Q 01/05

Kyiv straddles both banks of which river?

A) Dniester

B) Dnieper

C) Don

D) Southern Bug

Answer · why

B) Dnieper

The river flows south through the city towards the Black Sea.

Q 02/05

By population, Kyiv ranks roughly where among Europe's cities?

A) 7th

B) 9th

C) 12th

D) 15th

Answer · why

A) 7th

The January 2022 count was 2,952,301 people.

Q 03/05

The city's name is traditionally traced to which legendary founder?

A) Shchek

B) Kyi

C) Askold

D) Khoryv

Answer · why

B) Kyi

Legend says he founded the city with his two brothers and their sister.

Q 04/05

What was the name of the sister of Kyiv's three legendary founding brothers?

A) Olha

B) Lesya

C) Berehynia

D) Lybid

Answer · why

D) Lybid

A monument to all four siblings stands on the Dnieper embankment.

Q 05/05

Which people captured Kyiv in the mid-9th century, ending Khazar tribute?

A) Mongols

B) Pechenegs

C) Magyars

D) Varangians

Answer · why

D) Varangians

Under these Viking rulers the city became the capital of Kievan Rus'.