1
Seven gothic skyscrapers tower over Moscow. They are known as Stalin's what?
Sisters
Giants
Helpers
Lovers
51% got this right
2
What public institution used to occupy the site of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in central Moscow?
Swimming pool
Canteen
Library
Wedding Palace
21% got this right
The Moskva Pool was, for a time, the world's largest open air swimming pool.
3
What year was this?
1980
37% got this right
The 1980 Summer Olympics were held in Moscow.
4
Moscows deepest metro station has Europe's longest escalators. What's its name?
Park Pobedy
Kuznetskiy most
Park Kultury
Prospekt Mira
26% got this right
5
After what Soviet politician was the New Arbat avenue originally named?
Kalinin
Bulganin
Malenkov
Molotov
The New Arbat Avenue assumed its current name in 1994.
6
By the Red Square, opposite to the Kremlin, lies a famous glass-roofed department store. What's its name?
GUM
Detsky Mir
Okhotny Ryad
TsUM
34% got this right
7
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
63% got this right
8
What tsar ordered the construction of St Basil's cathedral?
Ivan the Terrible
Catherine the Great
Peter the Great
Vasily the Dark
46% got this right
9
48 random squares
In what year did this event take place?
1812
1237
1571
1942
48% got this right
The Fire of Moscow happened during the French occupation in 1812.
10
Just a stone's throw from the Kremlin. This was once the largest hotel in the world. What was its name?
Rossiya
Metropol
Sovietsky
Ukraina
18% got this right
Now demolished, it was surpassed in size by the Excalibur in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 1990.
11
48 random squares
Who is this famous long-running former mayor of Moscow?
Luzhkov
Gorbachev
Popov
Sobyanin
23% got this right
12
What organization used to reside in this building known as Lubyanka?
KGB
Duma
Politburo
Supreme Soviet
50% got this right
13
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
