Nobody Gets to Leave this Party
(Berlin Wall)
Dancing with the Stars
(Space Race)
Missiles in my Backyard?
(Cuban Missile Crisis)
Livin' my best life
(Fidel Castro)
My Dream Vacation
(North Korea Today)
Spies, Lies & Russian Girl Friends
(Cold War Spying)
100

What year was the Berlin Wall built?

1945

1953

1961

1968


1961

100

What year did the Space Race start when Russia put the first man-made object into space?

1949

1953

1957

1964


1957 When Russia put Sputnik into space

100

Who won the Cuban Missile Crisis standoff?

Soviet Union

Cuba

America

Narnia

'Merica

100

What year did Fidel Castro take power in Cuba?

1946

1952

1959

1961

1959

100

What is the poverty rate in North Korea?

20%

45%

60%

90%

60%

100

Who was the American pilot who was captured by Russia when his U2 spy plane was shot down over the Soviet Union?

Francis Gary Powers

Russel John Powell

Harold Hap Arnold

William Jordan Denver

Francis Gary Powers

200

What year did the Berlin Wall get tore down?

1987

1989

1991

1994

1989

200

What country put the first man-made object on the moon?

America

Russia

Russia (Luna 2) in 1959

200

What year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?

1956

1962

1971

1984

1962

200

What is an embargo?

Prohibition of trade with a country

Decrease in trade do to hostility between countries

Diplomatic mission between unfriendly countries

Goods that are imported illegally

Prohibition of trade with a country

200

Knowing North Korea is in utter poverty, what is Kim Jong Un's family worth?

200 Million

750 Million

1.5 Billion

5 Billion


5 Billion

200

How long was the prison sentence given to U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers when tried in a Russia court?

5 Years

10 Years

50 Year

Life in prison

10 Years

300

How much did the Berlin Wall cost to build?

2 Million

12 Million

25 Million

58 Million

25 Million

300

What year did America put the first humans on the moon?

1962

1965

1969

1975

1969

300

What decade was the last decade that America traded with Cuba?

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1950s

300

As the national leader of Cuba, Castro changed his title from prime minister to what?

President

Dictator for Life

Premier

His Excellency

President (wanted to appear more democratic)

300

What is one way the government of North Korea has tried to deal with its horrible economy?

Distribute crystal meth to its people

Import bootleg copies of American TV shows

Increase public beats until morale improves

Encourage people to eat bugs

Distribute crystal meth (up to 80% of people have tried it and 40% are addicted)

300

How did America get Francis Gary Powers back from Russia?

Top secret military raid broke him out of jail

Russia released him as a good-will gesture

America and Russia did a prisoner exchange

He was not released as he served his entire sentence in a Russian jail

American and Russia did a prisoner exchange

400

How long was the Berlin Wall?

4 Miles

12 Miles

27 Miles

   36 Miles   

27 Miles (City Limits) Close to 100 Miles into countryside

400

What country was the first country to put a human, plant and animal into space?

Soviet Union

Canada

America

China

Soviet Union (Yuri Gagarin- first person in space 1961)

400

How did America know Russia was putting nukes in Cuba?

American spy planes took pictures of the nukes

Searched it up on the internet

Undercover CIA spies in Cuba reported seeing nukes

Castro bragged about Soviet nukes and had military parades showing off Soviet nukes

American spy planes took pictures of the nukes

400

What was one of the first actions Castro took when he took power as a communist leader?

Killed city mayors who were not loyal

Nationalized private companies/factories

Imprisoned rich Cuban families

Attempted to join Soviet Union

Nationalized companies (esp. oil companies)

400

How many public executions has North Korea had during Kim Jong Un's 10 year reign?

13

27

63

117

27 Publicly (but estimates are well into the 100s)

400

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

500

How many walls made up the Berlin Wall?

1 Wall (Duh)

2 Walls

3 Walls

4 Walls

2 Walls

500

Who were the first humans to walk on the moon?

Neil Armstrong/Buzz Aldrin

Sergei Krikalev/Vladimir Komarov

Buck Rogers/Buzz Lightyear

Alan Shepard/Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong/Buzz Aldrin

500

Who was the US president who ordered Russia to remove their nukes from Cuba?

Harry S Truman

Richard Nixon

John F Kennedy

Ronald Reagan

John F Kennedy

500

What year did Castro die?

1976

1984

1995

2016

2016

500

How did Kim Jong Un kill his uncle?

Stripped him naked and feed him to pack of dogs

Drowning by Chinese water torture

Execution by firing squad on national TV

Froze to death when chained to tree in winter


Stripped naked and feed to dogs (not confirmed). Did behead him and put pictures on display

500

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

600

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

600

What was the first planet to be flown by when a NASA Satellite travelled past it?

Mars

Mercury

Neptune

Venus

Venus (Marina 2) in 1962

600

What action did America take when Russia put nuclear weapons in Cuba?

Navel Blockade on Cuba

Threaten nuclear strikes on Moscow

Oil embargo on Russia oil

Raised tariffs on Cuban goods

Navel Blockade on Cuba

600

What was Castro's favorite food?

McDonalds

Alcohol

Pizza

Ice Cream

Ice Cream

600

What animal did Kim Jun-il import to North Korea in an attempt to breed and feed his starving people in 2007?

Pigs

Deer

Horses

Rabbits

Rabbits (a German rabbit breeder sent him rabbits).  Project failed as Kim Jun-il ate the rabbits

600

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 

Self Destruct and take suicide pill