Ukraine

Ukraine is often referred to by which nickname?

The golden vale of Europe

The cabbage patch of Europe

The basket case of Europe

The bread basket of Europe

What is Ukraine's second-largest ethnic group?

Russians

Crimean Tatars

Polish

Ukrainians

What is Ukraine's currency called?

The Ukrainian ruble

The hryvnya

Euro

The US Dollar

Ukraine is estimated to account for around one-fifth of the world's commercial-grade iron ore. It is also estimated to have one-quarter of the world's reserves of which mineral?

Silver

Magnesium

Copper

Manganese

Which famous George Gerswhin composition is said to have been inspired by a Ukrainian lullaby?

"Rhapsody in Blue"

"Summertime"

"Someone to Watch over Me"

"I Got Rhythm"

What is Kyiv's Arsenalna subway station's unique claim to fame?

It has the world's longest escalator

It was the first subway station in the world to be designed with easy access for the disabled.

It is the deepest subway station in the world.

It is the only station in the world to be heated by an underground hot spring.

The village of Mezhyrich in central Ukraine is home to some dwellings that are thought to have been the oldest shelters constructed by prehistoric man. What are they made from?

Limestone

Dried cow dung

Bog oak

Mammoth bones

In 1710, the Cossack nobleman Pylyp Orlyk signed a pact in Ukraine that is often considered to have been the first document of its kind. What sort of document was it?

A constitution

A bill introducing national conscription

A charter establishing fundamental human rights

A legal decree that defined women as human beings instead of chattel

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