2nd Hour Round One

Korean War

100

What year did the Korean War Begin?

A: 1948

B: 1950

C: 1956

D:1961

B:1950

200

How long did the Korean War last?

A:2 years 

B: 5 years

C: 3 years

D: 10 years

C: 3 years

300

Who was the leader of North Korea during the Korean War?

A: Kim II Sung

B: Kim Jong Un

C: Kim Kardashian

D: Kim Possible

A: Kim II Sung

400

How many Americans died during the Korean War

A: 45,000

B: 36,000

C: 20,000

D: 24,478

B:36,0000

500

Which American general fought in the Korean War and later was fired?

A: Douglas MacArthur

B: Dwight Eisenhower

C: Harry Truman

D: Jim Mcdonald

A: Douglas MacArthur

Chernobyl

100

How many people died in Chernobyl?

A: 40

B: 4000

C:40000

D:400000

B:4000

200

How long will it be till we can safely live in Chernobyl?

A:2,000 years

B: 200 years

C: 20000 years

D: 200000

C:20000 years

300

How did the Soviet Union react to the Chernobyl disaster?

A.try to cover it up

B.try to fix the issue immediately

C.warm the public about the danger 

D.blamed it on the US

A: Try to cover it up

400

How did they stop chernobyl from exploding?

A.they took helicopters and poured sand over it.

B.they had immediately shut everything down 

C.they had dropped a bomb on it to neutralize it.

A: they took helicopters and poured sand over it.

500

What is the death zone around Chernobyl?

A:500 km

B: 30 km

C: 40 km

D: 35 km

B: 30 km

Space Race

100

First human to travel into space?

A neil armstrong

B yuri gagarin

C john glenn

D buzz aldrin 

B: Yuri Gagarin

200

What was the name of he first artificial satellite launched into space 

A explorer 1

B sputnik 1

C apollo 11

D vosok 1

B: Sputnik 1

300

When did we land on the moon?

A 1965

B 1982

C 1969

D 1974

C: 1969

400

What was the name of the spacecraft that landed on the Moon during Apollo 11?

A) Eagle

B) Columbia

C) Challenger

D) Discovery

A: Eagle

500

Which U.S. President set the goal of landing a man on the Moon by the end of the 1960s?

A) Dwight D. Eisenhower

B) Richard Nixon

C) John F. Kennedy

D) Lyndon B. Johnson

C: JFK

Moon Landing

100

What flag did they plant on the moon?

1. Russian Flag

2. German Flag

3. American Flag

4. Canadian Flag

3: American

200

Where did the spacecraft land on earth

A: China

B: Guam

C: Arizona

D: Hawaii

D: Hawaii

300

Where did the lunar module land on the moon?

   a) Ocean of Storms  

   b) Sea of Tranquility  

   c) Mare Imbrium  

   d) Tycho Crater

B: Sea of Tranquility

400

 What was the name of the mission that landed the first humans on the moon?

   a) Apollo 13  

   b) Apollo 11  

   c) Gemini 7  

   d) Mercury-Atlas 6

B: Apollo 11

500

Which rocket was used to launch the Apollo 11 mission?

   a) Atlas V  

   b) Delta IV  

   c) Saturn V  

   d) Falcon 9

C: Saturn V

Berlin Wall

100

This East German leader was in power when the Berlin Wall was constructed.

A: Walter Ulbricht

B: Erich Honecker

C: Hans Zimmer

D: Egon Krenz

A: Walter Ulbricht

200

This year marked the construction of the Berlin Wall, which symbolized the division between East and West Germany.

A:1961

B: 1962

C:1967

D:1955

A: 1961

300

The Berlin Wall fell in this year, leading to the reunification of Germany.

A: 1989

B: 1990

C: 1978

D:1975

A1989

400

This famous checkpoint, located at the Berlin Wall, became a symbol of the Cold War and was known for its strict border controls.

A: Checkpoint Adolf

B: Checkpoint Charlie

C: Checkpoint Bruce

D: Checkpoint Rylan

B: Checkpoint Charlie

500

The Berlin Wall was constructed using this type of material, which made it a formidable barrier.

A: Steel

B: Brick

C:concrete

D: Iron

B Concrete