- 1. Which physicist is the namesake of element 114, flerovium?
A) A. S. Popov
B) I. P. Pavlov
C) Georgy Flerov
D) Yakov Frenkel
- 2. Who is the nuclear physicist that is the namesake of oganesson?
A) Viktor Brodyanskiy
B) Yakov Frenkel
C) Georgy Flerov
D) Yuri Oganessian
- 3. What was the profession of Sabina Spielrein?
A) Ophthalmologist
B) Mathematician
C) Psychoanalyst
D) Chemist
- 4. Svyatoslav Fyodorov was known for what medical specialty?
A) Psychoanalysis
B) Pediatrics
C) General surgery
D) Ophthalmology
- 5. What sport does Svetlana Boyko participate in?
A) Chess
B) Fencing
C) Football
D) Ice dancing
- 6. Which of these individuals was a chess grandmaster?
A) Alexei Eremenko
B) Ivan Bukavshin
C) Vladimir Shumeyko
D) Anatoly Morozov
- 7. Who was the Arctic Sea explorer associated with Rostov-on-Don?
A) Yakov Frenkel
B) A. S. Popov
C) I. P. Pavlov
D) George Sedov
- 8. What is the profession of Victoria Lopyreva?
A) Model and television hostess
B) Chess grandmaster
C) Academician
D) Professional footballer
- 9. Which listed person was a serial killer?
A) Yevgeny Vuchetich
B) Andrei Chikatilo
C) Vladimir Shumeyko
D) Iosif Vorovich
- 10. Which of the following architects is listed in the text?
A) Leonid Eberg
B) Iosif Vorovich
C) Georgy Flerov
D) Svyatoslav Fyodorov
- 11. Which individual defected to the United States and is an ice dancer?
A) Ivan Bukavshin
B) Igor Eremenko
C) Anatoly Morozov
D) Alexei Eremenko
- 12. Who was a solid-state physicist listed in the text?
A) Iosif Vorovich
B) Yakov Frenkel
C) Viktor Brodyanskiy
D) George Sedov
- 13. Which church in Rostov-on-Don belongs to the Moscow Patriarchate?
A) Old Believers Pokrovsky Cathedral
B) Cathedral Mosque
C) Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
D) Church of the Resurrection
- 14. Which synagogue is currently the only active one in Rostov-on-Don?
A) The Artisans' Synagogue
B) Main Choral Synagogue
C) Rostov Jewish Community Center
D) Soldier Synagogue
- 15. What happened to the Artisans' Synagogue?
A) It was renovated in 2009
B) It is currently being reconstructed
C) It was destroyed by fire during WWII
D) It was turned into a museum
- 16. In what year did the construction of the Rostov TV centre begin?
A) 1958
B) 1974
C) 1956
D) 1975
- 17. When was the first television program broadcast in Rostov-on-Don?
A) 17 October 1975
B) 1 May 1958
C) 30 April 1958
D) 26 April 1958
- 18. In what year was colour television first broadcast in Rostov-on-Don?
A) 1974
B) 1975
C) 2009
D) 1958
- 19. How many FM radio stations were there in Rostov-on-Don in 2009?
A) Ten
B) Seven
C) Twenty
D) Fourteen
- 20. What is the capacity of the Rostov Arena?
A) 30,000 spectators
B) 50,000 spectators
C) 25,000 spectators
D) 45,000 spectators
- 21. How many FIFA World Cup games were hosted at the Rostov Arena?
A) 3
B) 6
C) 4
D) 5
- 22. Which square served as the venue for the FIFA Fan Fest in Rostov-on-Don?
A) Airport Square
B) Cathedral Square
C) Voroshilovsky Square
D) Teatralnaya Square
- 23. What was the capacity of the FIFA Fan Fest area in Teatralnaya Square?
A) 10,000 people
B) 25,000 people
C) 45,000 people
D) 20,000 people
- 24. What is the name of the new airport built for the FIFA World Cup?
