Suez Crisis
Who won the Nobel Peace Prize for their help resolving the Suez Crisis?
What is Lester B Pearson?
When was the Korean War fought?
When is 1950-1953?
What was the Warsaw Pact meant to counter?
What is NATO?
When and where did the race start?
When is 1952 in the USA?
What years was the Avro arrow in development?
When is 1952-1959?
Which newly created nation(about 8 years old) helped the British and French launch attacks on Egypt?
What is Israel?
Who was the Prime Minister of Canada at the time of the Korean War?
Who is Louis St. Laurent?
What do we call a state that is legally independent but is under heavy influence from another nation?
What is a Satellite State?
What is one pro that the race brought about?
What is technological advancements?
Who was the founder of the Avro company?
Who is Alliott Verdon Roe?
The British and French withdrew funds to help Egypt build this.(state item AND where it was going to be built)
What is a dam on the Nile?
What is the Korean Armistice Agreement?
What did Nations included in the Warsaw Pact become known as?
What is the East Block?
What was one con of the race?
What is the possibility of a nuclear war (two powerful countries now having nuclear weapons)?
What was the main cause of the Avro arrows cancellation?
What is cost overruns?
Fill in the blank:
"Our quarrel is not with Egypt but with _________."
What is Colonel Nasser?
The UN’s action in Korea “is not war. It is a police action intended to ___________” - Louis St. Laurent
What is Prevent War?
Of the following nations, which was NOT part of the Warsaw Pact when it was first created?
- Romania
- East Germany
- Poland
- Austria
What is Austria?
(Soviet Union signed a deal with Britain, France and the USA declaring Austria an independent, neutral state just a day after the Warsaw Pact was formed which Austria hadn't signed due to it being shared by the four nations.)
The famous quote by Carl Sagan was "The nuclear arms race is like two sworn enemies standing____________ one with three matches, the other with five.”
What is "waist deep in gasoline"?
”There is an old Canadian joke that says the best thing that happened to _______ was the cancellation of the Arrow. “