- 1. Which venue hosted biathlon and cross-country skiing?
A) Rosa Khutor Extreme Park
B) Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
C) Bolshoy Arena
D) Sliding Center Sanki
- 2. Which sport was hosted at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park?
A) Alpine skiing
B) Freestyle skiing and snowboarding
C) Bobsleigh, luge and skeleton
D) Ski jumping
- 3. What sport took place at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort?
A) Biathlon
B) Ski jumping
C) Cross-country skiing
D) Alpine skiing
- 4. Sliding Center Sanki hosted which events?
A) Freestyle skiing and snowboarding
B) Alpine skiing
C) Bobsleigh, luge and skeleton
D) Nordic combined
- 5. RusSki Gorki Jumping Center hosted ski jumping and which other sport?
A) Snowboarding
B) Bobsleigh
C) Nordic combined
D) Biathlon
- 6. What post-Olympic usage was established in and around Olympic Park?
A) Bolshoy Arena hockey rink
B) Laura Biathlon complex
C) Fisht open-air football stadium
D) Sochi Autodrom street circuit
- 7. What event did the Sochi Autodrom host in October 2014?
A) Formula One Russian Grand Prix
B) European Athletics Championships
C) FIFA World Cup
D) Kontinental Hockey League final
- 8. In January 2015, work began to adapt Fisht Olympic Stadium into what kind of facility?
A) Open-air football stadium
B) Indoor ice hockey arena
C) Ski jumping hill
D) Formula One racetrack
- 9. Fisht Olympic Stadium was adapted to host matches for which major event?
A) 2016 UEFA European Championship
B) 2018 FIFA World Cup
C) 2014 Winter Olympics
D) 2014 Russian Grand Prix
- 10. Which new Kontinental Hockey League team now plays in Bolshoy Arena?
A) HC Sochi Leopards
B) Moscow Dynamo
C) SKA Saint Petersburg
D) Ak Bars Kazan
- 11. According to the Federal Target Program, how much was spent on telecommunications construction and modernisation?
A) US$100 million
B) US$580 million
C) US$1 billion
D) US$58 million
- 12. Which company was named the official supplier of telecommunications equipment for the Games?
A) Megafon
B) Avaya
C) Transtelekom
D) Rostelecom
- 13. What specific networking technology made the 2014 Olympics the first 'fabric-enabled' Games?
A) Bluetooth Low Energy
B) Fiber-to-the-Home
C) Shortest Path Bridging (SPB)
D) LTE Advanced
- 14. What was the maximum traffic capacity of the network infrastructure?
A) 5 Tbit/s
B) 100 Gbit/s
C) 10 Tbit/s
D) 54 Tbit/s
- 15. How many user groups were supported by the TETRA mobile radio communications network?
A) 100 user groups
B) 500 user groups
C) 1,000 user groups
D) 50 user groups
- 16. What was the subscriber capacity of the TETRA mobile radio communications network?
A) 1,000 subscribers
B) 50,000 subscribers
C) 100,000 subscribers
D) 10,000 subscribers
- 17. How many kilometres of fibre-optic cables were laid along the Anapa-Dzhubga-Sochi highways and Dzhubga–Krasnodar branch?
A) 1,200 km
B) 46 km
C) 250 km
D) 712 km
- 18. How many HDTV satellites were used for broadcasting abroad from the infocommunications centre?
A) Four
B) Two
C) Three
D) One
- 19. Which core networks were used during the Games?
A) Rossvyaz and Center MIR IT
B) Rostelecom and Transtelekom
C) TETRA and SPB
D) Avaya and Megafon
- 20. In January 2012, where did the newest equipment for television coverage arrive?
A) Sochi Autodrom
B) Port of Adler
C) Olympic Park
D) Krasnaya Polyana
- 21. How long was the fibre-optic channel linking Sochi between Adler and Krasnaya Polyana?
A) 712 kilometres
B) 46 kilometres
C) 2 kilometres
D) 100 kilometres
- 22. Which agency built the fibre-optic cable that was reported to have no operator in November 2013?
A) Avaya
B) Federal Communications Agency, Rossvyaz
C) Center for Monitoring & Development
D) Sochi Organizing Committee
- 23. Which companies refused to operate the fibre-optic cable built by Rossvyaz?
