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