What’s Your Cold War IQ?

During the Cold War, the world seemed divided between the Americans and the Soviets, and the struggle defined our culture. And we still live with that legacy today, from TV shows like “The Americans” to the bad Yakov Smirnoff jokes you hear from your friends. What’s your Cold War IQ? In Soviet Russia, quiz takes you!

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Question 1/10

Start with the basics - why was the Cold War called the Cold War?

Moscow has notoriously cold weather
There was very little “hot” (direct) fighting between the US and USSR
Everybody was terrified of a “nuclear winter”
Armies turned the common cold into a biological weapon

Question 2/10

The first manmade satellite was launched during the Cold War, as part of the Space Race. What was it called?

Sputnik
Apollo 13
The International Space Station
Volgograd

Question 3/10

During the Cold War, Americans were afraid of communists at home and abroad. What US Senator led the “Red Scare”?

John F. Kennedy
J. Edgar Hoover
James Brady
Joseph McCarthy

Question 4/10

What major war ended right before the Cold War started?

The Korean War
World War I
World War II
The Hundred Years’ War

Question 5/10

The closest the Cold War ever came to a real nuclear conflict was the Cuban Missile Crisis. Who was the US President when it went down?

Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower

Question 6/10

The Vietnam War was America’s biggest active conflict in the Cold War. What did the US do during the Vietnam War that it hasn’t done since?

Drafted people to serve in the military
Put ground troops on foreign soil
Fought without declaring war
Spend more than seven years on one war

Question 7/10

Complete the famous quote. “Mr. Gorbachev…”

"We will bury you!"
"Tear down this wall!"
"Ich bin ein Berliner"
"Your table is ready"

Question 8/10

What does “USSR” stand for?

United States of Soviet Russia
Ultimate Struggle for Survival and Revenge
Uzbek Syria Slovenia & Russia
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Question 9/10

Which Russian dictator was in charge from 1922 to 1953?

Vladimir Lenin
Karl Marx
Vladimir Putin
Joseph Stalin

Question 10/10

And finally, when the war ended the Soviet Union broke up into many countries. Which of “The Stans” was NEVER part of the USSR?

Uzbekistan
Pakistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan

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