Cold War True or False? - Statistics

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This quiz has been taken 195 times
173 since last reset
The average score is 11 of 18

Answer Stats

Question	Answer	% Correct
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated during a visit to East Germany.	False	96%
Sputnik 1 was the world's first artificial satellite.	True	85%
The launch of the aforementioned Sputnik 1 is generally considered the beginning of the 'Space Race'.	True	85%
Mikhail Gorbachev is still alive.	False	83%
The KGB and the Red Army were the same thing.	False	83%
Joseph Stalin was the Soviet leader at the beginning of the Cold War.	True	81%
The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) was formed to provide direct protection against the USSR.	True	81%
The Warsaw Pact is often also referred to as the Eastern Bloc.	True	69%
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	65%
The USSR attempted to invade Finland in 1953 but were repelled.	False	59%
Muhammad Ali was almost imprisoned for refusing to fight in Vietnam.	True	57%
It has since been proved that the USSR had major involvement in the Six-day War.	True	54%
Canadian troops fought in the Vietnam War.	False	46%
Lithuania was the first member of the USSR to declare full independence, starting the Union's eventual dissolution.	True	46%
McDonald's was only brought to Russia after the USSR dissolved.	False	35%
During the Korean War was the only time when Chinese and American troops have directly fought one another.	False	30%
The Iron Curtain first 'broke' at the Berlin Wall.	False	30%
It was during the Cuban missile crisis that the Doomsday Clock has reached the closest to midnight.	False	9%

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