Superpower Relations and the Cold War

Question 1

When were the Helsinki Accords?

Accepted Answer

1975

Question 2

What was the first name of Brandt (the elected Chancellor of West Germany)

Accepted Answer

Willy

Question 3

Firstly, a warm-up question: Who was the German goldsmith that invented the printing press in 1440?

Accepted Answer

Johannes Gutenberg

Question 4

Which US president said "Ich bin ein Berliner"?

Accepted Answer

John F. Kennedy

Question 5

When did the Soviets invade Afghanistan?

Accepted Answer

December 1979

Question 6

When did the Soviets invade Czechoslovakia?

Accepted Answer

August 1968

Question 7

Who is your favourite history teacher

Accepted Answer

Mr Belcher

Question 8

When was the Berlin Blockade set up?

Accepted Answer

1948

Question 9

What was the German Democratic Republic more commonly known as?

Accepted Answer

East Germany

Question 10

Who started the 'Prague Spring' reforms?

Accepted Answer

Dubcek

Question 11

The Capital of the Federal Republic of Germany was Bonn

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What was the Communist equivalent of the military alliance NATO?

Accepted Answer

The Warsaw Pact

Question 13

Who was the first democratically elected Chancellor of the Federal Republic

Accepted Answer

Konrad Adenauer

Question 14

By 1958, how many East Germans had crossed to the West?

Accepted Answer

3 million

Question 15

When was the summit meeting in Paris?

Accepted Answer

May 1960

Question 16

Who was president when the new policy of the Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) or 'Star Wars' was introduced?

Accepted Answer

Ronald Reagan

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