And the winners are....

Prize package #1

BECKY

Prize package #2

ANNE

Prize package #3

CLOCKWORKGIRL21

Ladies, please contact me via email or private message within 7 days with your shipping addresses to collect your loot!

And now, the answers.

Quiz #1:

What disease did the imperial children contract at the outbreak of the Russian revolution?

• measles

Where and when did the tsar abdicate?

• March 2/15 1917, aboard the imperial train at Pskov (you didn't have to mention the train to win)

Name the man in charge of the Romanovs’ execution.

• Yakov Yurovsky

The soviets changed the name of the city where the imperial family was murdered. What was it called during the soviet era?

• Sverdlovsk

When was the state funeral for the remains of the Romanovs?

• July 17, 1998

Trick question:
What does “shvibzyk” mean in Russian?

• Absolutely nothing! It doesn't mean imp -- it's a made-up nickname, possibly derived from the German word "schwipsig," which means tipsy.

Ridiculous Bonus Challenge:

This cat's name is Vaska.

Quiz#2:
Which regiment was Anastasia honorary colonel-in-chief of?

• 148th Kaspian Infantry

Who was Olga’s “golden Mitya”?

• Dmitri Shakh-Baghov, a wounded officer she nursed during WWI

True or false: All four of the grand duchesses smoked.

• true

Name the officer Maria had a crush on.

• Nikolai Demenkov

What kind of perfume did Tatiana wear?

• Jasmine de corse, by Coty

Trick question:
According to the western calendar, was Olga born on November 15 or 16, 1895?

• Olga was born on November 15, 1895. However, her birthday is now observed on November 16 in the west because the difference between the Old Style and New Style calendars increased from twelve to thirteen days in beginning in 1900.

Ridiculous Bonus Challenge:

The peasant girl in Olga's lap is named Stephania

Quiz #3:
How many of Aleksei's sisters carried the gene for hemophilia?

• one

True or false: One of Rasputin's daughters became a lion tamer.

• true

What opera were Olga and Tatiana attending when they witnessed an assassination in 1911?

• Tale of the Tsar Saltan

Which of the imperial family's closest friends was nearly killed in a railway accident in January of 1915?

• Anna Vyrubova

Name one of the eight plays the imperial family performed to amuse themselves in exile.

• Packing Up, The Bear, The Crystal Gazer, Les Deus Timides, A La Porte, La Bete Noir, In and Out of a Punt, Le Fluide de John

Trick question:
What was the name of Tatiana’s French bulldog?

• Although some prominent English sources call the dog "Ortino" every Russian source I've consulted gives her name as Ortipo. The confusion is probably due to a mistransliteration. Tatiana's handwriting is notoriously difficult to read, and in Russian the letters that correspond to our n and p differ only by the height of one stroke of the pen: Ортино/Ортипо. Lili Dehn, who knew the dog in person and would have heard her called by name, spells it "Artipo" in her English-language memoir, which further supports the -po spelling.

Ridiculous Bonus Challenge:

Olga and Tatiana's horses are named Regent and Robino

Поздравлают to the winners and Большое спасибо to everyone who participated!