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Samara - Camapa Trivia Quiz

How much do you know about this historic Russian City?

A multiple-choice quiz by peterzezel. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
peterzezel

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
129,600

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
25

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
14 / 25

Plays
506

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Question 1 of 25

1. In what year was Samara founded by enactment of Russian Czar Feodor Ioannovich? Hint

1776

1492

1586

1066

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Question 2 of 25

2. What is the bend on the Volga river called, where the river turns right and where Samara is found? Hint

Samarskaya Luka

Samarskaya Sputnik

Samarskaya cyka

Samarskaya Laika

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Question 3 of 25

3. Through which mountains does the Volga flow and bend to form the Samara Valley? Hint

Ural Mountains

Pekulney Mountains

Caucasus Mountains

Zhiguli mountains

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Question 4 of 25

4. What famous landmark is found in Samara? Hint

Lenin's childhood home

Olga Korbut's first gymnasium

Yeltsin's favourite pub

Stalin's bunker

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Question 5 of 25

5. Who burned down Samara in 1670? Hint

Ivan IV

Stepan Razin

Genghis Khan

Boris Godunov

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Question 6 of 25

6. Between 1773 and 1780 Samara belonged to Stavropol District within Orenburg gubernia. By what name do we now call Stavropol? Hint

Kyibushev

Chelyabinsk

Togliatti

Novosibirsk

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Question 7 of 25

7. Besides on the banks of the Volga, where else in the world would you find a place called "Samara Beach"? Hint

Iraq

Fiji

Cuba

Costa Rica

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Question 8 of 25

8. What is the 3-letter abbreviation for Samara International Airport? Hint

SAM

KUF

CAM

SMR

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Question 9 of 25

9. What was Samara often known as? Hint

Russian Beirut

Russian Chicago

Russian Liverpool

Russian Minsk

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Question 10 of 25

10. Which International destination can you NOT fly to directly from Samara International Airport? Hint

Vienna

Tel Aviv

Frankfurt

Amsterdam

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Question 11 of 25

11. Why was Samara a "closed city" during the cold war? Hint

Secret military naval projects were completed there.

Secret military chemical weapons projects were completed there.

Secret military aerospace projects were completed there.

Secret military cloning projects were completed there.

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Question 12 of 25

12. On Kyibushev Square there is a bust to Marshall Ustinoff. What did he do? Hint

Became famous as actor Peter Ustinov

Became a famous sniper at the Battle of Stalingrad

Wrote poetry about the Patriotic War

Planned the war in Afghanistan.

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Question 13 of 25

13. What is the name of Samara's square that locals refer to as the "second square"? Hint

Gorbachev Square

Pravda Square

Aeroflot Square

Glory Square

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Question 14 of 25

14. From 1935 to 1990. Samara was named after the communist revolutionary Kyibushev. What was Kyibushev's first name? Hint

Yevgeniy

Josip

Pavel

Valerian

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Question 15 of 25

15. Which Samara native stood for President of the Russian Federation in 2000? Hint

Vladimir Putin

Konstantin Titov

Boris Yeltsin

Sergei Federov

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Question 16 of 25

16. What was built near Samara in 1957 and named after Lenin? Hint

Hydro Electric Station

Ball Bearing Factory

Nuclear Power Plant

Chain of Fast Food Restaurants

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Question 17 of 25

17. The Vostok was built in Samara. What was it? Hint

A submarine

A spaceship

A theme park

An interrogation Centre

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Question 18 of 25

18. What was "Old Police Square" renamed? Hint

Vodka Square

Cheka Square

Kalashnakov Square

Bread Square

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Question 19 of 25

19. What were the army of emigrants from Czechoslovakia, who took part in the battle for Samara called? Hint

Slovak Blanca

Cseka Rouge

Belochekhi

Czessocks

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Question 20 of 25

20. SBC "Shar" is a leading enterprise of Samara for the manufacture of what? Hint

Matryoshka

Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles

Chocolate

Ball Bearings

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Question 21 of 25

21. Where is Samara, in relation to Moscow? Hint

Approximately 700 miles to the south east of Moscow

Approximately 300 miles to the east of Moscow

Approximately 1,000 miles to the south of Moscow

Approximately 1,700 miles to the south west of Moscow

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Question 22 of 25

22. What is the name of the first independent radio station to broadcast in Samara? Hint

Samara Captalism Radio

Radio Samara Maximum

Radio Free Samara

Voice of Samara

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Question 23 of 25

23. Name the (soccer) football team from Samara. Hint

Spartak Samara

Torpedo Samara

Samara United

Kryliya Sovietov Samara

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Question 24 of 25

24. Which international giant bought Rossiya ... the Samara Chocolate Factory? Hint

Cadbury Schweppes

Nestle

Godiva

Hershey's

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Question 25 of 25

25. What is unusual about Knapp Electric & Hardware Company in South Dakota, USA? Hint

It's owned by the grandson of Kyibushev

Founded by defectors from a Samara electronics factory

It's on the same latitudenal line as Samara

It's on Samara Avenue in the town of Volga, South Dakota

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. In what year was Samara founded by enactment of Russian Czar Feodor Ioannovich?

