Ukraine: people & places
The “Kyiv” quiz — Ukraine: people & places. It has 25 questions in five categories: Streets and Hills, Architecture, Kyiv Flavours, Through the Ages, Kyiv Luminaries. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which broad central avenue, famed for strolling crowds and horse chestnuts, is Kyiv's main boulevard?
Opened in 1905, which cable railway climbs the steep slope between Podil and Upper Kyiv?
Plunging over 105 metres…
In the gameWhich historic cobblestone slope…
In the gameWhich large island in…
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Shown here with its timber superstructure, which medieval gate was built by Yaroslav the Wise as Kyiv's main portal?
Which architect adorned his Art Nouveau mansion, the House with Chimaeras, with sculptures of elephants, rhinos and mythical beasts?
Which architect of Italian…
In the gameWhich Kyiv Art Nouveau…
In the gameWhich towering eleventh-century mosaic…
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Which classic poultry dish, shown here sliced open to reveal melted herb butter, is named after Ukraine's capital?
Created in 1956, which layered dessert combines crisp hazelnut meringue with rich chocolate buttercream?
Fried fresh in dough…
In the gameSimmered in sugar syrup…
In the gameWhich historic covered food…
In the gameShown in this scene with his siblings Shchek, Khoryv, and Lybid, which prince was the legendary founder of Kyiv?
Which grand prince brought Christianity to Rus in 988, now commemorated by a statue clutching a cross high above the Dnipro?
Which Cossack leader sits…
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In the gameBorn in Kyiv and trained at its polytechnic institute, which aviation pioneer designed the world's first mass-produced helicopters?
Born in Kyiv in 1879, which avant-garde master founded Suprematism and painted the iconic 'Black Square' shown here?
Which visionary theatre director…
In the gameWhich Kyiv scientist founded…
In the gameAdapted into English as…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.