The Berlin Wall
This country built the Berlin Wall to keep people from fleeing to the West.
What is East Germany or the Soviet Union (both acceptable)
The United States supported this part of Vietnam during the war.
What is South Vietnam
This U.S. senator from Wisconsin became the face of anti-communist investigations in the 1950s.
Who is Joseph McCarthy
This U.S. president was in office during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is John F Kennedy
This actor played the title character in Forrest Gump.
Who is Tom Hanks
This larger political and military conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union led to the construction of the Berlin Wall.
What is the Cold War
This U.S. president significantly escalated American involvement in Vietnam after 1964.
Who is Lyndon B Johnson
What was the government slogan promoted informing what people should do in the event of nuclear attack?
What is "Duck and Cover"?
This communist leader of Cuba allied with the Soviet Union during the crisis.
Who is Fidel Castro
Forrest unknowingly teaches this future rock-and-roll legend his signature dance moves.
Who is Elvis Presley
This U.S. president famously said “Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” in 1987.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This communist leader of North Vietnam became a symbol of resistance against the U.S.
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
This government committee investigated alleged communist influence in American society, especially Hollywood.
This failed 1961 invasion by Cuban exiles was backed by the United States.
What is the Bay of Pigs incident?
Forrest invests in this “fruit company,” which turns out to be a hugely successful tech giant.
Apple inc.
This Soviet leader’s policies of glasnost and perestroika helped lead to the wall’s fall.
Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?
This surprise 1968 offensive by North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces shocked Americans and turned public opinion against the war.
What is the Tet offensive?
This U.S. president was in office during the height of McCarthyism and the Red Scare’s peak years.
Who is Dwight D Eisenhower?
This secret agreement involved the U.S. removing missiles from this nearby country in exchange for Soviet withdrawal from Cuba.
What is Turkey
Finish the line with zero mistakes...
My Momma always said... _____________________________
"My momma always said, Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get"
This East German government agency was responsible for internal security and surveillance, helping enforce restrictions around the wall.
What is the Stasi
The fall of this South Vietnamese capital in 1975 marked the end of the Vietnam War.
What is Saigon?
This term refers to the fear-driven persecution of people for their political beliefs, often without solid evidence.
What is a witch hunt?
How many days was the Cuban Missile Crisis standoff?
what is thirteen days
What is the run time of Forrest Gump? (closest wins)
2 hours and 22 minutes