I ❤️ MOSCOW
This quiz will test you knowledge about Moscow.
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Seven gothic skyscrapers tower over Moscow. They are known as Stalin's what?
Sisters
Lovers
Giants
Helpers
#2 Buttons 20 seconds
What public institution used to occupy the site of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in central Moscow?
Swimming pool
Wedding Palace
Canteen
Library
The Moskva Pool was, for a time, the world's largest open air swimming pool.
#3 Type answer 30 seconds
What year was this?
1980
The 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow.
#4 Buttons 20 seconds
Moscows deepest metro station has Europe's longest escalators. What's its name?
Park Pobedy
Kuznetskiy most
Park Kultury
Prospekt Mira
#5 Buttons 20 seconds
After what Soviet politician was the New Arbat avenue originally named?
Kalinin
Molotov
Malenkov
Bulganin
The New Arbat Avenue assumed its current name in 1994.
#6 Buttons 20 seconds
By the Red Square, opposite to the Kremlin, lies a famous glass-roofed department store. What's its name?
GUM
TsUM
Detsky Mir
Okhotny Ryad
#7 Buttons 20 seconds
What is the name of this cluster of mordern skyscrapers?
Moscow International Business Center
Moscow River Commercial District
Pan-Inter-Continental Trade Center
Trans-European District of Commerce
#8 Buttons 20 seconds
What tsar ordered the construction of St Basil's cathedral?
Ivan the Terrible
Catherine the Great
Peter the Great
Vasily the Dark
#9 Buttons 20 seconds
In what year did this event take place?
1812
1942
1237
1571
The Fire of Moscow happened during the French occupation in 1812.
#10 Buttons 20 seconds
Just a stone's throw from the Kremlin. This was once the largest hotel in the world. What was its name?
Rossiya
Sovietsky
Metropol
Ukraina
Now demolished, it was surpassed in size by the Excalibur in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1990.
#11 Buttons 20 seconds
Who is this famous long-running former mayor of Moscow?
Luzhkov
Popov
Sobyanin
Gorbachev
#12 Buttons 20 seconds
What organization used to reside in this building known as Lubyanka?
KGB
Politburo
Duma
Supreme Soviet
#13 Buttons 20 seconds
Which is the innermost of Moscow's ring roads?
The Boulevard Ring
The Garden Ring
The Moscow Automobile Ring Road (MKAD)
The Third Ring Road
