INQUIZITION QUIZ NO.88 RUSSIAN

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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

[redandblack]

2 Kremlin

3 Aeroflot

7 Alaska

8 Gorky

15 St Petersburg

[godoubleblues]

Q1 - NASA
Q10 - rasputin
Q14 - mir

[fish]

13 - Michael Gorbachev

[magpie in the 80's]

2 Kremlin
3 Aeroflot
7 Alaska
8 Gorky
15 St Petersburg

RAB

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 - NASA
Q10 - rasputin
Q14 - mir

GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

13 - Michael Gorbachev

FISH

[Kahuna]

3/ A sort of tea urn thingy
6/ Churchill

[Media Park]

11 vodka

[magpie in the 80's]

3/ A sort of tea urn thingy
6/ Churchill

K

[magpie in the 80's]

last days for this quiz

[magpie in the 80's]

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

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE

END OF QUIZ