Origins of the Cold War
Which Conference did Stalin promise he would give free elections to all countries liberated by the Soviet Army in WW2
Yalta
What was Operation Vittles
The Berlin Airlift
What does ICBM stand for
Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
In 1960 a U2 spy plane was shot down - the USA originally lied about the purpose of the plane - can you remember what lie they gave? They said the plane had been blown of course and was just.......
Collecting weather data - was a weather aeroplane
The Hotline of 1963 wasnt really a phone line - what was it?
Telegram
Who replaced Churchill at the Potsdam Conference
Clement Attlee
Which two countries did the Truman Doctrine give $400 million to help
Greece and Turkey
What year did the USSR invade Hungary?
1956
What was the name of the failed invasion of Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Who took over from LBJ in 1969 as the 37th President
Richard Nixon
A 'second front' was agreed in Tehran to help Stalin in World War II - where was it launched?
Normandy (France)
What was the name of George Kennan's message he gave the government in February 1946
The Long Telegram
When did Stalin - the brutal dictator of the USSR - die?
1953
What is it called when the best, young people of a country leave for somewhere else as was seen with East Germany and a massive reason behind the building of the Berlin Wall
Brain Drain
One of the clauses of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 reads:
The moon and other celestial bodies should be used exclusively for peaceful purposes
What does it mean by celestial bodies
Planets in the Solar System
What was the name give to the wartime alliance between USSR - USA - GB
The Grand Alliance
What was the name of the territory when Britain and USA combined their territory in Germany
Bizonia
What the name of the American funded radio station that broadcast out of Munich - this was a big reason the Hungarians fought the invasion as they thought the USA would come to help them
Radio Free Europe
Who was the Czech leader that brought in the Prague Spring in 1968
Alexandre Dubcek
In the 1972 SALT treaty the USA and USSR made some allowances for the USSR in terms of ICBMs - the USA were given 1000 ICBMs how many extra did were the USSR get
(not we are rounding down - the answer is a multiple of 100 - eg 200)
600
During World War II in 1940 Soviet troops massacred Polish police and military officers in the territory of Katyn - later called the Katyn massacre - this was to help Poland become easier to control in the future - how many people did they kill (hint number is a thousand - between 15-25 so eg 17000)
22000
Out of the $13 billion of the Marshall Plan how much did Britain get - clue we will round down to the nearest Billion eg 12 billion - 10 billion etc
$3 billion
SEATO (Southeast Asia Treaty Organisation) was made in 1954 can you name the countries that joined it alongside Britain France and USA - 100 points for each
New Zealand
Australia
Thailand
Phillipines
Pakistan
In October 1962 Kennedy decided to create a blockade around Cuba and not allow USSR ships to pass - how many ships do you think were used to form the blockade
200
How much more powerful was the Tsar Bomba of 1961 to the explosions of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - clue the answer is a multiple of 1000- it is less than 10,000 (ie 2000, or 5000 - etc)
3000 times