Space Race
Industry and Automobiles
Soviet Pop Culture
Leaders of the 1960s
U.S. Pop Culture
200

Launched in 1957, this Soviet satellite marked the beginning of the Space Race

What is Sputnik 1?

200

This 1964 American car helped define the "pony car" category

What is the Ford Mustang

200

This Soviet songwriter and actor became one of the most influential figures on Soviet culture, despite being mostly ignored by the official Soviet cultural establishment due to his social and political commentary.

Who is Vladimir Vysotsky

200

This U.S. president was in office during the early 1960s and launched the "New Frontier" program before his term was cut short in 1963

Who was John. F. Kennedy?

200

This 1965 musical produced and directed by Robert Wise became one of the most beloved and commercially successful musicals in cinema history.

What is "The Sound of Music"

400

This engineer, born in 1907, was the lead Soviet space craft designer during the first decade of the Space Race.

Who was Sergei Pavlovich Korolev?

400

This Soviet car, based on an Italian design, was the first design of the VAZ manufacturer. 

What is the VAZ-2101 Zhiguli

400

This film studio is the oldest and largest in Russia, established in 1924, and responsible for such films like 'The Elusive Avengers,' the 'Diamond Arm' and 'Stalker'

What is Mosfilm?

400

This Soviet leader infamously banged his shoe at the United Nations General Assembly 

Who was Nikita Khrushchev?

400

This foreign band sparked a wave of fanaticism lasting from 1963 to 1966 across the United States after their world tour, marked by hysteria, and screaming mobs of teenage fans. 

Who are the Beatles. 

600

This mission, conducted in July of 1975, is considered to have ended the Space Race

What is the Apollo-Soyuz?

600

This Soviet aerospace design bureau was most well known for producing cargo and civilian aircraft during the 1960s. 

What is the Ilyushin Design Bureau

600

This Comedy crime drama film, directed by Eldar Ryazanov, and starring Innokenty Smoktunovsky, was released in 1966 and is considered a satire of the Film Noire genre.

What is Beware of the Automobile

600

This was the title of the top leader in the Soviet Union.

What was the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union?

600

This American Songwriter, born in 1941, is considered one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

Who is Bob Dylan?

800

This was the name of the first American satellite launched into space

What was Explorer-1

800

This aircraft, introduced in the late 1960s, became one of the most widely used commercial jets ever.

What is Boeing 737?

800

This form of art was infamously denounced by general secretary Nikita Khrushchev in a public outburst using harsh and obscene words during the 1962 Moscow Manege exhibition.

What is abstract and modern art?

800

This agreement in 1968 aimed to limit the spread of nuclear weapons.

What was the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

800

This rock festival, held in 1969 in Bethel New York, had almost 400,000 attendants.

What is the Woodstock?
1000

This rocket carried the first man into space 

What is the Vostok-1
1000

This Soviet luxury car model, first debuted in 1958, commonly called 'Chaika,' was reserved for government officials.

What is the GAZ-13

1000

This group, considered as Pioneers of Russian Rock, was established in Moscow in 1969

What is "Time Machine?"

1000

This doctrine guided Lyndon B. Johnson’s foreign policy in preventing the spread of communism?

What is containment policy?

1000

This subgenre of rock music arose and became popular in the 1960s United States due to the prevalent use of hallucinogenic drugs during the time.

What is Psychedelic Rock?