Nobody is leaving
this party
(Berlin Wall)
this party
(Berlin Wall)
What year was the Berlin Wall built?
a) 1945
b) 1953
c) 1961
d) 1968
c) 1961
Why can't people see stars in any of the moon landing photos?
a) Sunlight reflecting off the moon washed them out
b) They forgot to put the stars in the photos when they filmed the moon landing in a Hollywood basement
c) A quick exposure of a camera can't capture stars
d) They were on the dark side of the moon
c) A quick exposure of a camera can't capture stars
Spies, Julius & Ethel Rosenburg, were sentenced and put to death by America for giving Russia what knowledge during the Cold War?
a) Knowledge how to build Atomic Bombs
b) Knowledge how to build Jet Engines
c) Knowledge how to build Spy Satellites
d) Knowledge how to build Computers
a) Knowledge how to build Atomic Bombs
Who led Communist China during the cold war?
a) Kangxi
b) Mao Zedong
c) Qin Shi Huang
d) Xi Jinping
b) Mao Zedong
What year did America put the first humans on the moon?
a) 1962
b) 1965
c) 1969
d) 1975
c) 1969 (Apollo 11 mission)
What does the name Stalin mean?
a) Man of Steel
b) Man of the People
c) Grand Noble Leader
d) Great Uncle
a) Man of Steel
How many people died trying to escape over, under or through the Berlin Wall?
a) Less than 10
b) Roughly 40
c) Over 100
d) Well Over 1,000
c) Over 100 Over 100 (numbers vary by websites) - 140 to 327
Why was the US flag flapping if there is no wind in space?
a) The fan in the basement of the filming location was accidentally left on
b) There was a rod put along the top of the flag to keep it out for pictures
c) The flag was made of plastic so it would not flop down
d) The flag was actually not flapping, but NASA later photoshopped it to be more patriotic
b) There was a rod put along the top of the flag to keep it out for pictures
Which drug did the CIA think would help with interrogation and mind control in their now famous and highly illegal MK Ultra drug experiments?
a) LSD
b) Scopolamine
c) Midazolam
d) Sodium Thiopental
a) LSD
What was the binding treaty between the Soviets and the Chinese?
a) Sino Soviet treaty
b) Russian-Chinese treaty
c) Communist land agreement
d) Socialist border pact
a) Sino Soviet treaty
What country was the first country to put a human, plant and animal into space?
a) Soviet Union
b) Canada
c) America
d) China
a) Soviet Union (Yuri Gagarin- first person in space 1961)
Which is a real Stalin saying?
a) Pain is temporary
b) History is for the weak-minded people
c) Death solves all problems - no man, no problem
d) Free ice cream for all communist peoples
c) Death solves all problems - no man, no problem
Roughly how many people successfully crossed the Berlin Wall (successfully escaped)?
a) Less than 50
b) Roughly 250
c) Roughly 1,000
d) Roughly 5,000
d) Roughly 5,000 - Approximately 5,000 to 5,075 people successfully escaped East Berlin by crossing the Berlin Wall between 1961 and 1989. Despite strict border security, over 100,000 attempts were made to leave the East Germany
Why are the shadows wrong in some moon landing photos?
a) The lunar surface on the moon reflected shadows to be the way they are
b) Lamp in the Hollywood basement was put in wrong place
c) The sun was having a solar flare during this time
d) Lights from the space capsule caught light from the sun causing another reflection
a) The lunar surface on the moon reflected shadows to be the way they are
During the Cold War, common household objects could be disguised to be used in the world of spies. One famous object was used was lipstick that secretly could be used as what?
a) Camera
b) Audio recording device
c) Radio
d) Gun
d) Gun
How long did the communist party last in China?
a) 20 years
b) 50 years
c) 78 years
d) It is still there today
d) It is still there today
Who were the first humans to walk on the moon?