A) Rostov-Don International
B) Don Airport
C) Voroshilovsky Airport
D) Yuzhny
- 25. To what extent was the bridge crossing over the Don River expanded during reconstruction?
A) 8 lanes
B) 2 lanes
C) 6 lanes
D) 4 lanes
- 26. Which religious building is associated with the Armenian Apostolic Church?
A) Church of the Intercession
B) Cathedral Mosque
C) Church of the Resurrection
D) St. Alexandra's Church
- 27. On which bank of the Don River was the Rostov Arena built?
A) Northern bank
B) Right bank
C) Southern bank
D) Left bank
- 28. In what year did the first automatic telephone exchange in Russia open in Rostov-on-Don?
A) 2009
B) 1929
C) 1989
D) 2004
- 29. How many digits are in a standard Rostov-on-Don telephone number since 2004?
A) Six
B) Seven
C) Five
D) Eight
- 30. What is the city dialing code for Rostov-on-Don?
A) 863
B) 862
C) 864
D) 865
- 31. What was the name of the first commercial bank in the South of Russia located in Rostov-on-Don?
A) Southern-Invest
B) Don-Bank
C) Center-Invest
D) Rostovsocbank
- 32. What is the largest bank in the Rostov region?
A) Sberbank
B) Rostovsocbank
C) VTB
D) Center-Invest
- 33. What percentage of banks in Rostov-on-Don are local banks?
A) 80%
B) 17%
C) 4%
D) 10%
- 34. Which cultural centre is located in Rostov-on-Don?
A) Alliance Francaise
B) Japanese Cultural Center
C) Spanish Cultural Center
D) Italian Cultural Institute
- 35. Who designed the Cathedral of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary?
A) Mikhail Bushnov
B) Konstantin Thon
C) Maxim Gorky
D) A.S. Pushkin
- 36. Which theatre features the work of national artist Mikhail Bushnov?
A) Academic Drama Theater named after Maxim Gorky
B) Theater 18+
C) Rostov State Puppet Theater
D) Rostov Musical Theater
- 37. In which district are all Armenian churches in Rostov-on-Don located?
A) Old Town
B) Nakhichevan-on-Don
C) Don District
D) Central District
- 38. What is the specific starting digit for city numbers in Rostov-on-Don since 2009?
A) 3
B) 2
C) 8
D) 9
- 39. Which religious facility in Rostov-on-Don belongs to the Karma Kagyu Tradition?
A) Church of the Lord's Supper
B) Old Believers' temple
C) Diamond Way Buddhist Center
D) Mosque
- 40. Which famous Russian artist has works in the Museum of Fine Arts?
A) Repin
B) Picasso
C) Dali
D) Van Gogh
- 41. Where is the Administration of the Rostov and Novocherkassk Eparchy located?
A) Rostov-on-Don
B) Novocherkassk
C) Moscow
D) Saint Petersburg
- 42. What promotes Rostov-on-Don's economic development?
A) Its favourable geographical position at trading crossroads
B) Its vast oil reserves in the city center
C) Its status as the capital of Russia
D) Its proximity to the Ural Mountains
- 43. Which river serves as a major shipping lane connecting southwestern Russia with the north?
A) The Ural River
B) The Dnieper River
C) The Don River
D) The Volga River
- 44. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a good sold by merchants in the Rostov-on-Don port?
A) Gold
B) Oil
C) Wheat
D) Wool
- 45. In what year was the Volga–Don Shipping Canal constructed?
A) 1939
B) 1960
C) 1945
D) 1952
- 46. Which of these is NOT one of the five seas reachable from Rostov-on-Don via the canal?
A) Baltic Sea
B) Black Sea
C) White Sea
D) Red Sea
- 47. What type of machinery is manufactured in Rostov-on-Don?
A) Printing machinery
B) Farm machinery
C) Mining machinery
D) Textile machinery
- 48. What type of aircraft is manufactured in Rostov-on-Don?
A) Helicopters
B) Gliders
C) Fighter jets
D) Commercial airliners
- 49. In what month and year did the Tebodin engineering company open its fourth office in Rostov-on-Don?
