Q 01/05

Russia spans how many time zones?

A) Nine

B) Eleven

C) Seven

D) Thirteen

Answer · why

B) Eleven

When the sun is setting in Kaliningrad, it is already the next morning in Kamchatka. Russia also covers more than an eighth of the world's inhabited l...

Q 02/05

Which mountain range is traditionally taken as the boundary between European and Asian Russia?

A) Caucasus

B) Altai

C) Ural Mountains

D) Sayan Mountains

Answer · why

C) Ural Mountains

About three-quarters of Russians live west of the range even though most of the country's land lies east of it.

Q 03/05

At 5,642 metres, which peak is the highest point in both Russia and Europe?

A) Mount Elbrus

B) Klyuchevskaya Sopka

C) Mount Kazbek

D) Belukha

Answer · why

A) Mount Elbrus

It is a dormant volcano in the Caucasus with two summits, and it beats Mont Blanc by more than 800 metres.

Q 04/05

Which river is the longest in Europe?

A) Don

B) Dnieper

C) Danube

D) Volga

Answer · why

D) Volga

Eleven of Russia's twenty largest cities sit in its basin, and it drains into the world's largest inland body of water.

Q 05/05

What is the maximum depth of Lake Baikal, the deepest lake in the world?

A) 1,642 m

B) 2,105 m

C) 1,890 m

D) 1,725 m

Answer · why

A) 1,642 m

It holds roughly 22-23% of the planet's fresh surface water, more than all the North American Great Lakes combined, and at 25-30 million years old it ...