- 1. Which venue hosted biathlon and cross-country skiing?
A) Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
B) Bolshoy Arena
C) Sliding Center Sanki
D) Rosa Khutor Extreme Park
- 2. Which sport was hosted at the Rosa Khutor Extreme Park?
A) Freestyle skiing and snowboarding
B) Bobsleigh, luge and skeleton
C) Alpine skiing
D) Ski jumping
- 3. What sport took place at the Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort?
A) Cross-country skiing
B) Ski jumping
C) Biathlon
D) Alpine skiing
- 4. Sliding Center Sanki hosted which events?
A) Nordic combined
B) Freestyle skiing and snowboarding
C) Alpine skiing
D) Bobsleigh, luge and skeleton
- 5. RusSki Gorki Jumping Center hosted ski jumping and which other sport?
A) Biathlon
B) Snowboarding
C) Bobsleigh
D) Nordic combined
- 6. What post-Olympic usage was established in and around Olympic Park?
A) Bolshoy Arena hockey rink
B) Fisht open-air football stadium
C) Sochi Autodrom street circuit
D) Laura Biathlon complex
- 7. What event did the Sochi Autodrom host in October 2014?
A) European Athletics Championships
B) Kontinental Hockey League final
C) Formula One Russian Grand Prix
D) FIFA World Cup
- 8. In January 2015, work began to adapt Fisht Olympic Stadium into what kind of facility?
A) Indoor ice hockey arena
B) Formula One racetrack
C) Open-air football stadium
D) Ski jumping hill
- 9. Fisht Olympic Stadium was adapted to host matches for which major event?
A) 2016 UEFA European Championship
B) 2018 FIFA World Cup
C) 2014 Russian Grand Prix
D) 2014 Winter Olympics
- 10. Which new Kontinental Hockey League team now plays in Bolshoy Arena?
A) Ak Bars Kazan
B) HC Sochi Leopards
C) SKA Saint Petersburg
D) Moscow Dynamo
- 11. According to the Federal Target Program, how much was spent on telecommunications construction and modernisation?
A) US$1 billion
B) US$100 million
C) US$58 million
D) US$580 million
- 12. Which company was named the official supplier of telecommunications equipment for the Games?
A) Avaya
B) Rostelecom
C) Megafon
D) Transtelekom
- 13. What specific networking technology made the 2014 Olympics the first 'fabric-enabled' Games?
A) Shortest Path Bridging (SPB)
B) Bluetooth Low Energy
C) Fiber-to-the-Home
D) LTE Advanced
- 14. What was the maximum traffic capacity of the network infrastructure?
A) 100 Gbit/s
B) 5 Tbit/s
C) 10 Tbit/s
D) 54 Tbit/s
- 15. How many user groups were supported by the TETRA mobile radio communications network?
A) 500 user groups
B) 100 user groups
C) 1,000 user groups
D) 50 user groups
- 16. What was the subscriber capacity of the TETRA mobile radio communications network?
A) 10,000 subscribers
B) 100,000 subscribers
C) 50,000 subscribers
D) 1,000 subscribers
- 17. How many kilometres of fibre-optic cables were laid along the Anapa-Dzhubga-Sochi highways and Dzhubga–Krasnodar branch?
A) 712 km
B) 250 km
C) 1,200 km
D) 46 km
- 18. How many HDTV satellites were used for broadcasting abroad from the infocommunications centre?
A) One
B) Four
C) Three
D) Two
- 19. Which core networks were used during the Games?
A) Rossvyaz and Center MIR IT
B) Rostelecom and Transtelekom
C) TETRA and SPB
D) Avaya and Megafon
- 20. In January 2012, where did the newest equipment for television coverage arrive?
A) Port of Adler
B) Sochi Autodrom
C) Olympic Park
D) Krasnaya Polyana
- 21. How long was the fibre-optic channel linking Sochi between Adler and Krasnaya Polyana?
A) 46 kilometres
B) 2 kilometres
C) 712 kilometres
D) 100 kilometres
- 22. Which agency built the fibre-optic cable that was reported to have no operator in November 2013?
A) Center for Monitoring & Development
B) Federal Communications Agency, Rossvyaz
C) Avaya
D) Sochi Organizing Committee
- 23. Which companies refused to operate the fibre-optic cable built by Rossvyaz?
