| Questions | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What year did the cold war start? | 1947 | 97%
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| What year did the cold war end? | 1991 | 95%
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| What was the pact, signed in 1949, that enabled the US to muster the conventional forces of much of Western Europe under US military leadership? | NATO | 58%
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| In a failed attempt to overthrow communist ruler Fidel Castro, U.S.-funded Cuban exiles used which site to start their invasion? | Bay of Pigs | 57%
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| Which theory stated one country’s “fall” into communism would precipitate neighboring countries to do the same? | Domino Theory | 46%
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| In 1946 Winston Churchill popularized what term used to describe Soviet relations with Western powers? | Iron Curtain | 46%
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| Often cited as their first regime change, the CIA deposed the prime minister of what country in 1953 after he nationalized their oil industry? | Iran | 45%
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| A direct “hotline” from the White House to the Kremlin was established as a result of which of these events? | Cuban Missile | 43%
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| At which country did Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt first agree to divide Germany into zones of occupation after its defeat? | Yalta | 29%
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| Some of the conflict occurred over the independence of Namibia. How many years did it occur | 23 | 25%
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| In a famous 1950s filmstrip shown in classrooms across America, Bert the Turtle offered kids what advice for surviving an atomic blast? | Duck and Cover | 24%
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| What was the name of the most produced tank series in the World by the end of the Cold War? | T-54 | 9%
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| Who said "There is no substitute for victory" | Douglas MacArthur | 4%
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| After WWII, what vital area of intelligence were soviet spies most interested in? | Nuclear Secrets | 2%
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| What was Julius Rosenberg's profession? | Electrical Engineer | 1%
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