| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
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| Who was the first leader of the Soviet Union? | Vladimir Lenin | 95%
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| What was St. Petersburg renamed to? | Leningrad | 68%
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| When did Estonia gain independence from the Soviet Union? | 1991 | 64%
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| Who wrote the book "The Communist Manifesto"? | Karl Marx/Friedrich Engels | 64%
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| What is the name of the famous novella by George Orwell comparing Stalinist Communism to a farm where the animals run affairs? | Animal Farm | 59%
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| Which was the last Soviet republic to declare independence from the USSR? | Kazakhstan | 59%
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| What Communist leader was responsible for Glasnost in the Soviet Union? | Mikhail Gorbachev | 55%
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| What was Volgograd renamed to? | Stalingrad | 55%
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| What is the name of the USSR's famous Chess player, who is regarded as the best off the nation's history? (He became the world chess player in 1985, and famously fought against the chess computer Deep Blue in 1996 and 1997.) | Garry Kasparov | 32%
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| Who were the two Communist leaders who opposed each other after Lenin passed away? | Joseph Stalin, Leon Trotsky | 32%
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| What was the name of the policymaking committee often called the hardliners? | Politburo | 32%
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| ______ is defined as: a war instigated by a major power which does not itself become involved. What is ______? Example: The Vietnam War | Proxy | 32%
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| According to "The Communist Manifesto", who are the group of people considered to be upper class, and those who capitalize in capitalism? (Yes, you have to spell it) | The bourgeoisie | 32%
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| According to "The Communist Manifesto", who are the group of people considered to be lower class, and are exploited so that the upper class can generate capital? | The Proletariat | 32%
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| Who were the Soviet and American leaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis? | John F. Kennedy, Nikita Khrushchev | 23%
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