Statistics for Soviet Union General Knowledge

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
How many republics were in the USSR?	15	88%
What were astronauts called in the USSR?	Cosmonaut	88%
The war known as The Winter War was fought against what nation?	Finland	78%
What is the current name of the former city known as Stalingrad?	Volgograd	72%
Who was General secretary of the USSR for the shortest time?	Konstantin Chernenko	25%
The Ukrainian famine of the 30's is more commonly known as what?	Holodomor	22%
What novel by Boris Pasternak was banned upon release in Soviet times?	Dr Zhivago	13%
Joseph Stalin was from which Georgian city?	Gori	9%
What was a term to describe a peasant who had more than 8 acres of land?	Kulak	9%
Who was the first woman in space?	Valentina Tereshkova	9%
What date is Victory Day held? (month first)	May 9th	6%
What word starting with the letter Z is a term for prisoners of the Gulag system?	Zek	6%
What building now used by the FSB was the former headquarters of the KGB?	Lubyanka	3%
What is the former name for the city Tbilisi?	Teflis	0%
From ages 9-15 children could join what youth organisation similar to the scouts?	Young Pioneers	0%