English Speaking Club #2 (Ukrainian trivia)

Question 1

What is the tallest building in Lviv?

Accepted Answer

The Church of Olha and Elizabeth

Question 2

This historic city, incorporated in the 800s, claims that its cathedral is the oldest in Ukraine.

Accepted Answer

Chernihiv

Question 3

Odesa was founded in the 6th century BCE by what ethnic group?

Accepted Answer

Greeks

Question 4

Who is on the 500 bill of Ukrainian currency?

Accepted Answer

Hryhorii Skovoroda

Question 5

The author of the controversial Ukrainian book, Fieldwork in Ukrainian Sex, with themes of nationalism and feminism.

Accepted Answer

Oksana Zabuzhko

Question 6

Ukraine is home to eight UN World Heritage Sites. Which of the following is not one of these eight?

Accepted Answer

Taras Shevchenko Tomb (Cherkasy)

Question 7

What was the first Ukrainian film to win an Academy Award?

Accepted Answer

20 Days in Mariupol

Question 8

The Ukrainian national film award for professional achievements in the development of Ukrainian cinema is called...

Accepted Answer

The Golden Dzyga

Question 9

This Slavic version of the art form of papercutting is popular in Belarus, Poland, and Ukraine.

Accepted Answer

Vytynanky

Question 10

Which of the following is NOT a traditional Ukrainian folk dance that originated in Ukraine?

Accepted Answer

Polka

Question 11

What city's football team has won the Ukrainian Premier League 13 times.

Accepted Answer

Donetsk

Question 12

What city in Western Ukraine has a statue of a chimney sweeper and his cat in the city center?

Accepted Answer

Mukachevo

Question 13

What river flows through the center of Lviv?

Accepted Answer

Poltva River

Question 14

Name the 2019 Ukrainian computer-animated fantasy adventure film directed by Oleksandr Klymenko.

Accepted Answer

Clara and the Magic Dragon

Question 15

This nut tree is the symbol or logo of Kyiv. What is it?

Accepted Answer

Chestnut

Question 16

What is the term for the traditional headdress of a married Ukrainian woman?

Accepted Answer

ochipok

Question 17

The largest island on the Dnipro River, it is considered one of the Seven Wonders of Ukraine.

Accepted Answer

TKhortytsia

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