Russia is the largest country on Earth: it spans eleven time zones from the Baltic to the Pacific.
This quiz asks 20 questions about Russian food, symbols, places, history and famous Russians.
One run asks 20 questions from a bank of 40, so two runs do not ask the same set.
How to play
- Each round shows one question and four answers. Tap the answer you think is right.
- You have three lives. Each wrong answer costs one life.
- After each answer, the game shows a short explanation of the right answer.
- The quiz saves your best score and best time.
What counts in this quiz
- The bank holds 40 questions about Russia: food, drink, symbols, geography, history, people, science, business, sport, culture, money.
- Every question has exactly one right answer among the four options.
What's not included, and why
- Facts that change with the news are not in the bank. The quiz asks no questions about sitting politicians or the rankings of today.
- Questions that need a map, such as naming every region of Russia, live in the map quizzes.
Good to know
- Lake Baikal holds about one fifth of all the fresh surface water on Earth.
- The Trans-Siberian Railway runs more than 9,000 kilometers from Moscow to Vladivostok.
- The Tsar Bell in the Moscow Kremlin weighs about 200 tons. It cracked before it ever rang.
- The Hermitage museum in Saint Petersburg grew from an art purchase by Catherine the Great in 1764.