History
The “The Cold War” quiz — History. It has 25 questions in five categories: Divided Berlin, Nuclear Brink, Space Race, A Global Contest, Toward the End. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
Which barrier, shown here, was built in 1961 and split families and streets in Germany's divided capital?
When land routes to the western half of the city closed in 1948, what was the supply operation by plane called?
At which Berlin crossing…
In the gameWhich grand city gate…
In the gameWhich former Berlin airport…
In the gameMissiles on which Caribbean island brought the superpowers close to nuclear war in 1962?
After the missile crisis, Washington and Moscow set up a direct emergency link. What was its nickname?
What grim three-word doctrine…
In the gameThe aircraft pictured was…
In the gameThe 1963 test ban…
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What was the name of the beeping satellite, pictured here as a replica, that opened the Space Age in 1957?
Who became the first human to orbit Earth in 1961?
Which US president, pictured…
In the gameWhich cosmonaut flew Vostok…
In the gameWhat 1975 mission, pictured…
In the gameWhich 1950s war ended in an armistice, leaving a peninsula divided between North and South?
What was the name of the 1968 offensive launched during the Vietnamese lunar New Year?
Which waterway, pictured, sparked…
In the gameWhich mountainous country did…
In the gameIndia, Egypt and Yugoslavia…
In the gameWhich country was reunified in 1990 after four decades as two states?
Shipyard strikes in Gdańsk in 1980 led to which independent Polish union?
Which playwright and dissident…
In the gameWhich 1975 agreement on…
In the gameWhat association did Ukraine…
In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.