INQUIZITION QUIZ NO.88 RUSSIAN

1 Rosaviakosmos is the Russian counterpart of which US organisation?
NASA
2 In Moscow, what is known as “the city within a city”?
THE KREMLIN
3 What is a samovar?
A TEA URN
4 What is the name of the national airline of Russia?
AEROFLOT
5 Who sang the Bond theme for From Russia with Love?
MATT MONRO
6 Who described Russia as, “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”?
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
7 Which state did Russia sell to the USA in 1867?
ALASKA
8 What is the surname of the Russian author who had a park named in his honour in Moscow?
GORKY
9 Which year of the 1980s witnessed a major nuclear leak in the town of Chernobyl?
1986
10 According to Boney M who was “Russia’s greatest love machine”?
RASPUTIN
11 What is the chief ingredient of the Russian soup, solyanka?
CUCUMBER
12 Which Russian born tennis star won the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon in 2004?
MARIA SHARAPOVA
13 In 1984, who succeeded Yuri Andropov as Soviet leader?
KONSTATIN CHERNENKO
14 Which space station was launched by the Soviet Union in February 1986?
MIR
15 What name did Leningrad revert to in 1991?
ST. PETERSBURG
NASA
2 In Moscow, what is known as “the city within a city”?
THE KREMLIN
3 What is a samovar?
A TEA URN
4 What is the name of the national airline of Russia?
AEROFLOT
5 Who sang the Bond theme for From Russia with Love?
MATT MONRO
6 Who described Russia as, “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma”?
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL
7 Which state did Russia sell to the USA in 1867?
ALASKA
8 What is the surname of the Russian author who had a park named in his honour in Moscow?
GORKY
9 Which year of the 1980s witnessed a major nuclear leak in the town of Chernobyl?
1986
10 According to Boney M who was “Russia’s greatest love machine”?
RASPUTIN
11 What is the chief ingredient of the Russian soup, solyanka?
CUCUMBER
12 Which Russian born tennis star won the Ladies Singles at Wimbledon in 2004?
MARIA SHARAPOVA
13 In 1984, who succeeded Yuri Andropov as Soviet leader?
KONSTATIN CHERNENKO
14 Which space station was launched by the Soviet Union in February 1986?
MIR
15 What name did Leningrad revert to in 1991?
ST. PETERSBURG