A) Megafon and Avaya
B) Rostelecom and Avaya
C) Rostelecom and Megafon
D) Avaya and Transtelekom
- 24. To which state enterprise was the unoperated fibre-optic line eventually transferred?
A) Rostelecom Media Center
B) Sochi Organizing Committee
C) Federal Communications Agency
D) Center for Monitoring & Development of Infocommunications Technologies
- 25. Which Russian mobile phone operator expanded and improved telecom infrastructure with over 700 new cell towers?
A) Rostelecom
B) Megafon
C) Rossvyaz
D) Transtelekom
- 26. What was the speed of the 4G connectivity offered in Sochi during the Games?
A) 10 MB/sec
B) 1 MB/sec
C) 54 MB/sec
D) 100 MB/sec
- 27. In January 2014, which company reported connecting the Olympic media centre to the Internet?
A) Avaya
B) Transtelekom
C) Rostelecom
D) Megafon
- 28. What was the total cost of building the Olympic media centre in Sochi?
A) 580 million dollars
B) 10 million rubles
C) 54 million rubles
D) 17 million rubles
- 29. Who was the IOC President who visited Sochi in November 2011 and noted significant progress?
A) Jacques Rogge
B) Juan Antonio Samaranch
C) Lord Killanin
D) Thomas Bach
- 30. According to Games organisers in June 2009, how far ahead were they in building main Olympic facilities compared to recent Games?
A) One year ahead
B) Two years ahead
C) Six months ahead
D) Three months ahead
- 31. What was the initial budget for the 2014 Winter Olympics?
A) $44 billion
B) $49.5 billion
C) $12 billion
D) $51 billion
- 32. How much was spent on the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver?
A) $51 billion
B) $12 billion
C) $8 billion
D) $49.5 billion
- 33. What was the estimated cost of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing?
A) $51 billion
B) $44 billion
C) $12 billion
D) $8 billion
- 34. Who was the main overseer for the events in Sochi?
A) Dmitry Kozak
B) WET
C) Olimpstroy
D) Vancouver organizers
- 35. What was the name of the state corporation that oversaw the Sochi Olympics development?
A) WET
B) Beijing Organizing Committee
C) Olimpstroy
D) Fisht Corporation
- 36. What was the US dollar equivalent of the total allocated funds reported by Olimpstroy in June 2014?
A) $49.5 billion
B) $44 billion
C) $10.8 billion
D) $51 billion
- 37. What climate does Sochi have?
A) Humid subtropical climate
B) Desert climate
C) Arctic climate
D) Mediterranean climate
- 38. What is notable about Sochi's status as a host city for the Winter Olympic Games?
A) It is the smallest city to host a Winter Olympic Games
B) It is the coldest city to host a Winter Olympic Games
C) It is the first city to host without an Olympic Park
D) It is the warmest city to host a Winter Olympic Games
- 39. How many straight Olympics had outlawed smoking prior to or including Sochi 2014?
A) 12
B) 10
C) 5
D) 20
- 40. Where was the Sochi Olympic Park built?
A) Near Moscow
B) By the Black Sea coast in the Imeretinsky Valley
C) In the alpine resort area
D) Near Beijing
- 41. What feature was built on the central water basin around which indoor venues were clustered?
A) International broadcasting centre
B) Bolshoy Ice Dome
C) Fisht Olympic Stadium
D) Medals Plaza
- 42. Which company designed 'The Waters of the Olympic Park'?
A) Sochi Corporation
B) WET
C) Black Sea Group
D) Olimpstroy
- 43. What type of feature was 'The Waters of the Olympic Park'?
A) A choreographed fountain
B) A curling sheet
C) An indoor ice rink
D) A ski jump
- 44. What event was held at Fisht Olympic Stadium?
A) Figure skating
B) Ice hockey final
C) Curling
D) Ceremonies (opening/closing)
- 45. What event was held at Bolshoy Ice Dome?
A) Curling
B) Figure skating
C) Ice hockey (final)
D) Speed skating
- 46. What event was held at Shayba Arena?