A) Rostelecom and Megafon
B) Rostelecom and Avaya
C) Avaya and Transtelekom
D) Megafon and Avaya
- 24. To which state enterprise was the unoperated fibre-optic line eventually transferred?
A) Rostelecom Media Center
B) Sochi Organizing Committee
C) Federal Communications Agency
D) Center for Monitoring & Development of Infocommunications Technologies
- 25. Which Russian mobile phone operator expanded and improved telecom infrastructure with over 700 new cell towers?
A) Rossvyaz
B) Rostelecom
C) Megafon
D) Transtelekom
- 26. What was the speed of the 4G connectivity offered in Sochi during the Games?
A) 100 MB/sec
B) 54 MB/sec
C) 10 MB/sec
D) 1 MB/sec
- 27. In January 2014, which company reported connecting the Olympic media centre to the Internet?
A) Rostelecom
B) Transtelekom
C) Avaya
D) Megafon
- 28. What was the total cost of building the Olympic media centre in Sochi?
A) 580 million dollars
B) 17 million rubles
C) 10 million rubles
D) 54 million rubles
- 29. Who was the IOC President who visited Sochi in November 2011 and noted significant progress?
A) Lord Killanin
B) Thomas Bach
C) Juan Antonio Samaranch
D) Jacques Rogge
- 30. According to Games organisers in June 2009, how far ahead were they in building main Olympic facilities compared to recent Games?
A) One year ahead
B) Two years ahead
C) Six months ahead
D) Three months ahead
- 31. What was the initial budget for the 2014 Winter Olympics?
A) $51 billion
B) $49.5 billion
C) $12 billion
D) $44 billion
- 32. How much was spent on the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver?
A) $49.5 billion
B) $12 billion
C) $51 billion
D) $8 billion
- 33. What was the estimated cost of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing?
A) $51 billion
B) $44 billion
C) $12 billion
D) $8 billion
- 34. Who was the main overseer for the events in Sochi?
A) Dmitry Kozak
B) Olimpstroy
C) Vancouver organizers
D) WET
- 35. What was the name of the state corporation that oversaw the Sochi Olympics development?
A) Beijing Organizing Committee
B) Olimpstroy
C) WET
D) Fisht Corporation
- 36. What was the US dollar equivalent of the total allocated funds reported by Olimpstroy in June 2014?
A) $49.5 billion
B) $10.8 billion
C) $44 billion
D) $51 billion
- 37. What climate does Sochi have?
A) Mediterranean climate
B) Arctic climate
C) Desert climate
D) Humid subtropical climate
- 38. What is notable about Sochi's status as a host city for the Winter Olympic Games?
A) It is the first city to host without an Olympic Park
B) It is the coldest city to host a Winter Olympic Games
C) It is the warmest city to host a Winter Olympic Games
D) It is the smallest city to host a Winter Olympic Games
- 39. How many straight Olympics had outlawed smoking prior to or including Sochi 2014?
A) 5
B) 20
C) 12
D) 10
- 40. Where was the Sochi Olympic Park built?
A) In the alpine resort area
B) Near Moscow
C) By the Black Sea coast in the Imeretinsky Valley
D) Near Beijing
- 41. What feature was built on the central water basin around which indoor venues were clustered?
A) Fisht Olympic Stadium
B) Bolshoy Ice Dome
C) Medals Plaza
D) International broadcasting centre
- 42. Which company designed 'The Waters of the Olympic Park'?
A) WET
B) Olimpstroy
C) Sochi Corporation
D) Black Sea Group
- 43. What type of feature was 'The Waters of the Olympic Park'?
A) A curling sheet
B) An indoor ice rink
C) A choreographed fountain
D) A ski jump
- 44. What event was held at Fisht Olympic Stadium?
A) Ceremonies (opening/closing)
B) Ice hockey final
C) Figure skating
D) Curling
- 45. What event was held at Bolshoy Ice Dome?
A) Curling
B) Speed skating
C) Ice hockey (final)
D) Figure skating
- 46. What event was held at Shayba Arena?
