Explore the Republic of Georgia: A Trivia Quiz Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

in 1386, Georgia was invaded by Tamerlane and his Turco-Mongol forces, who sacked Tbilisi and captured the Georgian king Bagrat V.

during the 976-9 civil war in the Byzantine Empire, military support provided by Georgian prince David III of Tao was crucial to Emperor Basil II's continued reign.

a 1922 dispute about how Georgia was to be integrated into the Soviet Union was one of the factors that led Lenin to break with Stalin and call for his removal for office in his testament.

in 1920 Bolsheviks attempted to stage a coup d'etat in Georgia.

in 2005 Georgian ambassador to Israel Lasha Zhvania asked Hebrew speakers to stop calling his country Gruziya.

the historical region of Colchis in which the Kolkheti National Park of western Georgia is now located appears in the Jason and the Argonauts myth.

the Georgian actress Nato Vachnadze was one of the first film stars of the Soviet Union.

several Turkic nomads of the Kipchak clan settled in Georgia in 1118 and served in the Georgian military ranks for nearly two centuries.

Turkic-speaking Greeks of Georgia and Ukraine refer to themselves as Urums, a term which derives from the Arabic word for Roman.

Tytus Filipowicz, nominally the first Polish ambassador to Georgia, was captured during the Soviet invasion and ultimately organized the first Polish embassy to the Soviet Union.

Georgian theatre director Kote Marjanishvili's use of puppetry in his adaptation of Oedipus Rex was inspired by a similar set-up in Edward Gordon Craig's 1911 adaptation of Hamlet.

Georgian footballer Georgi Kiknadze won five consecutive league championships with Dinamo Tbilisi.

Georgia’s capital Tbilisi functioned as the center of an Islamic emirate under the Arab rule from 736 to 1122.

Ossetian jurist and politician Alan Parastaev has been a member of the governments of both South Ossetia and Georgia.

Azerbaijanis live in Iran, Georgia, Turkey, Iraq and the United States, as well as Azerbaijan.

Grigol Peradze was a Georgian ecclesiastic figure who was gassed in Auschwitz.

George the Hagiorite from Georgia who became Saint George to the Georgian Orthodox Church had his biography written in 1084 by a disciple who was called George.

Georgia was the home of prehistoric humans more than one and a half million years ago.

Explore the Republic of Georgia: A Trivia Quiz

1 What is the capital of Georgia (country)?

2 [87] However, the country has high ________ of 12.6% and has fairly low median income compared to European countries.

3 The population density of Georgia (country): How many people are there per square mile?

4 What is the native name for Georgia (country)?

5 Numerous smaller groups also live in the country, including Assyrians, ________, Chinese, Georgian Jews, Greeks, Kabardins, Kurds, Tatars, Turks and Ukrainians.

6 What timezone is Georgia (country) in during daylight savings?

7 The Georgian Orthodox Church, once being under the See of Antioch, gained an autocephalous status in the 4th century during the reign of King ________.

8 What is the currency of Georgia (country)?

9 [15] The ancient Jewish chronicle by ________ mentions Georgians as Iberes who were also called Thobel [Tubal].

10 What is the calling code of Georgia (country)?

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