A) Figure skating
B) Curling
C) Ice hockey
D) Speed skating
- 47. What event was held at Adler Arena Skating Center?
A) Ice hockey
B) Curling
C) Speed skating
D) Figure skating
- 48. What events were held at Iceberg Skating Palace?
A) Curling
B) Figure skating, short track speed skating
C) Ice hockey
D) Speed skating
- 49. What event was held at Ice Cube Curling Center?
A) Speed skating
B) Curling
C) Figure skating
D) Ice hockey
- 50. On what date did opening rounds in certain events begin?
A) 7 February 2014
B) 8 February 2014
C) 5 February 2014
D) 6 February 2014
- 51. Whose IOC presidency were these the first Olympic Games under?
A) Juan Antonio Samaranch
B) Thomas Bach
C) Jacques Rogge
D) Sepp Blatter
- 52. During which IOC Session was Sochi selected?
A) 118th IOC Session
B) 120th IOC Session
C) 121st IOC Session
D) 119th IOC Session
- 53. When did the Soviet Union collapse?
A) 1989
B) 1991
C) 1995
D) 1980
- 54. When did the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic previously host the Summer Olympics?
A) 1992
B) 1988
C) 1980
D) 1984
- 55. How many medal events were held during the Games?
A) One hundred
B) Eighty-eight
C) Ninety-five
D) Ninety-eight
- 56. How many winter sport disciplines were contested during the Games?
A) Fifteen
B) Twenty
C) Twelve
D) Ten
- 57. Where were the snow events held?
A) Imeretinsky Valley
B) Krasnaya Polyana
C) Black Sea coast
D) Moscow
- 58. The 2014 Games cost more than three times the cost of which other Olympics?
A) 2004 Athens Olympics
B) 1980 Moscow Olympics
C) 2008 Beijing Olympics
D) 2012 London Olympics
- 59. When was the state-sponsored doping program active from, according to the report?
A) 1980 to 1991
B) January 2013 to February 2014
C) 2014 to 2016
D) At least late 2011 through August 2015
- 60. How many medals did the IOC strip from Russian athletes in 2017?
A) Fifty-one
B) Nine
C) Twelve
D) Thirteen
- 61. How many stripped medals were reinstated by the Court of Arbitration for Sport?
A) Nine
B) Thirteen
C) Twelve
D) Zero
- 62. When did the IOC vote to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee?
A) August 2015
B) December 2017
C) July 2007
D) February 2014
- 63. Which country hosted the 1980 Summer Olympics?
A) Soviet Union
B) South Korea
C) Austria
D) Guatemala
- 64. When was the five-year strategy for increasing the power supply of the Sochi region presented?
A) 29 May 2009
B) November 2010
C) early 2009
D) March 2011
- 65. What was the power demand of Sochi at the end of May 2009?
A) 340 MW
B) 160 MW
C) 360 MW
D) 424 MW
- 66. What was the expected power demand of the Olympic infrastructure?
A) 360 MW
B) 340 MW
C) 160 MW
D) 424 MW
- 67. When did the Poselkovaya electrical substation become operational?
A) 2011
B) 2010
C) 2012
D) Early 2009
- 68. What was the expected power output of the reconstructed Sochi thermal power station?
A) 340 MW
B) 424 MW
C) 360 MW
D) 160 MW
- 69. When were the Laura and Rosa Khutor electrical substations completed?
A) Early 2009
B) March 2011
C) 2012
D) November 2010
- 70. When was the Krasnopolyanskaya hydroelectric power station completed?
A) 2011
B) 2012
C) 2009
D) 2010
- 71. What was the expected power output of the Adler CHP station?
A) 360 MW
B) 160 MW
C) 424 MW
D) 340 MW
- 72. How many transformers of 25 MW each does the Bytkha substation include?
A) Three
B) Four
C) Two
D) One
- 73. How many Siemens Mobility Desiro trains did Russian Railways order in December 2009?
A) 38
B) 8
C) 16
D) 102
- 74. In what year were the Siemens Mobility Desiro trains scheduled for delivery?
A) 2011
B) 2013
C) 2010
D) 2009
- 75. Which river does the runway extension at Sochi International Airport overlap?
