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Romanov Geneaology Trivia Quiz

This is about the Romanov family geneology. It is not that hard and is probably about an average.

A multiple-choice quiz by westiesarecool. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
westiesarecool

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
61,034

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1149

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. How were Empress Maria and Queen Alexandra related? Hint

mother and daughter

cousins

aunt and niece

sisters

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the name of Alexandra's Romanov sister? Hint

Elizabeth

Irina

Maria

Olga

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Question 3 of 10

3. What where the names of Nicholas II's two sisters? Hint

Xenia and Maria

Irina and Tatiana

Olga and Xenia

Anastasia and Olga

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who was the oldest and youngest of Nicholas and Alexandra's children? Hint

Alexandra and Maria

Olga and Anastasia

Olga and Alexei

Tatiana and Alexei

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Question 5 of 10

5. The full birth name of Alexandra of Russia was Viktoria Alix Helena Luise Beatrice. From whom did each of these names come? Hint

Her mother, her two grandmothers and their mothers

Her mother and her mother's sisters

Her elder sisters

Her mother's full name

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Question 6 of 10

6. Tsar Alexander II married Princess Marie. Where was she the Princess of? Hint

Hesse-Darmstadt

Wurttemberg

Hesse-Kassel

Prussia

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Question 7 of 10

7. Maria, Empress of Russia and her relative Alexandra, Princess of Wales both had children who died while babies and had the same name. What was this name? Hint

George

Alexander

Peter

Paul

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Question 8 of 10

8. Tsar Alexander II married a Russian Princess as his second wife. What was her name? Hint

Catherine Dolgoruky

Maria Scherbatskaya

Lydia Markoruky

Helena Levina

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Question 9 of 10

9. Princess Dagmar of Denmark was engaged to Alexander III's dead brother before him. What was his name? Hint

Serge

Alexei

Nicholas

George

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the original name of the Tsarina Alexandra, wife of Nicholas I?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How were Empress Maria and Queen Alexandra related?

Answer: sisters

They were both Princesses of Denmark and children of Christian IX and Queen Louise.

2. What was the name of Alexandra's Romanov sister?

Answer: Elizabeth

They were the children of Grand Duke Louis IV and Grand Duchess Alice. Elizabeth married Grand Duke Serge Alexandrovitch.

3. What where the names of Nicholas II's two sisters?

Answer: Olga and Xenia

Xenia married a Russian Grand Duke. Olga married first Prince Peter and then Nicholas Kulikovsky. They both survived the Revolution and died in 1960.

4. Who was the oldest and youngest of Nicholas and Alexandra's children?

Answer: Olga and Alexei

Alexei was a haemophiliac. Olga could have married Prince Carol of Romania but they didn't get on.

5. The full birth name of Alexandra of Russia was Viktoria Alix Helena Luise Beatrice. From whom did each of these names come?

Answer: Her mother and her mother's sisters

The names were given in the birth order of the sisters, with her mother's name (in its German form) second.

6. Tsar Alexander II married Princess Marie. Where was she the Princess of?

Answer: Hesse-Darmstadt

Princess Alix of Hesse-Darmstadt later married Nicholas II.

7. Maria, Empress of Russia and her relative Alexandra, Princess of Wales both had children who died while babies and had the same name. What was this name?

Answer: Alexander

The Russian Alexander died before his first birthday. The English one died on the same day he was born.

8. Tsar Alexander II married a Russian Princess as his second wife. What was her name?

Answer: Catherine Dolgoruky

He was advised not to marry her because of a tale told that women from the Dolgoruky family brought death upon the Romanovs. He died shortly after his marriage.

9. Princess Dagmar of Denmark was engaged to Alexander III's dead brother before him. What was his name?

Answer: Nicholas

This was the name they chose for their first-born son in honour of him.

10. What was the original name of the Tsarina Alexandra, wife of Nicholas I?

Answer: Charlotte

She was Princess Charlotte of Prussia and became Alexandra Feodorovna. She lived long enough to become a nuisance to Princess Frederick William, who complained about her yearly trip to her homeland.

Source: Author westiesarecool

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