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Russian Czars Trivia Quiz

This is a quiz on the rulers of Mother Russia.

A multiple-choice quiz by apryl75. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
apryl75

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
239,308

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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829

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who was the first Russian Ruler to declare himself czar? Hint

Peter I

Mikhail I

Ivan IV

Nicholas I

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which czar carried out a policy of "Westernization" and expansion that transformed Muscovite Russia into a major European power? Hint

Peter I

Catherine II

Mikhail I

Alexander III

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the first Romanov czar? Hint

Alexander I

Dmitri I

Nicholas I

Mikhail l

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who were the only czars crowned in a dual coronation? Hint

Ivan V and Peter I

Peter II and Ivan VI

Nicholas II and Alexei I

Peter III and Paul I

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the name of the monastery where Mikhail I was told he had been elected czar? Hint

Moskva

Novodevichy

Ipatiev

Troitsa

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which czar was called the "Czar Liberator" for his emancipation of the serfs? Hint

Alexis

Alexander III

Alexander II

Nicholas II

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which czar was overthrown by his own wife, Catherine the Great? Hint

Paul I

Alexander II

Peter III

Peter II

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which czar became heir to the throne when his brother Nicholas died in 1865? Hint

Peter II

Mikhail

Alexei

Alexander III

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who was czar during the Russian Revolution? Hint

Nicholas II

Peter II

Alexander III

Ivan V

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which czar was an invalid and had to rule from his bedchamber? Hint

Nicholas I

Feodor III

Alexander II

Peter III

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the first Russian Ruler to declare himself czar?

Answer: Ivan IV

Ivan IV was known as Ivan the Terrible or Ivan Grozny. He died while playing chess with Bogdan Belsky on March 18, 1584.

2. Which czar carried out a policy of "Westernization" and expansion that transformed Muscovite Russia into a major European power?

Answer: Peter I

He declared it illegal for his courtiers and officials to wear long beards. One had to pay an annual tax if he wanted to keep the beard.

3. Who was the first Romanov czar?

Answer: Mikhail l

He was elected czar of Russia by a national assembly on February 21, 1613

4. Who were the only czars crowned in a dual coronation?

Answer: Ivan V and Peter I

Half-brothers Ivan V and Peter I were crowned as co-czars in 1682. Peter officially became Sovereign of all Russias in 1696 when Ivan died.

5. What was the name of the monastery where Mikhail I was told he had been elected czar?

Answer: Ipatiev

Ironically, the name of the house where czar Nicholas II and his family were killed was also Ipatiev.

6. Which czar was called the "Czar Liberator" for his emancipation of the serfs?

Answer: Alexander II

Alexander II was assassinated by a suicide bomber in St. Petersburg in 1881.

7. Which czar was overthrown by his own wife, Catherine the Great?

Answer: Peter III

It was widely rumored that Catherine's son and heir Paul was not sired by Peter III, but by her lover Sergei Saltykov.

8. Which czar became heir to the throne when his brother Nicholas died in 1865?

Answer: Alexander III

Alexander also married his late brother's fianc�, Princess Dagmar of Denmark. They were the parents of Nicholas II.

9. Who was czar during the Russian Revolution?

Answer: Nicholas II

Nicholas II and his family were killed by revolutionaries in Yekaterinburg in 1918.

10. Which czar was an invalid and had to rule from his bedchamber?

Answer: Feodor III

Feodor abolished Mestnichestvo, a sort of feudal hierarchical system, in 1682.

Source: Author apryl75

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