Play The Cold War Trivia Online

1. 01In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
2. 02The Cold War was mainly a rivalry between the United States and which other superpower?
3. 03Who was the first human to travel into space, in 1961?
4. 04Which military alliance was led by the United States during the Cold War?
5. 05Which German city was divided by a famous wall from 1961 to 1989?
6. 06What was the name of the Soviet-led military alliance formed in 1955?
7. 07The 1962 missile crisis that brought the world close to nuclear war centered on which island nation?
8. 08Who led the Soviet Union during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
9. 09Which statesman popularized the phrase "Iron Curtain" in a 1946 speech?
10. 10What was the name of the first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?
11. 11The Berlin Airlift of 1948 and 1949 was a response to what?
12. 12In what year did the Soviet Union officially dissolve?
13. 13Which American astronaut was the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969?
14. 14Which Soviet leader introduced the reform policies of glasnost and perestroika in the 1980s?
15. 15Which American U-2 spy plane pilot was shot down over the Soviet Union in 1960?
16. 16Soviet tanks crushed a major anti-Soviet uprising in 1956 in which country?
17. 17The reform movement known as the Prague Spring of 1968 took place in which country?
18. 18The SALT agreements signed by the USA and the USSR dealt with what issue?

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