a) Neil Armstrong/Buzz Aldrin
b) Sergei Krikalev/Vladimir Komarov
c) Buck Rogers/Buzz Lightyear
d) Alan Shepard/Neil Armstrong
a) Neil Armstrong/Buzz Aldrin (1969)
What career did Stalin almost have before dictator?
a) Priest
b) Engineer
c) Doctor
d) Teacher
a) Priest He went to seminary, but was expelled for being too radical
How long was the Berlin Wall? (City limits of Berlin)
a) 4 Miles
b) 12 Miles
c) 27 Miles
d) 36 Miles
c) 27 Miles (City Limits) Close to 100 Miles into countryside
Why can't we see Armstrong's camera in the reflection of the picture?
a) Hollywood forgot to put a camera in his hands when faking (I mean filming) the moon landing
b) It was the wrong angle to see a camera
c) The camera was mounted on his suit and is in the photo
d) The curve on the glass of his space helmet makes it hard to see the camera due to distortion
c) The camera was mounted on his suit and is in the photo
In the Cold War, what were ‘Dead Drops’ in the world of spying?
a) A spot to drop a dead body after an assassination
b) A secret codeword for a woman who would spy for Russian to trick men into giving up information
c) A safe house where the CIA could interrogate captured enemies
d) A secret location where a spy could drop information for his or her handler
d) A secret location where a spy could drop information for his or her handler
How many people were estimated to have been killed in the Tiananmen Square Massacre?
a) 72
b) 241
c) 1,200
d) 2,600
d) 2,600 (Red Cross est.) (China says only 241)
What was first animal in space?
a) Monkey
b) Dog
c) Human
d) Spider
b) Dog Dog (Soviet dog named Laika aboard Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 on November 1957)
How many gulag camps did the Soviet Union have?
a) 1,000
b) 5,000
c) 10,000
d) 30,000
d) 30,000
How many guards/personnel were assigned to guarding the Berlin Wall and East German borders?
a) 3,000
b) 13,000
c) 28,000
d) 47,000
d) 47,000 Guards and Personnel were assigned to the Border Guards at the height of the Cold War.
When looking at the photos of the Apollo 11 spacecraft landing location, critics ask why the moon dust is not disturbed by spacecraft thrusters as it landed?
a) Due to low gravity on the moon the thrusters only had 1.5psi of thrust so no moon dust was stirred up
b) The moon dust was stirred up but settled back down when the photo was taken
c) There is no moon dust, it is mostly solid rock
d) Hollywood props department lowered the spacecraft down using ropes and pulleys as they did not actually use a real rocket engine in the basement when filming
a) Due to low gravity on the moon the thrusters only had 1.5psi of thrust so no moon dust was stirred up
Why was the CIA upset with Gary Powers when he was shot down over the Soviet Union?
a) Upset that he did not activate the anti-missile defenses on his plane
b) Upset that he did not increase his altitude to avoid getting shot down
c) Upset he did not activate self-destruct button and take his suicide pill
d) Upset he did not hit self-destruct button on the film canisters on the plane as he was going down
c) Upset he did not activate self-destruct button and take his suicide pill
What year did China's one-child policy come to an end?
a) 1989
b) 1997
c) 2001
d) 2016
d) 2016 (now can have 2 kids)
What sport did the American astronauts play on the moon?
a) Golf (Hit a golf ball)
b) Baseball (Hit a baseball with a bat)
c) Frisbee (Threw a frisbee)
d) Football (Kicked a football)
a) Golf (Hit a golf ball)
Allen Shepard smuggled a modified 6 iron and golf balls on board Apollo 14 and stunned NASA when he did so by hitting a golf ball on the surface of the moon
When were gulags officially abolished in Russia?
a) 1960 (Six years after Stalin died)
b) 1985 (Gorbachev started changing Russia)
c) 1991 (When Soviet Union ended)
d) They are still used today
a) 1960 (Six years after Stalin died)