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Викторинные вопросы н атему русско-американских отношений...

1. The U.S. has a population of 299,398,484*. How many people live in Russia?
A. 143,420,309
B. 358,419,167
C. 167,498,264
2. Who wrote the ballet, "The Nutcracker"?
A. Sergei Rachmaninoff
B. Dmitri Shostakovich
C. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
3. Which U.S. sports league boasts the highest percentage of Russian-born professional athletes?
A. NBA
B. NHL
C. MLS
4. What type of fish does black caviar come from?
A. salmon
B. sturgeon
C. snapper
5. Who was the first American Ambassador to Russia?
A. Benjamin Franklin
B. Thomas R. Pickering
C. John Quincy Adams
6. Which Soviet leader is reported to have tapped the lectern with his shoe as he gave a speech at the United Nations?
A. Nikita Khrushchev
B. Joseph Stalin
C. Mikhail Gorbachev
7. What does kremlin mean in Russian?
A. Church
B. Small animal
C. Citadel or fortress
8. Which capital city housed the first U.S. Embassy in Russia?
A. Moscow
B. Yekaterinburg
C. St. Petersburg
9. Which U.S. state was purchased from Russia in 1868?
A. Maine
B. Oregon
C. Alaska
10. What are Russian dumplings called?
A. blini
B. pilmeni
C. ragaliki
11. Which Russian nobleman gave his name to a popular beef and mushroom dish?
A. Count Stroganoff
B. Prince Yousoupov
C. Tsarevich Alexei
12. What was the score of the famous "Miracle on Ice" semi-final hockey game between the USA and the USSR at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games?
A. 2-3
B. 3-0
C. 4-3
13. Which American pianist won the quadrennial International Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow during the height of the Cold War?
A. George Gershwin
B. Van Cliburn
C. Evgeny Kissin
14. Which Russian avant-garde artist was part of the Société Anonyme, which sought to introduce the American public to modern art in the 1920s and 1930s?
A. Wassily Kandinsky
B. Ilya Repin
C. Marc Chagall
15. Which of these popular American children's programs has been recreated for Russian children?
A. Reading Rainbow
B. Mr. Roger's Neighborhood
C. Sesame Street
16. What is the current capital of the Russian Federation?
A. St. Petersburg
B. Moscow
C. Pskov
17. Where does the Russian Santa Claus live?
A. Moscow
B. Lapland
C. Veliky Ustyug
18. What are the colors of the Russian flag?
A. white, blue, and red
B. red, blue, and orange
C. yellow and blue
19. How do Russian kids say 'cool'?
A. niet
B. kruto
C. khorosho
20. What are the Russian nested-dolls called?
A. kukla
B. bochka
C. matrioshka
21. When was the International Space Station -- with principal cooperation between U.S. and Russian space agencies -- first launched into orbit?
A. November 2, 2000
B. March 27, 1995
C. May 12, 1982