Catherine the Great Quiz - 50 Trivia Questions!

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Step into the world of Catherine the Great, the influential Empress of Russia known for her enlightened rule and cultural contributions. Test your understanding of her reign and historical significance.

Who was the commander of the Russian troops who stormed the fortress of Derbent in 1796?

Boris Nemtsov
The Grand Duke of Milan
The Grand Duke of Russia
Zubov

Who was Catherine the Great's Foreign Minister from 1763 to 1781?

Catherine the Great's father
Catherine's husband
Nikita Panin
Her husband

Catherine the Great of Valois agreed to a commercial treaty with which country in 1766?

The United States
Spain
France
Great Britain

What was the name of Catherine the Great's illegitimate son by Grigory Orlov?

The Great's Grandson
Yuri
Catherine's son
Bobrinsky

Who married Maria Alexeyeva Bobrinsky in 1819?

A German prince
Gagarin
The Russians
Shevchuk

Who played the young Catherine of Valois in the 1991 British TV series ‘Young Catherine’?

Sarah Snook
Anne Baxter
Julia Ormond
Jane Seymour

Who drew the 1791 caricature of William Pitt the Younger and Catherine the Great?

James Gillray
Thomas Gainsborough
William Shakespeare
William Pitt the Elder

Which French philosopher completed the Encyclopédie under the protection of Catherine the Great of Russia?

Jacques-Louis David
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Diderot
Aristarchus

In 1785, Catherine the Great of Russia officially declared which group to be foreigners?

Native Americans
Europeans
Jews
Arabs

Who became Duke of Holstein-Gottorp in 1739?

Peter I
Peter von Holstein-Gottorp
Holstein-Gottorp's father
Holstein-Gottorp's son

What was the name of the Russian Institute for Noble Maidens?

The Institute for the Advancement of Science
Smolny Institute
The Academy of Sciences
The Moscow School for Girls

Which Russian city was founded by Catherine the Great and her companions Jose de Ribas, Platon Zubov and Grigory Potemkin

St. Petersburg
Odesa
Odesa and Volgograd
Moscow

Who designed the coffin in which Catherine the Great was laid to rest in St Petersburg in 1792?

Antonio Rinaldi
Georges Pompilio
Nicolaus Copernicus
Antonio Rinaldi and his team

Who wrote the novel 'The Captain's Daughter'?

George Bernard Shaw
Alexander Pushkin's father
George Washington
Alexander Pushkin

Who was the husband of Catherine the First, the first empress of Russia?

The Great
Alexander the Great
Peter the Great
Catherine's father

In 1764, Catherine the Great of Russia placed whom on the throne of Poland?

George I
Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski
Charles XII of France
The Grand Duke of Russia

What is the name of the Russian TV series that portrays the rise to power and reign of a woman called 'Ekaterina'?

The Last Kingdom
The Queen
The First Lady
Ekaterina

Which 1792 treaty ended the Russo-Turkish War?

Treaty of Saint-Germain
Treaty of SaintGermain
Treaty of Vienna
Treaty of Jassy

What was the name given to people who were bound to the land they tilled under the rule of Catherine the Great of Russia?

Farmers
Agrarians
Serfs
Landlords

What was the name of the first paper currency in Russia, issued in 1769 by the Assignation Bank?

Rubles
Russian Rubles
Roubles
Russian Ruble

What was the name of Catherine the Great's son?

Catherine
Paul
Catiline
Caterine's son

Which future Russian emperor was the second cousin of the writer Sophie Tucker?

Alexander the Great
Vladimir I
The tsar
Peter III

In which Offenbach opera does the character 'The Empress' appear?

Die Meistersinger
The Little Match Girl
Die flüchtige Knave
La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein

Which Holy Roman Emperor was the son of Maria Theresa?

Joseph II
Maria Theresa's son
Emperor Louis I
The Grand Duke

What was the name of Empress Joanna's daughter who married Peter the Great of Russia in 1745?

The Empress
Sophie
Sophie's mother
Marie

What was the name of Catherine the Great's favourite grandchild who became Queen of Sweden in 1796?

Marie-Louise
Theodora
Alexandra
Anna

In 1783, Catherine the Great of Russia annexed which area from Turkey?

Crimea
Azerbaijan
The Caucasus
Anatolia

Which Russian naval officer died in 1791, aged 52, and was buried in St Catherine's Cathedral, London?

Admiral Ivanoff
Admiral of the Russian Empire
Potemkin
Voltaire

What nationality was Sophie, the wife of King Louis XVI of France?

French
German
English
British

Julius Caesar, Catherine the Great and Genghis Khan are all characters in which American animated television series?

My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
Clone High
The Lion King
The Powerpuff Girls

What was the surname of Catherine the Great's three brothers?

Orlov
St. Louis
Goethe
Lavigne

The Great Imperial Crown of Russia contains pearls and what other precious stones?

Gold
Blue crystals
Rubies
Diamonds

Who painted a portrait of Catherine the Great of Russia, which was later sold at Christie's?

Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun
Marie-Louise-Sophie
Claude Monet
Catherine of Aragon

Catherine the Great's goal was to modernise what in Russia?

Education
Culture
The government
Agriculture

Who was the Russian general who fought for Catherine the Great in the Crimean War and the Russo-Turkish War?

Alexander Suvorov
The Grand Duke of Russia
Theodore Roosevelt
Yuri Alekseyevich

What religion was tolerated by Catherine the Great of Russia?

Greek
Roman Catholicism
The Roman Catholic Church
Islam

What was the name of Catherine the Great's museum in St Petersburg, Russia?

The Russian Museum
The Hermitage
The Palace Museum
Hermitage Museum

What was the name of the disease that almost killed Queen Sophie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha?

Pleuritis
Tuberculosis
Septicemia
The cholera

In 1792, Catherine the Great of Russia granted trade to Daikokuya Kodayo, a captain from which country?

Spain
South Korea
China
Japan

Which column stands in Catherine Park, Tsarskoye Selo, Russia?

The column of the king
The Statue of Liberty
Chesme Column
Acropolis

What style of architecture was popularised by Catherine the Great of Russia?

Classical
Romantic
Romanticism
Chinoiserie

Which country was divided between Russia, Austria and Prussia in 1795?

The United States
Germany
Russia
Poland

What was the name of the mother of Sophie, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha?

Queen Charlotte
Marie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Hereditary Queen of the Germans
Joanna

What was the name of the wife of King Peter III of England?

Catherine
Elizabeth
Theodora
The Queen of the West

Which country did Russia defeat in the Battle of Svensksund in 1790?

The Kingdom of Denmark
Spain
Sweden
The Kingdom of Poland

What nationality was Catherine the Great?

French
Russian
British
English

What religion was practiced in Russia during the reign of Catherine the Great?

Theology
Judaism
The Church of Rome
Roman Catholicism

Catherine the Great of Russia was responsible for the introduction of what in her empire?

Animals
Plants
Inoculations
Medicine

"What does ""happiness and misery depend on""?"

Happiness
The environment
The weather
Ourselves

What did Catherine the Great order to be created at Tsarskoye Selo in 1770?

Grand palace
a park
English garden
Palace
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