Answer: 1586

It was founded as an "ostrogue" (the fortress for the guarding of river ways).

2. What is the bend on the Volga river called, where the river turns right and where Samara is found?

Answer: Samarskaya Luka

It means "Samara Bend" and is also the name of the Samara National Park.

3. Through which mountains does the Volga flow and bend to form the Samara Valley?

Answer: Zhiguli mountains

They rise to c.2,220 ft (680 m) and are rich in oil, which is piped to Samara via overhead pipelines.

4. What famous landmark is found in Samara?

Answer: Stalin's bunker

Though he never used it, it was there in case things got too hot for the Soviet leader.

5. Who burned down Samara in 1670?

Answer: Stepan Razin

He had organized a criminal band of cossacks, peasants and marginals for fighting against czarist government.

6. Between 1773 and 1780 Samara belonged to Stavropol District within Orenburg gubernia. By what name do we now call Stavropol?

Answer: Togliatti

In 1970 VAZ was built as the biggest automobile plant of the USSR in Togliatti. The majority of Russian cars are produced there. And of course, speaking of cars, Lada named a car after Samara.

7. Besides on the banks of the Volga, where else in the world would you find a place called "Samara Beach"?

Answer: Costa Rica

There IS a town in Iraq (north of Baghdad) called "Samarra" but it is usually spelled with two "R"s.

8. What is the 3-letter abbreviation for Samara International Airport?

Answer: KUF

Still using the letters from when Samara was called Kyibushev.

9. What was Samara often known as?

Answer: Russian Chicago

Both towns have similar climate, topography and branches of industry. And of course, both had a history of lawlessness. Visitors to Samara often ALSO think of it as "St. Louis-on-the-Volga," which is quite fitting, since Samara and St. Louis are linked by a sister-city relationship.

10. Which International destination can you NOT fly to directly from Samara International Airport?

Answer: Amsterdam

Samara Airlines flies to Vienna and Tel Aviv among it's destinations. Lufthansa takes your from Samara to Frankfurt.

11. Why was Samara a "closed city" during the cold war?

Answer: Secret military aerospace projects were completed there.

Samara was a top secret city until 1990.

12. On Kyibushev Square there is a bust to Marshall Ustinoff. What did he do?

Answer: Planned the war in Afghanistan.

He was born in a township near Samara.

13. What is the name of Samara's square that locals refer to as the "second square"?

Answer: Glory Square

The first square (in terms of importance) is Kyibushev Square.

14. From 1935 to 1990. Samara was named after the communist revolutionary Kyibushev. What was Kyibushev's first name?

Answer: Valerian

Samara was renamed after Kyibushev because Kyibushev was a revolutionary who proclaimed the victory of the communist revolution in Samara in 1917.

15. Which Samara native stood for President of the Russian Federation in 2000?

Answer: Konstantin Titov

Konstantin Alexeyevich Titov is the first elected governor in the history of Samara.

16. What was built near Samara in 1957 and named after Lenin?

Answer: Hydro Electric Station

In Dimitrovgrad an Atomic Electric Station was built later.

17. The Vostok was built in Samara. What was it?

Answer: A spaceship

In 1961, Yuri Gagarin, the first astronaut in space, had a space flight in the spaceship "Vostok" ("The East").

18. What was "Old Police Square" renamed?

Answer: Bread Square

"Hlebnaya Square" to use the local term.

19. What were the army of emigrants from Czechoslovakia, who took part in the battle for Samara called?

Answer: Belochekhi

During the civil war 1918-1922.

20. SBC "Shar" is a leading enterprise of Samara for the manufacture of what?

Answer: Ball Bearings

They make ball radial, radial thrust and roller bearings with short cylindrical rollers and export them to more than 40 countries.

21. Where is Samara, in relation to Moscow?

Answer: Approximately 700 miles to the south east of Moscow

About an hour's flight ... or an overnight train ride away.

22. What is the name of the first independent radio station to broadcast in Samara?

Answer: Radio Samara Maximum

They use five frequencies (FM stereo 104.3 and 73.61 in Samara, 101.2 in Togliatty, 100.9 in Sysran, 101.8 in Chapaevsk). In case you're in the area and fancy hearing a LOT of Roxette.

23. Name the (soccer) football team from Samara.

Answer: Kryliya Sovietov Samara

Spartak (Moskva) and Torpedo (Moskva) are both based in Moscow.

24. Which international giant bought Rossiya ... the Samara Chocolate Factory?

Answer: Nestle

Nestle sells about $500 million worth of ice cream and chocolate a year in Russia, with 17 percent of the chocolate market. The Swiss confectioner chose Rossiya because it had a reputation as a company without mafia interference nor corruption.

25. What is unusual about Knapp Electric & Hardware Company in South Dakota, USA?

Answer: It's on Samara Avenue in the town of Volga, South Dakota

The town, originally known as "Bandy Town", was later renamed "Volga" after the Volga River in Russia. There does not seem to be a river anywhere near Volga, SD on any map.

Source: Author peterzezel

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