The Red's go on vacation
(Soviet Afghan War)
A game called 'I Spy'
(Cold War Espionage)
I know nothing about that
(U2 Plane Shot Down)
Is it hot in here?
(Nuclear Arms Race)
Nobody is leaving this party
(Berlin Wall)
Glowing in the Dark
(Chernobyl)
100

In 1979, the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.  What year did they leave in utter failure?

1981

1985

1989

1991

1989

100

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

100

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

100

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.

100

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

100

What year did the Russian Nuclear Powerplant, Chernobyl, have its famous meltdown?

1964

1976

1986

1990


1986

200

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

200

The CIA used suicide glasses in case of capture, which drug was hidden in ear pieces?

Cyanide

Meth

Hemlock

Snake Venom


Cyanide

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 Years

Life in prison

10 Years

200

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

200

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

200

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)

300

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

300

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

300

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

300

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)

300

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

300

What is the primary lasting health effect from Chernobyl?

Thyroid cancer

Sudden vision loss

Cystic fibrosis

Leukemia

Thyroid cancer

400

What holiday did the Soviet Union invade Afghanistan on?

Christmas Eve

Easter

New Years

Ramadan (Muslim Holiday)


Christmas Eve

400

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

400

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

400

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.


400

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.

400

How long did Chernobyl burn?

12 Hours

3 Days

10 Days

3 Weeks

10 Days

500

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

500

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

500

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

500

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

500

Roughly how tall was the Berlin Wall? 

12 ft

18 ft

25 ft

40 ft


12 ft

500

Around how many people were evacuated after the Chernobyl Disaster?

210,000

350,000

460,000

630,000

210,000