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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[1]) +', is ');

//answer 1 correct

if (parent.your_answer[1] == 'Viktor%20Chernomyrdin')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 1 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[1] != 'Viktor%20Chernomyrdin')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('Viktor%20Chernomyrdin') + '');

//answer 1 More Info

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document.write('2.' + unescape('In%20which%20city%20is%20Russia%27s%20famed%20art%20museum%20The%20Hermitage%20located%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[2]) +', is ');

//answer 2 correct

if (parent.your_answer[2] == 'St.%20Petersburg')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 2 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[2] != 'St.%20Petersburg')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('St.%20Petersburg') + '');

//answer 2 More Info

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document.write('3.' + unescape('Which%20Russian%20city%20used%20to%20be%20called%20Leningrad%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Anwer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[3]) +', is ');

//answer 3 correct

if (parent.your_answer[3] == 'St.%20Petersburg')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 3 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[3] != 'St.%20Petersburg')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('St.%20Petersburg') + '');

//answer 3 More Info

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document.write('4.' + unescape('Which%20country%20does%20NOT%20border%20Russia%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[4]) +', is ');

//answer 4 correct

if (parent.your_answer[4] == 'Uzbekistan')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 4 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[4] != 'Uzbekistan')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('Uzbekistan') + '');

//answer 4 More Info

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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[5]) +', is ');

//answer 5 correct

if (parent.your_answer[5] == 'The%20prime%20minister')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 5 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[5] != 'The%20prime%20minister')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('The%20prime%20minister') + '');

//answer 5 More Info

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document.write('6.' + unescape('When%20will%20Russia%20hold%20its%20next%20presidential%20election%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[6]) +', is ');

//answer 6 correct

if (parent.your_answer[6] == '2000')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 6 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[6] != '2000')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('2000') + '');

//answer 6 More Info

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document.write('7.' + unescape('How%20many%20letters%20are%20in%20the%20Russian%20alphabet%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[7]) +', is ');

//answer 7 correct

if (parent.your_answer[7] == '33')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 7 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[7] != '33')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('33') + '');

//answer 7 More Info

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document.write('8.' + unescape('How%20many%20time%20zones%20does%20Russia%20span%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[8]) +', is ');

//answer 8 correct

if (parent.your_answer[8] == '11')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 8 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[8] != '11')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('11') + '');

//answer 8 More Info

document.write('
' + unescape('Russia%20is%20the%20world%27s%20largest%20country.') + '

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document.write('9.' + unescape('When%20the%20Soviet%20Union%20broke%20apart%2C%20who%20was%20its%20leader%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[9]) +', is ');

//answer 9 correct

if (parent.your_answer[9] == 'Mikhail%20Gorbachev')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 9 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[9] != 'Mikhail%20Gorbachev')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('Mikhail%20Gorbachev') + '');

//answer 9 More Info

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' + unescape('Gorbachev%20was%20president%20in%201991%2C%20the%20year%20the%20Soviet%20Union%20dissolved.') + '

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document.write('10.' + unescape('Of%20%20the%20following%2C%20who%20was%20NOT%20czar%20of%20Russia%3F ') + '
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document.write('Your Answer: ' + unescape(parent.your_answer[10]) +', is ');

//answer 10 correct

if (parent.your_answer[10] == 'Vyacheslav%20Molotov')document.write('CORRECT');

//answer 10 incorrect

if (parent.your_answer[10] != 'Vyacheslav%20Molotov')document.write('INCORRECT.
The correct answer is: ' + unescape('Vyacheslav%20Molotov') + '');

//answer 10 More Info

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