A) Speed skating
B) Figure skating
C) Curling
D) Ice hockey
- 47. What event was held at Adler Arena Skating Center?
A) Speed skating
B) Figure skating
C) Ice hockey
D) Curling
- 48. What events were held at Iceberg Skating Palace?
A) Ice hockey
B) Speed skating
C) Curling
D) Figure skating, short track speed skating
- 49. What event was held at Ice Cube Curling Center?
A) Curling
B) Figure skating
C) Ice hockey
D) Speed skating
- 50. On what date did opening rounds in certain events begin?
A) 8 February 2014
B) 6 February 2014
C) 5 February 2014
D) 7 February 2014
- 51. Whose IOC presidency were these the first Olympic Games under?
A) Thomas Bach
B) Jacques Rogge
C) Sepp Blatter
D) Juan Antonio Samaranch
- 52. During which IOC Session was Sochi selected?
A) 119th IOC Session
B) 120th IOC Session
C) 118th IOC Session
D) 121st IOC Session
- 53. When did the Soviet Union collapse?
A) 1980
B) 1991
C) 1989
D) 1995
- 54. When did the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic previously host the Summer Olympics?
A) 1992
B) 1984
C) 1980
D) 1988
- 55. How many medal events were held during the Games?
A) One hundred
B) Ninety-eight
C) Eighty-eight
D) Ninety-five
- 56. How many winter sport disciplines were contested during the Games?
A) Ten
B) Twelve
C) Fifteen
D) Twenty
- 57. Where were the snow events held?
A) Moscow
B) Krasnaya Polyana
C) Imeretinsky Valley
D) Black Sea coast
- 58. The 2014 Games cost more than three times the cost of which other Olympics?
A) 1980 Moscow Olympics
B) 2012 London Olympics
C) 2004 Athens Olympics
D) 2008 Beijing Olympics
- 59. When was the state-sponsored doping program active from, according to the report?
A) January 2013 to February 2014
B) 2014 to 2016
C) 1980 to 1991
D) At least late 2011 through August 2015
- 60. How many medals did the IOC strip from Russian athletes in 2017?
A) Fifty-one
B) Thirteen
C) Twelve
D) Nine
- 61. How many stripped medals were reinstated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport?
A) Zero
B) Thirteen
C) Nine
D) Twelve
- 62. When did the IOC vote to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee?
A) August 2015
B) December 2017
C) February 2014
D) July 2007
- 63. Which country hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics?
A) Guatemala
B) Austria
C) Soviet Union
D) South Korea
- 64. When was the five-year strategy for increasing the power supply of the Sochi region presented?
A) March 2011
B) early 2009
C) November 2010
D) 29 May 2009
- 65. What was the power demand of Sochi at the end of May 2009?
A) 160 MW
B) 360 MW
C) 340 MW
D) 424 MW
- 66. What was the expected power demand of the Olympic infrastructure?
A) 160 MW
B) 340 MW
C) 424 MW
D) 360 MW
- 67. When did the Poselkovaya electrical substation become operational?
A) Early 2009
B) 2011
C) 2012
D) 2010
- 68. What was the expected power output of the reconstructed Sochi thermal power station?
A) 360 MW
B) 340 MW
C) 160 MW
D) 424 MW
- 69. When were the Laura and Rosa Khutor electrical substations completed?
A) November 2010
B) Early 2009
C) 2012
D) March 2011
- 70. When was the Krasnopolyanskaya hydroelectric power station completed?
A) 2011
B) 2010
C) 2012
D) 2009
- 71. What was the expected power output of the Adler CHP station?
A) 340 MW
B) 424 MW
C) 360 MW
D) 160 MW
- 72. How many transformers of 25 MW each does the Bytkha substation include?
A) Four
B) Two
C) One
D) Three
- 73. How many Siemens Mobility Desiro trains did Russian Railways order in December 2009?
A) 38
B) 16
C) 102
D) 8
- 74. In what year were the Siemens Mobility Desiro trains scheduled for delivery?
A) 2013
B) 2011
C) 2010
D) 2009
- 75. Which river does the runway extension at Sochi International Airport overlap?
