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| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5838 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes  Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 1 of 14 17 May 2009 at 11:47am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Here is a Russian IQ test! http://www.travelallrussia.com/russia-iq/
How much do you actually know Russian culture & history? Does anyone know of any similar tests about other countries? ----for this incredible score I must thank the Swedish school system... ------- Results Cordelia Total number of questions: 20 Correct answers: 18 Your Russia IQ is really good, close to perfect in fact: 126 Level: PhD of Russia Your command of Russian history, traditions and its culture is impressive. You probably know that word borsch does not suppose to have a "t" at the end. You probably don't agree with the idea that Russia is just a petro-dictatorship. For your remarkable expertise, we award you with the official degree of Doctor of Russian Affairs! PS: You can tell your friends to call you Doctor now. Incorrect answers: History: These are some of the largest and most important cities in Russia today. Which one of these is the oldest? Description »» Geography: Russia is huge and everyone knows it. Do you know how many time zones it has? Description »» Edited by cordelia0507 on 17 May 2009 at 12:02pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Jar-ptitsa Triglot Senior Member Belgium Joined 5898 days ago 980 posts - 1006 votes Speaks: French*, Dutch, German | Message 2 of 14 17 May 2009 at 12:58pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hi Dr Cordelia
congrats, your result is great!! Mine is useless LOL!!! Total number of questions: 20 Correct answers: 7 Disappointingly low: 49 Level: significantly below average. I didn't know the answers and therefore I'm happy with 7 correct hahahahaha! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
 Fasulye Heptaglot Winner TAC 2012 Moderator Germany fasulyespolyglotblog Joined 5847 days ago 5460 posts - 6006 votes 1 sounds Speaks: German*, DutchC1, EnglishB2, French, Italian, Spanish, Esperanto Studies: Latin, Danish, Norwegian, Turkish Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 14 17 May 2009 at 2:15pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Oh je,
I did the Russian IQ test and got the clear result that I'm not familiar with Russia. There were so many things in this test, which I just didn't know. Out of 19 questions I had 8 correct and I ran out of time. My score is "significantly below average". I am not dealing with the Russian language anyway, after having dabbeled a bit in this language in 1996 / 1997. Fasulye 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Arti Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 7012 days ago 130 posts - 165 votes Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: French, Czech | Message 4 of 14 17 May 2009 at 6:53pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I also decided to ckeck my knowledge being native Russian...some questions are hard.
I ve done only 2 mistakes - shame on me - about first Russian President and the biggest lake (( 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| cordelia0507 Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5838 days ago 1473 posts - 2176 votes Speaks: Swedish* Studies: German, Russian | Message 5 of 14 17 May 2009 at 9:42pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Well, a lot of this stuff I just remembered from school. Sweden had quite a lot of interaction with Russia in history (wars, trade and the vikings went there etc).
A lot of the political stuff was covered, and the historical events of the revolution etc. There was a quite serious geography course of the USSR (although it was just starting to disolve). I am old enough to remember all the dramatic events of the Yeltsin years, so none of it was really that hard since these events were always in the news back then. I read the blog of a girl who studies in Yektarinburg. She explains Russian holidays in her blog. Otherwise I would not have known those. Obviously I knew that the US and Russia were never in a war, because I am still here and not nuked, lol!!! But it was a very big worry when I was a child in the 1980s. Edited by cordelia0507 on 17 May 2009 at 9:57pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Russianbear Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 6775 days ago 358 posts - 422 votes 1 sounds Speaks: Russian*, English, Ukrainian Studies: Spanish | Message 6 of 14 17 May 2009 at 9:47pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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I tried it, too. It says I got 3 quesitons w rong, but I think it is more of a case of the test being wrong :)
Total number of questions: 20 Correct answers: 17 Your Russia IQ is great: 119 Level: Russia PRO You missed just three questions. You showed a really great score so we award you with the degree of Master of Russian Affairs. We bet you know more about Russia than any of your friends. Thank you for taking our test.
Well, they didn't ask which country never fought Russians -and even that cannot be claimed about the U.S., as the following article makes clear: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Bear_Expedition The question was: "Which of the following countries has never sent its troops to Russia", and the United States is NOT a valid answer, according to their own explanation. A case can be made that while there were some border skirmishes between USSR and China, China had never sent troops to Russia - so I think my answer of "China" is more valid than their answer.
I don't see a reference to the fact that Novgorod was burned in either English- or Russian- language Wikipedia article on Novgorod. In fact, googling "novgorod was burned" only returns references to *Nizhny* Novgorod being burned by the Tatars. The English language Wikipedia article on Novgorod mentiones that Novgorod was never conquered by the Mongols during the Mongol invasion of Rus. The Mongol army turned back about 100 km from the city, not due to the city's strength, but probably because the Mongol commanders did not want to get bogged down in the marshlands surrounding the city. So it sounds like the authors of the test mixed up the two Novgorods.
It is the first time I hear that. A Wikipedia article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_dome) mentions this: The domes are often brightly painted: their colors may informally symbolise different aspects of religion. Green, blue, and gold domes are sometimes held to represent the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit, and Jesus, respectively. Judging by how the got some of the answer questions/answers wrong, I wouldn't be surprised if this was incorrect, also. But the most obvious error is the question on the Great Patriotic War. They made it sound like this name was applied to about 3 different wars, while it only referred to the Soviet involvement on the Eastern Front in WWII. Edited by Russianbear on 17 May 2009 at 10:06pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| paparaciii Diglot Senior Member Latvia Joined 6336 days ago 204 posts - 223 votes Speaks: Latvian*, Russian Studies: English | Message 7 of 14 17 May 2009 at 11:25pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Total number of questions: 20
Correct answers: 14 Average: 98 Level: not bad and nothing special. Although 2 questions where simply slip of the pen, I'm still surprised that I answered so many questions wrong. I've always thought that my knowledge about Russia is really good. Untill now. Edited by paparaciii on 17 May 2009 at 11:26pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7015 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 8 of 14 17 May 2009 at 11:31pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
Says it all really! 1 person has voted this message useful |
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