the grounds of the Kremlin. By what name is this bell known?

From Quiz Peggy Louisa Visits: Moscow

Answer: The Tsar Bell

The bell is situated at the foot of Ivan the Great's Belfry and gets its name from the fact that it is the world's largest bell. It weighs 200 tons and was created by a father and son team, Ivan and Mikhail Motorin. It was cast between 1733 and 1735, which sounds like a long time to produce a bell in my opinion! Sadly, during a fire not many years after it was completed, it became extremely hot. When the firemen doused it in water a large chunk weighing eleven tons cracked off. Both pieces rest together at the foot of the belfry. Source: Berlitz Travel Guide

21. In which year were the Summer Olympics held in Moscow?

From Quiz Moscow Mule

Answer: 1980

These games were boycotted by the USA in protest at the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Moscow was a candidate city for the 2012 Olympic Games but lost out to London.

22. How many airports were there in Moscow, that were open to the public, in 2003?

From Quiz Moscow

Answer: four

Vnukovo, Bikovo, Domodedovo, Sheremetyevo 1&2 it is one airport but two terminals, that's why we consider it as one airport

23. What's the name of the building of the Parliament of the Russian Federation in front of which Boris Yeltsin stopped the anti- Gorbachev putschists in 1991?

From Quiz Moscow: A Fascinating Capital

Answer: the White House

24. What is a marshrutka?

From Quiz Moscow

Answer: route taxi

It is one of the ways of getting around in Russia (not just in Moscow). It is fairly cheap and you can ask the driver to drop you off where ever you want.

25. Which Soviet author was given the honour to be buried inside the Lenin Mausoleum and now shares that burial place which such celebrities as Yury Gagarin, Yury Andropov, Leonid Brezhnev and Joseph Stalin?

From Quiz More About Moscow

Answer: Maksim Gorky

Bulgakov wrote 'The Master and Margarita', which was published posthumously.-Gorky was popular with the Soviet authorities. Stalin later accused one of his KGB chiefs of assassinating the author of such works as 'My Childhood 1913-1914' {;'In} the World 1915-1916' and 'My Universities 1923'. - Menshikov was a prominent politician during and after the reign of Peter the Great.

26. What's the name of the Cathedral inside the Kremlin where the Czars were crowned ?

From Quiz Moscow: A Fascinating Capital

Answer: Assumption

The Cathedral of the Archangel is where most Czars were buried - St Basil's is outside the Kremlin

27. To whom could you pay a quick visit in Red Square?

From Quiz Moscow Mule

Answer: V.I. Lenin

Lenin's body was embalmed following his death in 1924 and has been on public display in his Mausoleum in Red Square ever since. The Mausoleum remains a popular visitor attraction. Yuri Gagarin's ashes are buried in the walls of the Kremlin in Red Square so you could pay him a quick visit as well.

28. What year was Moscow established in?

From Quiz Moscow

Answer: 1147

Yuriy Dolgorukiy is the official founder of Moskva.

29. One of the most typical examples of the so-called 'Stalin-Gothic' architecture is the high-rise building of the University of Moscow. How many floors has it got?

From Quiz More About Moscow

Answer: 36

Has also been classified as wedding-cake style.

30. How do you say good in Russian?

From Quiz Moscow

Answer: horosho

Zdrastvuyte is hello, gde is where, and za vashe zdorovye is a toast.

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