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Joseph Stalin Trivia Quiz

Stalin is a truly interesting historical figure - not insane, and with many political talents and some contradictions in personality. Hope this gives you an insight ...

A multiple-choice quiz by pavr. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
pavr

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
96,165

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1477

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Question 1 of 10

1. What does the name 'Stalin' mean? Hint

Man of Steel

Great Leader

Northern Star

The Rebel

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the nickname Stalin adopted before he began to use 'Stalin'? Hint

Josep

Koba

Yasif

Georgi

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was Stalin's position in the Politburo at the time of Lenin's death? Hint

General Secretary

Secret police chief

Interior minister

Head of armed forces

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Question 4 of 10

4. Whom did Lenin recommend as his successor in his final testament? Hint

He did not recommend anyone as his successor

Kamamev

Trotsky

Stalin

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Question 5 of 10

5. What best described Stalin's attitude and policy towards the Soviet regions throughout most of his reign? Hint

decentralising

tolerant

indifferent

repressive

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Question 6 of 10

6. What nickname did Stalin use to describe his 'right hand man' Molotov? Hint

Bulldog Face

Stone Bottom

Cocktail

The Puppet

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Question 7 of 10

7. Stalin is rumored to have met Hitler on one occasion. Where and when? Hint

A train carriage in 1939

Ribbentrop's staff car in 1940

Vienna in 1928

Close to Stalingrad in 1942

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Question 8 of 10

8. How did Stalin's (second) wife Nadezhda Allevijah die? Hint

Shot on his orders

Suicide

Concentration camp in Siberia

Natural causes

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Question 9 of 10

9. What best describes Stalin's approach to working with his generals during the war? Hint

ignored and controlled them

shot them when failing him

let them command freely

listened and collaborated with them

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Question 10 of 10

10. When Stalin's mother asked him what his job was, on one of his rare visits home - he claimed that he was a bit like ...? Hint

Hitler

A soldier

The Tsar

A repairman

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What does the name 'Stalin' mean?

Answer: Man of Steel

Stalin chose this modest name to let the Russian public what they could expect in the future.

2. What was the nickname Stalin adopted before he began to use 'Stalin'?

Answer: Koba

Stalin used the code name 'Koba' in the pre-revolutionary days and in his time in exile.

3. What was Stalin's position in the Politburo at the time of Lenin's death?

Answer: General Secretary

Before Stalin the post of General Secretary was not highly regarded, but Stalin quickly showed how important it could be networking with the grass roots and by appointing his men to posts throughout the party.
(In his will, Lenin recommended that he be removed - but the Poltiburo left him in place, with disastrous results for most of them).

4. Whom did Lenin recommend as his successor in his final testament?

Answer: He did not recommend anyone as his successor

Lenin critisised Trotsky and Stalin specifically and recommended that Stalin be removed from his position as General Secretary. No one individual was preferred.

5. What best described Stalin's attitude and policy towards the Soviet regions throughout most of his reign?

Answer: repressive

Despite coming from Georgia, Stalin was ruthless in deporting and starving to death most in the regions in order to break up any potential regional opposition.

6. What nickname did Stalin use to describe his 'right hand man' Molotov?

Answer: Stone Bottom

Stone Bottom he had the capacity to sit and work for almost unlimited lengths of time.

7. Stalin is rumored to have met Hitler on one occasion. Where and when?

Answer: A train carriage in 1939

It is sometimes claimed that they met in order to sign the non-aggression pact before outbreak of WWII. The rumour is unconfirmed, highly implausible and almost certainly untrue.

8. How did Stalin's (second) wife Nadezhda Allevijah die?

Answer: Suicide

Following a public telling off from Stalin one night, she ran off in desperation and shot herself.

9. What best describes Stalin's approach to working with his generals during the war?

Answer: listened and collaborated with them

Unlike Hitler, Stalin knew his limitations and realised that listening to the experts sometimes paid off. The plan to encicle the German 6th army at Stalingrad was hatched in this way.

10. When Stalin's mother asked him what his job was, on one of his rare visits home - he claimed that he was a bit like ...?

Answer: The Tsar

Source: Author pavr

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