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Hint	Answer
What conflict began in 1939?	World War Two
What year did the Berlin Wall fall?	1989
What movement did Benito Mussolini start?	Fascism
What British novel features a one-party state controlled by the Big Brother?	"1984"
Who led nationalist Spain during the civil war?	Francisco Franco
In what country did two revolutions break out in 1917?	Russia
What country was annexed in the "Anschluss"?	Austria
On what country did Austria-Hungary first declare war in 1914?	Serbia
What policy towards Nazi Germany is Neville Chamberlain associated with?	Appeasement
Where was the ceasefire ending World War One signed?	Compiègne
"Lebensraum" stands for...	Living space
Where did France and the UK agree for Hitler's takeover of parts of Czechoslovakia?	Munich
What military alliance did the USSR create in response to West Germany's accession to NATO?	Warsaw Pact
In April 1940, Germany invaded Denmark and what other country?	Norway
Who popularized the term "Iron Curtain" in a 1946 speech?	Winston Churchill
What country unsuccessfully rebelled against the Soviets in 1956?	Hungary
What event marked the end of the Troubles, the IRA's struggle against the UK in the second half of the century?	Good Friday Agreement
What country suffered a great famine at the beginning of the 1930s, known as the Holodomor?	Ukraine
The "Velvet Divorce" was a collapse of what country?	Czechoslovakia
What leader, known as "Father of the Turks", transformed Turkey into a secular republic?	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
What French term refers to the period of relaxation in the Cold War in the 1970s?	Détente
Who led Bulgaria for 35 years of the Cold War?	Todor Zhivkov
When did trench war abruptly stop in some parts of the Western Front in 1914?	On Christmas
What part of Romania did the USSR annex in 1940?	Bessarabia
A British political party that got replaced as a major player by the Labour Party was...	Liberal Party

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What was the first country to successfully separate from Yugoslavia in 1991?	Slovenia
Whose proposal in 1950 led to the creation of the European Coal and Steel Community?	Robert Schuman's
Where in Europe was there a civil war in the years 1946-49 between monarchist and communist forces?	Greece
Leopold II, considered responsible for genocide in the Congo, was king of...	Belgium
What did Ukraine hand over to Russia in 1994 in return for security assurances?	Nuclear weapons
Who assassinated the Spanish prime minister Luis Carrero Blanco in 1973?	ETA
What was the only Eastern European country where the fall of communism resulted in over 1000 deaths?	Romania
What important document did the Council of Europe adopt in 1950?	European Convention on Human Rights
In what European country did the greatest number of Jews live before World War Two?	Poland
Alongside Adolf Hitler, what leader decided to involve significant forces in the Axis invasion of the USSR so as to regain lost territory?	Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim
What nationality was subject to a genocide during the First World War that is still denied by the perpetrating country?	Armenians
What year did Spain and Portugal join the European Economic Community?	1986
In what conflict were there NATO air strikes known as the Operation Deliberate Force?	Bosnian War
Who led German foreign policy for a couple of years during the interwar period, managing to secure the western border in the Locarno Treaty?	Gustav Stresemann
What was the term for an alliance of Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia and Romania in interwar Europe?	Little Entente
Who was the infamous collaborator with the Nazis from Norway?	Vidkun Quisling
What year did famous youth protests erupt in much of Europe?	1968
The murder of what socialist politician in 1924 was the decisive step in Mussolini's dictatorship building?	Giacomo Matteotti
What was the name of a Polish anti-communist movement that peaked at 10 million members in 1981?	Solidarity
What was the name of the official newspaper of the Nazi Party?	Völkischer Beobachter
Who proclaimed the creation of "Estado Novo", a dictatorship that lasted until the Carnation Revolution in 1974?	António de Oliveira Salazar
What series of disputes involving Iceland had serious implications for the development of international law on the sea?	Cod Wars
What document from 1937, used as evidence in the Nuremberg Trials, has been described as the blueprint for Hitler's aggression?	Hossbach Memorandum
The two leaders of the Left Opposition to Stalin, alongside Lev Trotsky, were...	Lev Kamenev / Grigory Zinoviev
What incident was used as a casus belli for the 1935-36 Italian invasion of Ethiopia?	Ual-Ual Incident

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4 Comments

Level 78

Mar 20, 2026

Could you add some more type-ins for the first answer? I tried WWII, World War II and World War 2 before I tried Second World War (which worked as a type-in for World War Two).

Level 51

Mar 25, 2026

Good point. I added some of those.

Level 82

Mar 20, 2026

Nice quiz ! I think you could accept Moldova / Moldavia as an answer for the part of Romania annexed by the USSR, it's mostly the same region.

Level 51

Mar 25, 2026

Agree. "Moldova" should work now.