I’ve been caught out twice recently by not being able to recognise this country’s parliament and its autonomous region. They both are potential sitters.
Questions
World Junior Champion in 2019, who won gold for Uzbekistan in weightlifting at Tokyo 2020 with an Olympic record in the 109 kg category? He followed this up with a World Championship win on home soil in 2021 and won that title again in 2023.
AKBAR DJURAEV
Having multiple symbolic meanings, how many white stars can be found on the flag of Uzbekistan? They make up three rows, with a different number present on each.
TWELVE
The emblem of Uzbekistan contains a depiction of which legendary bird that is said to never come to rest? It may have been an influence on the 2nd-Generation fire Pokémon Ho-Oh.
HUMA
Having a recognised regional language, which autonomous republic that makes up the northwesternmost part of Uzbekistan has its capital at the city of Nukus? Sites to visit there include the fortress of Kyzyl-Kala, an ancient structure once used by the Khwarazmian Empire.
KARAKALPAKSTAN
The Koryo-saram are ethnic Koreans that live in former Soviet countries like Uzbekistan. By what double-barreled term is the dialect they speak known as?
KORYO-MAR
Beating Team GB’s Bradley Sinden 34-29 in a high scoring final, who became Uzbekistan’s first ever taekwondo gold medallist at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?
ULUGBEK RASHITOV
Though it has since used the Latin and Cyrillic alphabets, what is the traditional alphabet used by those who speak Bukharian, a language named for the former emirate of Bukhara?
HEBREW
The permanent successor to long time leader Islam Karimov, which 2nd President of Uzbekistan had to deal with protests in 2022 within Karakalpakstan against a proposed amendment to the constitution that would have removed that region’s autonomous status? He had previously served a 13-year stint as Prime Minister.
SHAVKAT MIRZIYOYEV
Now consisting of the Legislative Chamber and a Senate, what two-word term is used for the bicameral parliament of Uzbekistan?
OLIY MAJLIS
One of the lowest value coins in the world, which sub-division of the Uzbekistani sum was also formerly the name of a sub-unit of the Kazakh tenge? The word used means ‘squirrel’, with squirrel pelts having served as currency in the past.
TIYIN
Defeating Cuban-born Azerbaijani Lorenzo Sotomayor in the final, that boxer being the nephew of high jump legend Javier Sotomayor, who won gold for Uzbekistan in the men’s light welterweight division at the 2016 Olympics?
FAZLIDDIN GAIBNAZAROV
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