The Red's go on vacation
(Soviet Afghan War)
(Soviet Afghan War)
In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan. What year did they leave in utter failure?
1981
1985
1989
1991
1989
Spies, Julius & Ethel Rosenburg, were sentenced and put to death by America for giving Russia what knowledge during the Cold War?
Knowledge how to build Atomic Bombs
Knowledge how to build Jet Engines
Knowledge how to build Spy Satellites
Knowledge how to build Atomic Bombs
Who was the American pilot who was captured by Russian when his U2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union?
Francis Gary Powers
Russel John Powell
Harold Hap Arnold
William Jordan Denver
Gary Powers
When did America test the first Hydrogen Bomb?
1948
1952
1959
1964
The first test took place in 1952 on a small Pacific Island by the Marshall Islands. The explosion, nicknamed the “Mike Shot”, was very successful.
How long was the Berlin Wall? (City limits of Berlin)
4 Miles
12 Miles
27 Miles
36 Miles
27 Miles (City Limits) Close to 100 Miles into countryside
What year did the Russian Nuclear Powerplant, Chernobyl, have its famous meltdown?
1964
1976
1986
1990
1986
How many Afghan people died as a result of the Soviet-Afghan war?
500,000
700,000
1-2 Million
4-6 Million
1-2 Million
The CIA used suicide glasses in case of capture, which drug was hidden in ear pieces?
Cyanide
Meth
Hemlock
Snake Venom
Cyanide
How long was the prison sentence given to U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers when tried in a Russia court?
5 Years
10 Years
50 Years
Life in prison
10 Years
What is the largest nuclear bomb ever tested?
Tsar Bomba
Flintlock
Trinity
Sunbeam
Tsar - Soviet thermonuclear bomb that was detonated in a test over Novaya Zemlya island in the Arctic Ocean in 1961
How many people left East Germany/Berlin before the Berlin Wall was built?
Unknown/Hard to estimate
Less than 100
Maybe 10,000
Around 2.5 to 3.5 Million
2.5-3.5 million people left East German/East Berlin between 1949 and 1961
Roughly, how many people died due to the melt down on Chernobyl?
31-50
100-150
500-1,300
2,200-2,600
31 Officially (UN says 50) (Thousands of people were exposed to radiation)
What American action helped Afghan people win the war against the Soviets?
Provided Stinger missiles to shoot down Russian Aircraft (Russian Hind Helicopter)
Provided Afghan fighters advanced satellite images of Russian equipment
Launched a major campaign to convince Russian people the war was unjust and immoral so they turned their support away from Russia
Stinger Missiles for the win
Which drug did the CIA think would help with interrogation and mind control?
LSD
Scopolamine
Midazolam
Sodium Thiopental
LSD and famous MK Ultra Drug Experiments
Where did America and Russia do a prisoner exchange to get Francis Gary Powers back?
Switzerland
The Vatican with the help of the pope
A bridge in Berlin
African country of Zimbabwe
A famous bridge in Berlin (watch the movie Bridge of Spies) - Used several times to exchange prisoners
A bridge in Berlin
Roughly how many nuclear bombs did America have during the Cold War?
4,000
9,000
23,000
32,000
32,000 nuclear warheads (1966)
Russia had close to 40,00 (1988)
How many people died trying to escape over, under or through the Berlin Wall?
Less than 10
Roughly 40
Over 100
Well Over 1,000
Over 100 (numbers vary by websites) - 140 to 327
What is the primary lasting health effect from Chernobyl?
Thyroid cancer
Sudden vision loss
Cystic fibrosis
Leukemia
Thyroid cancer
What holiday did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan on?
Christmas Eve
Easter
New Years
Ramadan (Muslim Holiday)
Christmas Eve
CIA agent Aldrich Ames was arrested by the FBI in 1994 for being a spy and selling confidential information to Russia, including information that resulted in American assets being killed by Russia. How many CIA agents were killed by the Soviet Union because of his betrayal?
Only one person was killed
3 CIA agents were killed
At least 10 CIA agents were killed
Somewhere around 25 CIA agents were killed
At least 10
What did the American government do when it learned that Francis Gary Powers was captured by Russia?
Lied to the American public and Russia saying a weather plane accidentally strayed off course
Threatened Russia with war if they did not release our pilot
Immediately attempted to get Powers back with the idea of a prisoner swap of KGB general
The CIA lied to the president stating no U2 plane was shot down
Lied saying it was a weather plane that went off course
What is the largest nuclear bomb America ever tested?
Upshot-Knothole
Operation Redwing
Castle Bravo Test
Hardtack 1
Castle Bravo - 1954 test on Bikini Atoll. They thought it would yield the equivalent of 5 million tons of TNT, but, in fact, "Bravo" yielded 15 megatons - making it more than a thousand times bigger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.
How many guards/personnel were assigned to guarding the Berlin Wall and East German borders?
3,000
13,000
28,000
47,000
47,000 Guards and Personnel were assigned to the Border Guards at the height of the Cold War.
How long did Chernobyl burn?
12 Hours
3 Days
10 Days
3 Weeks
10 Days
What made the war difficult for the Soviet Union when they invaded Afghanistan?
Afghan people were fighting for their homeland
Afghan people used the mountainous terrain to their advantage
The United States provided the Afghan people weapons and guerrilla warfare training
All of the above
All of the above
At its peak, roughly how many people did the Soviet Union have working in the KGB, Russia’s main spy agency and secret police agency assigned to spying on the Russian people?
12,000
100,000
230,000
480,000
480,000
Why was the CIA upset with Powers when he was shot down over the Soviet Union?
Upset that he did not activate the anti-missile defenses on his plane
Upset that he did not increase his altitude to avoid getting shot down
Upset he did not activate self-destruct button and take his suicide pill
Upset he did not hit self-destruct button on the film canisters on the plane as he was going down
Self Destruct and take suicide pill
Roughly how many countries have nuclear weapons today?
4
7
9
13
9 United States, Russia, France, China, the United Kingdom, Pakistan, India, Israel, and North Korea
Roughly how tall was the Berlin Wall?
12 ft
18 ft
25 ft
40 ft
12 ft
Around how many people were evacuated after the Chernobyl Disaster?
210,000
350,000
460,000
630,000
210,000