Take the 15-question quiz to see how much you know about life in the former Soviet Union.

1. Russia covers how much of the world’s surface?

• 1/2
• 1/8
• 1/10
• 1/20

2. Russian Yuri Gargarin was the first astronaut in space in what year?

• 1926
• 1952
• 1961
• 1999

3. Russia spans how many time zones?

• 5
• 9
• 11
• 18

4. What is the average monthly salary in the Ukraine equivalent to?

• $800 CDN
• $500 CDN
• $105 CDN
• $1200 CDN

5. Who was the “Man of the Year” in 1939?

• Sergei Eisenstein
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Joseph Stalin
• Winston Churchill

6. What is the average life expectancy of Russian men?

• 40
• 60
• 80
• 100

7. The Chernobyl disaster produced how many times the fallout of the bombing of Hiroshima in WWII?

• 50
• 100
• 200
• 400

8. How many homeless children currently live in Ukraine?

• 50,000
• 80,000
• 100,000
• 130,000

9. In Russia today, how many people are illegal drug users?

• 1 million
• 2.5 million
• 4 million
• 6 million

10. In what year was abortion legalized in the Soviet Union?

• 1920
• 1940
• 1960
• 1980

11. In Russia, how many babies are aborted for every 13 live births?

• 10
• 2
• 18
• 5

12. How many Russians are infected with the HIV/AIDS virus?

• 450,000
• 850,000
• 1 million
• 1.6 million

13. Tuberculosis (TB) is responsible for what percentage of all deaths in Ukrainian prisons?

• 10%
• 30%
• 40%
• 100%

14. What percentage of kids abuse street drugs in CIS countries?

• 20%
• 40%
• 60%
• 80%

15. 10% of kids leaving state orphanages at age 16 do what before they turn 18?

• Father/Mother a child
• Graduate from College
• Get a Job
• Commit Suicide

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