By Mark Dorosin
This week’s category: Mother Russia
1. Who led the provisional government and held power from the fall of the tsar in February 1917 until the October revolution later that year?
2. Stalin once commented that, “One death is a tragedy.†What did he call a million deaths?
3. What classic Russian film features the oft-imitated Odessa steps scene, in which a baby carriage rolls down a long set of steps amidst a fleeing crowd?
4. What song notes “the Ukraine girls really knock me out�
5. What country was instrumental in helping Lenin, who had been exiled, return to Russia in 1917?
6. What Russian leader famously said, “We will bury you.â€
7. What is the name of the executive committee of the Soviet Communist Party?
8. Raskolnikov is the main character in what Russian novel?
9. Considered by many historians to have been critical in thwarting the Nazi invasion, what was the name given to Stalin’s tactic of having the retreating Red Army destroy factories, railroad tracks, farms and other Soviet resources to prevent their use by the Germans?
10. What was the surname of the last ruling tsar of Russia?
Carrboro resident Mark Dorosin is the quizmaster each Wednesday at Trivia Night at The Station.
TRIVIA ANSWERS: 1. Alexander Kerensky; 2. a statistic; 3. Battleship Potemkin; 4. “Back in the USSRâ€; 5. Germany; 6. Nikita Khrushchev; 7. Politburo; 8. Crime & Punishment; 9. scorched earth policy; 10.Romanov
