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Did You Know?

Kyiv is home to the deepest metro station in the world. It was built in 1960 and is located 105.5 meters underground. To reach the platform, you have to take two long escalators that seem to go on forever!

Question: What is the name of this record-breaking metro station?

• A) Khreshchatyk

• B) Arsenalna

• C) Zoloti Vorota

• D) Maidan Nezalezhnosti

Did you know? Lviv is truly the "City of Lions." There are more than 4,500 statues of lions hidden throughout the city! You can find them on walls, doors, benches, and even on the roofs of houses. No two lions are exactly the same.

Question: Where can you find the highest number of lions in one place in Lviv?

• A) At the Lviv Opera House

• B) On High Castle Hill (Vysokyi Zamok)

• C) At the Lviv Town Hall (Ratusha)

• D) In the Lviv Beer Museum

Did you know? There was a legendary Cossack Otaman named Ivan Sirko who is said to have never lost a single battle! He participated in over 50 battles and emerged victorious in all of them. Legend says he was a "kharakternyk" — a Cossack sorcerer [ˈsɔːrsərər] (чаклун) who could catch bullets with his bare hands, turn into a wolf, and see the future.

Question: According to legend, what special ability did Ivan Sirko have?

• A) He could fly across the Dnipro River.

• B) Magical powers.

• C) He could speak ten different languages.

• D) He built the first Cossack submarine.

he Mystery of the Carpathian "Long Trumpet"

Did you know? In the high mountains of the Carpathians, Hutsuls used a unique musical instrument made of a tree that had been struck by lightning. This instrument is the longest in the world, reaching up to 4 meters! It wasn't just for music; it was used to send signals across mountains — like a prehistoric mobile phone.

Question: What is the secret requirement for the wood used to make a real Trembita?

• A) It must be soaked in the waters of a mountain lake for a year.

• B) The wood must come from a "thunder tree" .

• C) It can only be carved during a full moon in winter.

• D) The tree must be at least 100 years old and covered in moss.

The Master of Words and Brushes

Did you know? One of the most famous works in Ukrainian culture is titled "Kateryna". Interestingly, this title belongs to both a heartbreaking poem written in 1838 and a stunning oil painting created in 1842. Both works tell the tragic story of a young village girl.

Question: Who is the author of both the poem and the painting "Kateryna"?

• A) Ivan Franko

• B) Lesya Ukrainka

• C) Taras Shevchenko

Did you know? Kharkiv is a city of students and big records. It has one of the largest city squares in Europe . It is so big that it looks like a separate world!

Question: What is the name of the main square in Kharkiv?

• A) Market Square

• B) Freedom Square

• C) Flower Square

Did you know? Nizhyn is famous for its special pickled ... They were so tasty that they were delivered to the tables of kings and queens for hundreds of years! There is even a monument to a .. in this city — it’s the first monument to a vegetable in Ukraine.

Question: Which vegetable has its own monument in the city of Nizhyn?

• A) Tomato

• B) Potato

• C) Cucumber

Did you know? The city of Poltava is so proud of its Halushky that it has a massive monument dedicated to them — a giant stone bowl with 12 huge dumplings and a large spoon!

Did you know? Underneath the beautiful streets of Odesa lies the largest network of catacombs in the world. These tunnels are much bigger than the famous catacombs in Paris or Rome. They stretch for over 2,500 kilometers — that is long enough to reach from Odesa to Paris if you could stretch them in a straight line!

Did you know? Zhytomyr is the birthplace of Serhii Korolov, the brilliant scientist who designed the first satellite and the rocket that carried the first human into space. Because of him, Zhytomyr is considered the "space capital" of Ukraine.

Did you know? Kherson is world-famous for its watermelons. They are considered the sweetest and tastiest in Ukraine because of the unique sandy soil and the hot southern sun. Every year, before the war, there was a famous festival where a giant barge (a big boat) loaded with tons of watermelons would sail from Kherson all the way up the Dnipro River to Kyiv. It was a symbol of the harvest and the wealth of the southern lands.

Did you know? Luhansk was once a massive industrial heart of Ukraine. It was famous for building powerful locomotives (trains), but it also played a huge role in agriculture. In the early 20th century, the first large-scale factories there helped produce the engines and parts that powered the tractors of the entire region.