The Last Tsar of Russia

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1. Who was the father of Nicholas II? Alexander III Nigel II Nicholas I Peter IV

2. Who did Nicholas marry in 1894? Mary Alexandra Maureen Olga

3. How many daughters did Nicholas and Alexandra have? Two Five Three Four

4. Nicholas's only son, and youngest child, was called Alexis. What illness or condition did he suffer from? Cerebral palsy Haemophilia Multiple sclerosis Sickle cell anaemia

5. What dynasty did Nicholas II belong to? Romanov Korsakoff Rurik Smirnoff

6. Everyone has heard of Rasputin, the 'Mad Monk', but what was his first name? Ronald Vladimir Grigori Alexi

7. Bloody Sunday (1905) resulted in 92 dead and hundreds wounded, according to official figures. However, it's likely that these numbers are an underestimate. It attracted world attention at the time and caused a British politician to call Nicholas a "blood-stained creature and a common murderer". Who was that politician? Lord Peter Wimsey Winston Churchill Ramsay MacDonald Lord Salisbury

8. From 1904-05, Nicholas's reign oversaw a disastrous war for Russia. Which country was it fought against? Turkey Finland Germany Japan

9. World War I was one of many factors in the Romanov downfall. One early battle in particular was notable because of the almost complete destruction of the Russian Second Army. It was The Battle of ... ? Warsaw Skegness Vyazma Tannenberg

10. Nicholas, his wife, their daughters, son and four others were executed on 17th July 1918. Who led the execution? Yurovsky Kharitonov Botkin Trupp