Ukraine Quiz #1

Ukraine Quiz #1

Questions

1. What city, near the Polish border, is considered the capital of western Ukraine, and is well-known as a pearl of European architecture?
2. Which sour soup, made primarily with beetroot, is the national dish of Ukraine?
3. What is the name of the Ukrainian aircraft, which was titled the world’s largest plane, and was destroyed during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine?
4. Which Ukrainian biologist, born in 1845 in Kharkiv, was the first to develop a coherent theory of how the human immune system functions, which led to him winning a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1908?
5. Ukraine’s highest mountain, Mount Hoverlam with a height of 2061m, lies in which eastern European mountain range?
6. Which American actress at the age of 7 moved from Soviet Ukraine to the U.S.A with her family, and went on to star in major films such as Black Swan and Ted?
7. Who is the Ukrainian national football team’s all-time leading goal scorer?
8. What is the surname of the Ukrainian brothers, both of whom held world heavyweight boxing titles during the 21st century? Clue: the elder brother was also elected Mayor of Kyiv.
9. Which major tourism centre and seaport is known as the "pearl of the Black Sea"?
10. Athlete Sergey Bubka broke the world record 35 times in which men’s athletic event?
11. What is the name of the Ukrainian distilled spirit commonly flavoured with peppers?
12. What language is most commonly spoken in Ukraine?
13. What does the yellow aspect of the Ukrainian flag represent?
14. Which Ukrainian cinematographer was tragically shot on the set of the film ‘Rust’ on October 21st, 2021?
15. What is the capital city of Ukraine?
16. Which Ukrainian left back signed for English football club Manchester City in 2016?
17. What is the name of the coastal military city stationed on the southwest of the Crimean Peninsula, most well-known as the site of a year-long siege during the Crimean War?
18. What sea is bordered by the eastern Crimean Peninsula, has Mariupol on its northern coast, and is fed by the Don River from Russia?
19. What is the national currency of Ukraine?
20. How many countries share a land border with Ukraine?
21. Unity Day, a national holiday on the 22nd January, commemorates an earlier declaration of independence by Ukraine, this time from Soviet Russia. In which year did this occur?
22. What year did Ukraine achieve its independence from the USSR, which is celebrated as Independence Day on August 24th?
23. As of March 2022, who is the incumbent President of Ukraine?
24. Which major river flows north to south through the centre of Ukraine?
25. In which year of the 21st century did Russia annex the Crimean Peninsula?
26. What city had to be evacuated and permanently abandoned following the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor?
27. In what year did the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl occur?
28. Which major sea lies to the south of Ukraine?

1. What city, near the Polish border, is considered the capital of western Ukraine, and is well-known as a pearl of European architecture?

   Lviv
2. Which sour soup, made primarily with beetroot, is the national dish of Ukraine?

   Borshch
3. What is the name of the Ukrainian aircraft, which was titled the world’s largest plane, and was destroyed during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine?

   Antonov An-225
4. Which Ukrainian biologist, born in 1845 in Kharkiv, was the first to develop a coherent theory of how the human immune system functions, which led to him winning a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1908?

   Elie Metchnikoff
5. Ukraine’s highest mountain, Mount Hoverlam with a height of 2061m, lies in which eastern European mountain range?

   Carpathian Mountains
6. Which American actress at the age of 7 moved from Soviet Ukraine to the U.S.A with her family, and went on to star in major films such as Black Swan and Ted?

   Mila Kunis
7. Who is the Ukrainian national football team’s all-time leading goal scorer?

   Andriy Shevchenko
8. What is the surname of the Ukrainian brothers, both of whom held world heavyweight boxing titles during the 21st century? Clue: the elder brother was also elected Mayor of Kyiv.

   Klitschko
9. Which major tourism centre and seaport is known as the "pearl of the Black Sea"?

   Odessa
10. Athlete Sergey Bubka broke the world record 35 times in which men’s athletic event?

    Pole vault
11. What is the name of the Ukrainian distilled spirit commonly flavoured with peppers?

    Horlivka
12. What language is most commonly spoken in Ukraine?

    Ukrainian
13. What does the yellow aspect of the Ukrainian flag represent?

    Wheat
14. Which Ukrainian cinematographer was tragically shot on the set of the film ‘Rust’ on October 21st, 2021?

    Halyna Hutchins
15. What is the capital city of Ukraine?

    Kyiv
16. Which Ukrainian left back signed for English football club Manchester City in 2016?

    Oleksandr Zinchenko
17. What is the name of the coastal military city stationed on the southwest of the Crimean Peninsula, most well-known as the site of a year-long siege during the Crimean War?

    Sevastopol
18. What sea is bordered by the eastern Crimean Peninsula, has Mariupol on its northern coast, and is fed by the Don River from Russia?

    Sea of Azov
19. What is the national currency of Ukraine?

    Ukrainian Hryvnia
20. How many countries share a land border with Ukraine?

    7
21. Unity Day, a national holiday on the 22nd January, commemorates an earlier declaration of independence by Ukraine, this time from Soviet Russia. In which year did this occur?

    1918
22. What year did Ukraine achieve its independence from the USSR, which is celebrated as Independence Day on August 24th?

    1991
23. As of March 2022, who is the incumbent President of Ukraine?

    Volodymyr Zelenskyy
24. Which major river flows north to south through the centre of Ukraine?

    Dnieper River
25. In which year of the 21st century did Russia annex the Crimean Peninsula?

    2014
26. What city had to be evacuated and permanently abandoned following the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear reactor?

    Pripyat
27. In what year did the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl occur?

    1986
28. Which major sea lies to the south of Ukraine?

    Black sea