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Quiz about Russian Colours
Quiz about Russian Colours

Russian Colours Trivia Quiz


Let's see how well you know your Russian colours.

A multiple-choice quiz by Famke. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Famke
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
169,701
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
1525
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Question 1 of 10
1. What is the Russian word for 'colour'? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. How do you say 'red' in Russian? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. What do Russians say when they want to name the colour of tree leaves (in the summer)? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. How about the White House? What do Russians call it? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The sky is so beautifully 'blue'. What is the Russian for 'light blue'? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Is is true that 'malinovyi' is the colour of a kind of berry?


Question 7 of 10
7. Three of these words are not colours, but one is. Which? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. What is the word for 'dark' in Russian? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. And what is 'light' in Russian? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Last but not least, a question about something completely different: what denomination are most Russians? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What is the Russian word for 'colour'?

Answer: tsvet

Russians use the Cyrillic Alphabet invented by St. Cyril and based upon the Greek alphabet. It has 33 letters.
2. How do you say 'red' in Russian?

Answer: krasnyi

The Red Square in Moscow = 'Krasnaja ploshchad'. 'Rozevyi' means 'pink', 'vzroslyi' means 'mature' and 'mertvyi' means 'dead'.
3. What do Russians say when they want to name the colour of tree leaves (in the summer)?

Answer: zelenyi

Russian is a Slavic language. There are 11 Slavic languages, divided into East Slavic (Russian, Belarusian, Ukrainian), West Slavic(Polish, Czech, Slovak, Sorbian) and South Slavic (Slovene, Macedonian, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian). Some of these languages, such as Sorbian, have very few native speakers, while others, like Russian, Ukrainian and Polish have a very substantial native-speaking population.
4. How about the White House? What do Russians call it?

Answer: Belyi Dom

'Dom' means 'house', 'glupyi' means 'dumb', 'lukavyi' means 'cunning' and 'krasivyi' means 'beautiful'. In Russian there are seven cases: nominative, vocative (little used), accusative, prepositional, genitive, dative and instrumental. Each with its own endings and uses.
5. The sky is so beautifully 'blue'. What is the Russian for 'light blue'?

Answer: goluboi

This was a tricky question: 'goluboi' is actually 'light blue', 'sinyi' is regular blue,'fioljetovyi' is 'violet' and 'glubokyi' is 'deep'. Russian is spoken by more than 100 million native speakers and several millions of non-natives in the world.
6. Is is true that 'malinovyi' is the colour of a kind of berry?

Answer: True

The word is derived from 'malina' which means 'raspberry'. Russia's currency is the rouble.
7. Three of these words are not colours, but one is. Which?

Answer: chernota

'Chernota' means 'black' (the noun - words in -yi are usually adjectives). 'Perchatki' are 'gloves', 'nepromokaemyi' means 'waterproof' and 'chistyi' means 'clean' (see a connection with chastity?).
8. What is the word for 'dark' in Russian?

Answer: temnyi

'Svetlyi' is 'light', 'pustoi' is 'empty' and 'prostoi' is 'simple'.
9. And what is 'light' in Russian?

Answer: svetlyi

To say 'it is light' in Russian, you just say 'svetlo'.
10. Last but not least, a question about something completely different: what denomination are most Russians?

Answer: Orthodox

Russia has been greatly influenced by Greece throughout its history. Russians are Russian Orthodox and Greeks are Greek Orthodox.
Source: Author Famke

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