Q 01/05

Ukraine is the second-largest country in Europe by area. Which country is the largest?

A) Russia

B) France

C) Turkey

D) Germany

Answer · why

A) Russia

Ukraine covers about 603,600 square kilometres, and since Russia straddles two continents, Ukraine is the biggest country lying entirely in Europe.

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

It runs 981 km through Ukrainian territory. Kyiv straddles both banks, and the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant sits on a reservoir along it.

Q 03/05

What is the name of Ukraine's highest peak, at 2,061 metres in the Carpathians?

A) Pip Ivan

B) Roman-Kosh

C) Hoverla

D) Petros

Answer · why

C) Hoverla

Climbing it has become a patriotic ritual; the Crimean Mountains in the south are the country's other range.

Q 04/05

Roughly what proportion of Ukraine's surface is covered by chernozem, the extremely fertile black earth?

A) About a tenth

B) About two-thirds

C) About a quarter

D) Nearly all of it

Answer · why

B) About two-thirds

That soil is why the country is a major grain exporter and has been called the breadbasket of Europe.

Q 05/05

How many countries share a land border with Ukraine?

A) Seven

B) Four

C) Nine

D) Five

Answer · why

A) Seven

Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania and Moldova. It also has 2,782 km of coast on the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.