WWI
Russian Rev and after
WWII
Cold War
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100

He was assassinated, beginning the July Crisis.

Who was Franz Ferdinand?

100

He was a Russian mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Tsar Nicholas II, the last monarch of Russia, and gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia.

Who was Grigori Rasputin?

100

He was the leader of the USSR in WWII.

Who was Stalin?

100

He participated in the "Kitchen Debates" with vice president Richard Nixon.

Who was Nikita Khrushchev?

100

This is the most consumed beverage in the world.

What is Tea?

200

He was president of the United States during WWI.

Who was Woodrow Wilson?

200

He was the last tzar of Russia.

Who was Nicholas II?

200

He followed the policy of appeasement.

Who was Neville Chamberlain?

200

The Soviet Union did this in 1989.

What is it dissolved?

200

This was the first manmade satellite in space.

What was Sputnik?

300

After WWI he became the first President of Turkey.

Who was Mustafa Kemal Ataturk?

300

This English writer wrote a thinly veiled parable of the Russian Revolution.

Who was George Orwell?

300

During WWII this French Existentialist was a founder of the underground group called Socialisme et Liberté.

Who was Jean Paul Sartre?

300

She became Prime Minister of the UK in 1979.

Who was Margaret Thatcher?

300

They holds the record for the most gold records awarded by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Who were The Beatles?

400

He was Prime Minister of the UK at the end of WWI.

Who was David Lloyd-George?

400

He began as a Menshevik, switched to become a Bolshevik and was murdered in Mexico.

Who was Leon Trotsky?

400

He led the Free French Government in exile during WWII.

Who was Charles De Gaulle?

400

This was the name of the plan to rebuild Western Europe with American dollars as a means of creating a Capitalist, Democratic sphere of influence as a bulwark against Communism.

What was the Marshall Plan?

400

This is how many medals (+-5) the US got in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

What is 0?

500

He was Prime Minister of France during WWI.

Who was Georges Clémenceau?

500

This is the name for the forced Ukrainian famine.

What is Holodomor?

500

He led the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923.

Who was Adolf Hitler?

500

At the end of the Cold War this Czech playwright became the Czech Republic's first president.

Who was Vaclav Havel?

500

This is the name of the farmer who owned the land where the original Woodstock festival was held.

Who was Max Yasgur?