The Cold War Ultimate Quiz: Exam!
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- 1.
Which of the following was not at the Yalta Conference?- A.
Winston Churchill
- B.
Franklin Roosevelt
- C.
Joseph Stalin
- D.
Harry Truman
- 2.
In which country is Yalta?
- A.
Russia
- B.
Lithuania
- C.
Poland
- D.
Ukraine
- 3.
In which country is Potsdam?
- A.
Austria
- B.
Germany
- C.
Hungary
- D.
Turkey
- 4.
Which country (in Eastern Europe) did the West and Russia famously disagree over at Potsdam?
- 5.
Communism and Capitalism are both what word beginning with the letter ‘I'?
- 6.
Stalin famously told a fellow Communist ‘Churchill is the kind of man who would pick your pocket for a ____________’
- A.
Pound
- B.
Dollar
- C.
Kopeck
- D.
Rouble
- 7.
What did Churchill do to the German arsenal after the Second World War?
- A.
Sell it
- B.
Destroy it
- C.
Maintain it
- D.
Melt it
- 8.
Who replaced Winston Churchill as British Prime Minister and was the UK representative in Potsdam?
- A.
Harold Wilson
- B.
Clement Attlee
- C.
Ted Heath
- D.
Margaret Thatcher
- 9.
Where was Churchill when he made his Iron Curtain speech?
- A.
Fulton, Missouri
- B.
Birmingham, Alabama
- C.
Little Rock, Arkansas
- D.
Dayton, Ohio
- 10.
How many Eastern European states were NOT Communist in 1948?
- A.
0
- B.
1
- C.
2
- D.
3
- 11.
Whom was fighting whom in the Greek Civil War?
- A.
Royalists V Roundheads
- B.
Tommies V Jerries
- C.
Nationalists V Communists
- D.
Ali V Frasier
- 12.
Whose doctrine lead to the Marshall Plan?
- A.
Roosevelt
- B.
Truman
- C.
Eisenhower
- D.
Trump
- 13.
Marshall Aid, the Korean War, the Berlin Blockade, the Truman Doctrine, and even Vietnam were all part of which foreign policy by the US government?
- A.
Rollback
- B.
Detente
- C.
Containment
- D.
Brinkmanship
- 14.
Which pro-American Czech minister was found dead - allegedly by "suicide" but in controversial circumstances, near his open window?
- A.
Karel Poborsky
- B.
Vaclav Havel
- C.
Jan Maseryk
- D.
Czechie Chan
- 15.
How many Berliners were cut off by Stalin's blockade?
- A.
500,000
- B.
1,000,000
- C.
2,000,000
- D.
4,000,000
- 16.
Which divide and conquer tactics were used in Europe to promote Communist states?
- A.
Pepperoni
- B.
Salami
- C.
Beef jerky
- D.
Pastrami
- 17.
Write down the phrase which describes a war in the Cold War in which the USA and USSR are not combating one another directly with troops.
- 18.
30,000 Americans died during the Korean War. Who were they fighting for?
- A.
ASEAN
- B.
USA
- C.
UNO
- D.
NATO
- 19.
What is the opposite of a Cold War?
- A.
A warm war
- B.
A tepid war
- C.
An ice war
- D.
A hot war
- 20.
Which Senator led US scaremongering in the Red Scare?
- A.
Joe Mccarthy
- B.
Barack Obama
- C.
Bernie Sanders
- D.
Henry Cabot Lodge
- 21.
Where were the Reds metaphorically hiding during the Red Scare?
- A.
In the loft
- B.
Behind the sofa
- C.
Under the bed
- D.
On the doormat
- 22.
What was the name given to the theory that if one south-east Asian nation fell to Communism more would follow?
- A.
The Domino Theory
- B.
The Jenga Theory
- C.
The Darts Theory
- D.
The Backgammon Theory
- 23.
What did Moscow-based American George Kennan write which dictated Truman’s foreign policy?
- A.
The Vast Document
- B.
The Sizeable Script
- C.
The Lengthy Script
- D.
The Long Telegram
- 24.
How many people died in the Korean War? (estimate)
- A.
500,000
- B.
1 million
- C.
2.5 million
- D.
5 million
- 25.
And how many of these casualties were Korean?
- A.
250,000
- B.
1 million
- C.
1.5 million
- D.
2.49 million
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