A) Black Sea
B) Mzymta River
C) Volga River
D) Tuapse River
- 76. When did Russian Railways start the construction of tunnel complex No. 1?
A) December 2009
B) 2012
C) May 2009
D) May 2011
- 77. Who stated that the road construction cost more than 200 billion rubles?
A) Olimpstroy
B) An IOC expert
C) Vladimir Yakunin
D) A Russian energy expert
- 78. Where was a new railway station built close to Krasnaya Polyana?
A) Matsesta
B) Loo
C) Estoadok
D) Dagomys
- 79. How many nations qualified to compete in the 2014 Winter Olympics?
A) 98
B) 7
C) 82
D) 88
- 80. What was the previous record number of nations to qualify for a Winter Olympics, set in Vancouver?
A) 98
B) 7
C) 88
D) 82
- 81. How many nations made their Winter Olympics debut in 2014?
A) 7
B) 8
C) 5
D) 12
- 82. Which of the following countries made its Winter Olympics debut in 2014?
A) Thailand
B) Luxembourg
C) Dominica
D) Philippines
- 83. Which of the following countries also made its Winter Olympics debut in 2014 along with Dominica?
A) South Africa
B) India
C) Malta
D) Algeria
- 84. Which country made its Winter Olympics debut alongside Paraguay and Timor-Leste?
A) Virgin Islands
B) Venezuela
C) Togo
D) Luxembourg
- 85. Which nation returned to the Winter games after a 22-year absence?
A) Dominica
B) Malta
C) Philippines
D) Thailand
- 86. Which of these countries returned to the Winter Olympics after an 8-year absence?
A) Zimbabwe
B) Dominica
C) Thailand
D) Malta
- 87. Which athlete qualified to compete in her second consecutive games for Puerto Rico, but was not sent by the island's Olympic Committee?
A) Shiva Keshavan
B) Kristina Krone
C) Mehdi-Selim Khelifi
D) Sive Speelman
- 88. Which alpine skier was decided not to be sent to Sochi by South Africa?
A) Kristina Krone
B) Shiva Keshavan
C) Sive Speelman
D) Mehdi-Selim Khelifi
- 89. Which country did not enter its only qualified athlete, Mehdi-Selim Khelifi?
A) Puerto Rico
B) India
C) Algeria
D) South Africa
- 90. Which Indian athlete competed as an Independent athlete and is recorded as such, but was permitted to walk under the flag of India at the closing ceremony?
A) Sive Speelman
B) Mehdi-Selim Khelifi
C) Shiva Keshavan
D) Kristina Krone
- 91. How many medal events were featured in the 2014 Winter Olympics?
A) 15
B) 88
C) 98
D) 7
- 92. Which sport had reports of possibly being added, but the IOC rejected the request, leading its international governing body to host a World Championship in Irkutsk and Shelekhov?
A) Winter triathlon
B) Bandy
C) Ski-orienteering
D) Ski mountaineering
- 93. What time did the closing ceremony begin?
A) 20:14 MSK
B) 21:00 MSK
C) 18:00 MSK
D) 22:25 MSK
- 94. What time did the closing ceremony end?
A) 22:25 MSK
B) 20:14 MSK
C) 21:30 MSK
D) 23:00 MSK
- 95. What was the UTC offset for the closing ceremony timing?
A) UTC+2
B) UTC+5
C) UTC+3
D) UTC+4
- 96. Which conductor and violinist performed at the closing ceremony?
A) Tatiana Samouil
B) Yuri Bashmet
C) Valery Gergiev
D) Denis Matsuev
- 97. Which conductor was featured in the closing ceremony?
A) Denis Matsuev
B) Hibla Gerzmava
C) Valery Gergiev
D) Yuri Bashmet
- 98. Which pianist performed at the closing ceremony?
A) Denis Matsuev
B) Tatiana Samouil
C) Yuri Bashmet
D) Valery Gergiev
- 99. Which singer was featured in the closing ceremony?
A) Hibla Gerzmava
B) Yuri Bashmet
C) Tatiana Samouil
D) Denis Matsuev
- 100. Which violinist performed alongside other Russian stars at the ceremony?
A) Denis Matsuev
B) Valery Gergiev
C) Tatiana Samouil
D) Hibla Gerzmava
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