Q 01/05

Which shallow sea, joined to the Black Sea by the Kerch Strait, washes Ukraine's south-eastern coast?

A) Sea of Azov

B) Caspian Sea

C) Sea of Marmara

D) Aegean Sea

Answer · why

A) Sea of Azov

Sea of Azov. It is the shallowest sea in the world, nowhere more than about 14 metres deep, because the Don and Kuban rivers keep filling it with silt...

Q 02/05

Which river, the longest in Ukraine, flows through the capital Kyiv on its way to the Black Sea?

A) Southern Bug

B) Danube

C) Dniester

D) Dnieper

Answer · why

D) Dnieper

Dnieper. For centuries its rapids stopped boats from sailing its full length, until a giant hydroelectric dam drowned them under a reservoir.

Q 03/05

Hoverla, Ukraine's highest peak at 2,061 metres, rises in which mountain range?

A) The Carpathians

B) The Caucasus

C) The Urals

D) The Crimean Mountains

Answer · why

A) The Carpathians

The Carpathians. Ukrainians climb Hoverla in mass ascents every year, and the crowds leave its high meadows trampled and strewn with litter.

Q 04/05

Chernozem, the rich soil covering about two-thirds of Ukraine, takes its name from which colour?

A) Red

B) Black

C) Yellow

D) Grey

Answer · why

B) Black

Black. The word is Russian for 'black earth': dark with humus, it is among the most fertile soils on the planet, and the reason Ukraine is called the ...

Q 05/05

Which of Ukraine's seven land neighbours lies directly to its north?

A) Belarus

B) Poland

C) Moldova

D) Romania

Answer · why

A) Belarus

Belarus. The frontier runs just north of Chernobyl, so in 1986 the wind carried much of the fallout straight across it.