A) Tuapse River
B) Black Sea
C) Volga River
D) Mzymta River
- 76. When did Russian Railways start the construction of tunnel complex No. 1?
A) 2012
B) May 2011
C) December 2009
D) May 2009
- 77. Who stated that the road construction cost more than 200 billion rubles?
A) Vladimir Yakunin
B) Olimpstroy
C) A Russian energy expert
D) An IOC expert
- 78. Where was a new railway station built close to Krasnaya Polyana?
A) Dagomys
B) Estoadok
C) Loo
D) Matsesta
- 79. How many nations qualified to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics?
A) 82
B) 7
C) 88
D) 98
- 80. What was the previous record number of nations to qualify for a Winter Olympics, set in Vancouver?
A) 98
B) 82
C) 7
D) 88
- 81. How many nations made their Winter Olympics debut in 2014?
A) 8
B) 7
C) 5
D) 12
- 82. Which of the following countries made its Winter Olympics debut in 2014?
A) Luxembourg
B) Philippines
C) Dominica
D) Thailand
- 83. Which of the following countries also made its Winter Olympics debut in 2014 along with Dominica?
A) South Africa
B) India
C) Algeria
D) Malta
- 84. Which country made its Winter Olympics debut alongside Paraguay and Timor-Leste?
A) Togo
B) Luxembourg
C) Virgin Islands
D) Venezuela
- 85. Which nation returned to the Winter games after a 22-year absence?
A) Thailand
B) Dominica
C) Philippines
D) Malta
- 86. Which of these countries returned to the Winter Olympics after an 8-year absence?
A) Malta
B) Zimbabwe
C) Thailand
D) Dominica
- 87. Which athlete qualified to compete in her second consecutive games for Puerto Rico, but was not sent by the island's Olympic Committee?
A) Sive Speelman
B) Kristina Krone
C) Mehdi-Selim Khelifi
D) Shiva Keshavan
- 88. Which alpine skier was decided not to be sent to Sochi by South Africa?
A) Shiva Keshavan
B) Mehdi-Selim Khelifi
C) Kristina Krone
D) Sive Speelman
- 89. Which country did not enter its only qualified athlete, Mehdi-Selim Khelifi?
A) South Africa
B) India
C) Algeria
D) Puerto Rico
- 90. Which Indian athlete competed as an Independent athlete and is recorded as such, but was permitted to walk under the flag of India at the closing ceremony?
A) Kristina Krone
B) Shiva Keshavan
C) Sive Speelman
D) Mehdi-Selim Khelifi
- 91. How many medal events were featured in the 2014 Winter Olympics?
A) 15
B) 98
C) 7
D) 88
- 92. Which sport had reports of possibly being added, but the IOC rejected the request, leading its international governing body to host a World Championship in Irkutsk and Shelekhov?
A) Bandy
B) Ski mountaineering
C) Winter triathlon
D) Ski-orienteering
- 93. What time did the closing ceremony begin?
A) 22:25 MSK
B) 18:00 MSK
C) 20:14 MSK
D) 21:00 MSK
- 94. What time did the closing ceremony end?
A) 20:14 MSK
B) 22:25 MSK
C) 23:00 MSK
D) 21:30 MSK
- 95. What was the UTC offset for the closing ceremony timing?
A) UTC+5
B) UTC+2
C) UTC+4
D) UTC+3
- 96. Which conductor and violinist performed at the closing ceremony?
A) Valery Gergiev
B) Tatiana Samouil
C) Yuri Bashmet
D) Denis Matsuev
- 97. Which conductor was featured in the closing ceremony?
A) Yuri Bashmet
B) Denis Matsuev
C) Valery Gergiev
D) Hibla Gerzmava
- 98. Which pianist performed at the closing ceremony?
A) Tatiana Samouil
B) Valery Gergiev
C) Yuri Bashmet
D) Denis Matsuev
- 99. Which singer was featured in the closing ceremony?
A) Denis Matsuev
B) Tatiana Samouil
C) Hibla Gerzmava
D) Yuri Bashmet
- 100. Which violinist performed alongside other Russian stars at the ceremony?
A) Denis Matsuev
B) Tatiana Samouil
C) Valery Gergiev
D) Hibla Gerzmava
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