A) June 2012
B) July 2009
C) June 2010
D) May 2011
- 50. Which company signed an agreement to create a high-speed tramway in Rostov-on-Don?
A) Gazprom
B) Tebodin
C) RZD
D) Sinara
- 51. At which event was the agreement for the high-speed tramway signed?
A) International Trade Fair
B) Transport Week 2021
C) Economic Forum of 2010
D) 2018 FIFA World Cup
- 52. What project was officially abandoned in favor of the high-speed tramway?
A) Underground tunnel
B) Bridge expansion
C) Monorail system
D) Rostov Metro
- 53. What is the IATA code for Platov International Airport?
A) RST
B) DON
C) RND
D) ROV
- 54. In what year did Platov International Airport open?
A) 2015
B) 2019
C) 2017
D) 2018
- 55. What major event was Platov International Airport prepared for?
A) 2018 FIFA World Cup
B) 2014 Winter Olympics
C) 2020 Youth Games
D) International Economic Summit
- 56. Which military aerodrome might be developed into a new airport hub?
A) Novoshakhtinsk
B) Bataysk
C) Shakhty
D) Aksay
- 57. Which railway line crosses the territory of Rostov-on-Don?
A) Moscow-Siberia-Vladivostok
B) St. Petersburg-Rostov-Caucasus
C) Don-Volga-Ural Line
D) Black Sea-Caspian Express
- 58. Which federal route passes Rostov to the east?
A) M-5 Volga
B) M-4 Don
C) M-7 Ufa
D) M-1 Belarus
- 59. Where does the M-4 Don route cross the Don River?
A) Aksay city area
B) Shakhty area
C) Northern housing block area
D) Bataysk area
- 60. How far is Rostov-on-Don from the Sea of Azov?
A) 100 kilometers
B) 50 kilometers
C) 10 kilometers
D) 32 kilometers
- 61. What is the approximate population of Rostov-on-Don?
A) Exactly 100,000
B) Over one million
C) Under 500,000
D) Over five million
- 62. What was the name of the ancient Greek colony located at the mouth of the Don?
A) Nakhichevan
B) Temernik
C) Tanais
D) Azak
- 63. Who issued the edict in 1749 to establish a custom house on the Temernik River?
A) Peter the Great
B) Empress Elizabeth
C) Catherine the Great
D) Ivan the Terrible
- 64. In what year was the settlement officially renamed Rostov-on-Don?
A) 1749
B) 1870
C) 1806
D) 1797
- 65. Which city was connected to Rostov-on-Don by railway in 1870?
A) Moscow
B) Kiev
C) Kharkiv
D) Saint Petersburg
- 66. In what year were Rostov-on-Don and Nakhichevan-on-Don merged?
A) 1945
B) 1917
C) 1928
D) 1899
- 67. What health issue was not uncommon in Rostov-on-Don during the early 20th century?
A) Tuberculosis
B) Cholera epidemics
C) Influenza
D) Plague
- 68. Which of these was a major export from the Rostov harbour in the 19th century?
A) Textiles
B) Automobiles
C) Spices
D) Wheat
- 69. What was the population of Rostov by the end of the 19th century?
A) 50,000
B) 119,500
C) 500,000
D) 250,000
- 70. Which empire briefly occupied Rostov-on-Don in 1918?
A) German Empire
B) Ottoman Empire
C) British Empire
D) Austro-Hungarian Empire
- 71. In 1928, the regional government moved to Rostov-on-Don from which city?
A) Novocherkassk
B) St. Petersburg
C) Moscow
D) Krasnodar
- 72. How long did it take to restore Rostov-on-Don after World War II damage?
A) Five years
B) Two years
C) Twenty years
D) Ten years
- 73. Where were 30,000 Russian Jews massacred in 1942?
A) Babi Yar
B) Zmievskaya Balka
C) The city center
D) The railway station
- 74. What was the total number of fatalities in the 2016 Flydubai Flight 981 crash in Rostov-on-Don?
