Getting to Learn Moldova Trivia Quiz

Answer: Walnuts

The local climate and soil conditions are ideal for growing walnuts. In 2024, they were number 15 worldwide in the production and export of in-shell walnuts. Moldovians use the walnut widely in their local cuisine. The Moldavian mucenici is a figure 8 pretzel filled with apples, chocolate, walnuts.

The dessert of sweet cakes with walnut filling are very popular. In 2024 they were number nine in the export of shelled walnuts. They love their walnuts!

Answer: North Carolina

Much of the training in the region is because of the stressful situation Russia has put on the region. The United States - and North Carolina specifically - are there to help Moldova's military become more competent with modern weaponry and machinery.

The 25-year security and defense partnership with the Republic of Moldova was signed on April 22, 1999, meaning it would have ended sometime in 2025. It is part of a program called the Department of Defense State Partnership Program.

Answer: Peace Corps

In 1993, the government of Moldova invited Peace Corps to open a program in Moldova. Over the past three decades, more than 1650 volunteers have served across Moldova by living and working in communities on local projects specific in the Education and Health fields, and with the Community and Organizational Development Program (COD) which specializes in the development of youth programs.

Answer: It is roughly the size of Texas

Moldova is relatively the size of Maryland, but a little larger.

Moldova is basically flat land. The Moldavian Plateau runs flatter and flatter as it moves in a southeast direction toward the Black Sea. The main trees are poplar, oak, and beech.

The Mileștii Mici is one of the largest wineries in the world and referenced in the Guinness World Record Book. There are over 200 kilometers of underground tunnels which hold around 1.5 million bottles.

Answer: Moldova Compact

Moldova's population below the poverty line has been as high as 80%, which is very poverty-stricken for a European country. The fall of the Soviet Union accounted for much of that. When it was all said and done the MCC invested $259 million in agriculture, accumulation of land and roads, and girls' education in six years from 2010 until 2015.

The building and upgrading of these new roads help local farmers get their products to market.

Answer: the M2

The Millennium Challenge Corporation's program was to initially cover 93 kilometers, but when it was all said and done it was extended to 96 kilometers. Its cost was almost $23 million under budget due to advanced building techniques. After fixing the roads there there was an almost 35% reduction in private vehicle operating expenses.

That sounds good, but regular public transportation was hardly affected. The Sarateni-Soroca road in Moldova is part of a branch of the M2. It is a strategic section of highway connecting the center of the country to the Ukrainian border.

All of this occurred between 2010 and 2015 as part of the five-year Moldova Compact. The project was signed in January 2010 and completed competently by the time of the closing of the Compact in September 2015.

Answer: False

The Moldova River is not located in the Republic of Moldova at all. The Moldova River runs totally through Romania. The western border of Moldova runs along side Romania and is formed by the Prut River. The eastern border of Moldova is composed mostly of the Dniester River. The Moldova River does not go through Chisinau at any time.

Answer: George H.W. Bush

President George H.W. Bush announced the joyous occasion when he addressed the Moldavo situation during the dissolution of the USSR. Both President George H.W. Bush and the current Moldavian president at the time, Mircea Snegur, agreed together to establish diplomatic relations during a February 18, 1992 meeting at the White House.

Not a month later the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau was established on March 13, 1992.

Answer: 100 Hills

This region is said to be 20 million years old. It is in the northern Moldova steppe region. It is full of many underwater reefs. There are over 3,500 mounds varying in height from 1 to 30 meters. The highest is 60 meters high, and it is called "Movila Țiganului". The mounds go from around one meter to around thirty meters high. There are a few that reach sixty meters.

Answer: Old Orhei

Old Orhei in Romanian is known as Orheiul Vechi. Go visit the Orheiul Vechi monastery complex, carved into the limestone rock by monks way back in the 13th century. The natural landscape of limestone rock has been eroding since the ancient Trypillian civilization.

These remnants are built out of the earth as well. The wooden fortresses are from the Geto-Dacian period. They were built and lived in from the 6th to 1st centuries BC. On the top of the hill a small group of Orthodox monks still live there as they take care of parts of the premises.