Cold War True or False? - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during a visit to East Germany. False
96%
Mikhail Gorbachev is still alive. False
84%
The KGB and the Red Army were the same thing. False
84%
Sputnik 1 was the world's first artificial satellite. True
84%
The launch of the aforementioned Sputnik 1 is generally considered the beginning of the 'Space Race'. True
84%
Joseph Stalin was the Soviet leader at the beginning of the Cold War. True
84%
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was formed to provide direct protection against the USSR. True
84%
The Warsaw Pact is often also referred to as the Eastern Bloc. True
71%
The atomic bombs dropped on Japan in WWII are widely believed to have been a show of power by the U.S. namely to the USSR. True
67%
The USSR attempted to invade Finland in 1953 but were repelled. False
58%
Muhammad Ali was almost imprisoned for refusing to fight in Vietnam. True
58%
It has since been proved that the USSR had major involvement in the Six-day War. True
56%
Canadian troops fought in the Vietnam War. False
49%
Lithuania was the first member of the USSR to declare full independence, starting the Union's eventual dissolution. True
44%
McDonald's was only brought to Russia after the USSR dissolved. False
36%
During the Korean War was the only time when Chinese and American troops have directly fought one another. False
31%
The Iron Curtain first 'broke' at the Berlin Wall. False
29%
It was during the Cuban missile crisis that the Doomsday Clock has reached the closest to midnight. False
11%
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