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NATO or Warsaw Pact?

This is a multiple choice quiz between NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) and the rivaling Warsaw pact. Good luck and have fun!! :D
As of January 1990 since NATO is getting new members and the Warsaw Pact has dissolved. That is also why the questions are phrased in the past.
The questions are phrased in the singular so as to not confuse anyone but both is an answer to some questions
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Last updated: December 28, 2025
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1. Yugoslavia was a member
Yugoslavia was neutral during the Cold War despite being communist.
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2. Its headquarters was in Athens
NATO's was in Brussels and the Warsaw Pact's was in Moscow.
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3. Had a member which permanently left
Albania left the Warsaw Pact in 1968.
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4. Had a compass rose on its flag/symbol
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5. Was also known as the "Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance"
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6. Was founded in 1949
The Warsaw Pact was founded in 1955.
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7. Is associated with the CSTO (Collective Security Treaty Organisation)
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8. Was located in three continents (Not counting overseas territories)
NATO was located in North America (USA and Canada), Europe and Asia (Turkey). The Warsaw Pact was located in Europe and Asia.
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9. Had a member which doesn't exist currently
Warsaw Pact had the USSR, Czechoslovakia and East Germany, NATO's West Germany still exists to this day, just unified with what was East Germany
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10. If one or more members of this organisation get invaded, the rest defend the invaded member or members
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11. The Soviet Union (USSR) requested to join this organisation
The Soviet Union made a request to join NATO in 1954.
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12. Had a larger land area (Greenland doesn't count)
NATO = 23,314,209 km² and the Warsaw Pact = 23,394,062 km².
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13. Had territory in the Caucasian region
Turkey has territory in the Caucasian region aswell as Russia, Georgia, etc.
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14. Norway was a member
Norway joined NATO in 1949
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15. Bordered the Rhine river
The Rhine river is located in the Benelux, France, western Germany and Switzerland.
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16. Bordered Lake Balaton
Lake Balaton is located in Hungary which was part of the Warsaw Pact.
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17. Owned Checkpoint Charlie
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18. Was created to counter the other organisation
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19. Had observer states (Definition: A country in a organisation which has applied but hasn't became a full member yet.)
Mongolia was an observer states of the Warsaw Pact from 1963 until the organisation's dissolvement. France doesn't count as it only withdrew from the military command and not NATO itself.
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20. Had more tanks in Europe (As of 1989)
NATO estimates: NATO = 16,424 and the Warsaw Pact = 51,500. Warsaw Pact estimates: NATO = 30,690 and the Warsaw Pact = 59,470.
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Both (Approximate Tie)
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4 Comments
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Level 41
Dec 24, 2025
question number 9 is incorrect - there was never an east or west germany, there were the states of BRD & DDR. one of them stills exists today, ergo only the warsaw paxt had members that don't exist today,
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Level 73
Dec 28, 2025
That is quite the technicality, though you are right. Fixed the answer and explanation, thanks for telling me!
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Level 69
Dec 30, 2025
I feel some questions are a bit ambiguous, maybe you could clarify them somehow :)

For example didnt the USSR also make a request to join at the foundation at the Warsaw pact? Otherwise how did they get in, even as a founding member. Maybe you can write after it was originally founded or similar.

Second Turkey isnt usually consindered to be in the Caucasus, i think the standard Jetpunk practice for that is Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and southern Russia only.

Nice quiz still :)

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Level 73
Dec 30, 2025
Thanks for the feedback!

The USSR was a founding member and signatory of the treaty so no it didn't need to make a request to join. You are right about the Caucasus question, and I have changed it, though I don't want to reset the stats again after a few days. I'll release this change, along with a few more not too long into the future.