A) 70
B) 62
C) 55
D) 48
- 75. The Russian Southern Military District in Rostov-on-Don includes which army?
A) 58th Combined Arms Army
B) Wagner Group
C) Red Army
D) 1st Panzer Army
- 76. Which group took control of Rostov-on-Don on 23 June 2023?
A) Ukrainian forces
B) Russian Ministry of Defence
C) NATO forces
D) Wagner Group
- 77. How many city districts is Rostov-on-Don divided into?
A) Ten
B) Five
C) Eight
D) Twelve
- 78. Rostov-on-Don is the rank of the most populous city in Russia according to the 2021 census?
A) 10th
B) 11th
C) 5th
D) 15th
- 79. What is the Köppen climate classification of Rostov-on-Don?
A) Dfa
B) Dfb
C) Cfa
D) Bsk
- 80. What is the average January temperature in Rostov-on-Don?
A) -3.0 °C
B) -5.5 °C
C) -10.0 °C
D) 0 °C
- 81. In which year was the city's highest recorded temperature of +40.2 °C reached?
A) 2008
B) 1996
C) 2020
D) 1940
- 82. What is the mean annual precipitation in Rostov-on-Don?
A) 750 millimeters
B) 500 millimeters
C) 643 millimeters
D) 820 millimeters
- 83. What is the average air humidity in Rostov-on-Don?
A) 85%
B) 60%
C) 50%
D) 72%
- 84. In what year was the first coat of arms of Rostov-on-Don designed?
A) 1904
B) 1996
C) 1878
D) 1811
- 85. What architectural element in the coat of arms represents the St. Dimitry Rostovsky Fortress?
A) A gate
B) A sword
C) A tower
D) A wall
- 86. When was the flag of Rostov-on-Don approved by the Duma?
A) September 20, 1864
B) December 1, 1996
C) April 9, 1996
D) June 15, 1996
- 87. How wide is the flag of Rostov-on-Don?
A) 1,000 millimeters
B) 500 millimeters
C) 850 millimeters
D) 1,370 millimeters
- 88. What is the mayoral decoration made of?
A) Copper
B) Gold
C) White metal
D) Iron
- 89. In what year did Rostov-on-Don receive the City of Military Glory status?
A) 1970
B) 1996
C) 1982
D) 2008
- 90. Which artistic gymnast was born in Rostov-on-Don according to the text?
A) Sholom Dovber Schneersohn
B) Olga Spessivtseva
C) Alexander Suvorov
D) Yelena Produnova
- 91. Who was a leader of the rebellion at the Sobibor extermination camp?
A) Andrei Chikatilo
B) Alexander Pechersky
C) Anton Chekhov
D) Mikhail Sholokhov
- 92. What profession did Maxim Gorky hold in Rostov-on-Don during his youth?
A) Writer
B) Soldier
C) Docker
D) Teacher
- 93. Which musical artist is associated with the post-punk rock genre in the text?
A) Kasta
B) Motorama
C) Kim Nazaretov
D) Basta
- 94. Which director won the Best Actor award at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival?
A) Kirill Serebrennikov
B) Sergey Zhigunov
C) Marion Gering
D) Konstantin Lavronenko
- 95. How many years did Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn live in Rostov?
A) 5
B) 18
C) 10
D) 25
- 96. Which rap band is mentioned as being from Rostov-on-Don?
A) Motorama
B) Basta
C) Kasta
D) Eva Rivas
- 97. Who was the 5th Lubavitcher Rebbe mentioned in the text?
A) Mikhail Gnessin
B) Andrei Chikatilo
C) Sholom Dovber Schneersohn
D) Alexander Suvorov
- 98. Which of these is a pop music singer from Rostov-on-Don?
A) Maria Kharenkova
B) Irina Allegrova
C) Yulia Belokobylskaya
D) Yelena Produnova
- 99. What is the name of the boulevard where the Pushkin monument stands?
A) Pushkin Boulevard
B) Chekhov Boulevard
C) Don Boulevard
D) Solzhenitsyn Boulevard
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