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A Quiz for "Cold War Confrontations" for top set GCSE.
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1
On Sunday 13th of August of WHICH YEAR did construction of the Berlin Wall begin?
1962
1960
1963
1961
2
How much money was eventually assigned to the Marshall Aid fund?
$27 billion
$17 billion
£7 billion
$30 billion
3
In March of which year were American "boots on the ground" in Vietnam?
1965
1963
1964
1966
4
Khrushchev was himself ousted as leader in 1964. Who was his replacement?
Leonid Brezhnev
Yuri Andropov
Constantin Chernenko
Mikhail Gorbachev
5
When was the Tet Offensive?
January, 1968
December, 1968
December, 1967
January, 1967
6
Which European Colonial Nation had controlled Vietnam before World War II?
Spain
Britain
France
Italy
7
The ill-fated invasion of Cuba in 1961 is called...
Day of Pigs
Bay of Dogs
Bay of Pigs
Pig's Ear
8
NATO was founded in 1949. What was the name of Communist equivalent, founded in 1955?
Axis Powers
Iron Curtain
Bucharest Pact
Warsaw Pact
9
When he announced his "Doctrine", Truman was attempting to convince Congress to send aid to...
Germany
Greece
Albania
Cuba
10
What was the name of the village in which American soldiers infamously massacred civilians?
Hoi An
My Lai
Pa Nang
La Trang
11
According to Churchill, the Iron Curtain ran from Stettin to...
Trieste
Budapest
Turin
Bucharest
12
To the nearest thousand, how many US troops were killed in Vietnam?
24,000
58,000
36,000
47,000
13
Which Secretary of Defence resigned due to US failures in Vietnam?
Henry Kissinger
Thomas Gates
Donald Rumsfeld
Robert McNamara
14
In which month of 1962 was the "Cuban Missile Crisis"?
December
September
November
October
15
Who was Kennedy's Vice-President & successor?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Gerald Ford
Richard M. Nixon
16
Who was the leader of Cuba in the 1950s?
General Batista
General Franco
General Taraki
General Guevara
17
Who was the leader of Communist North Vietnam?
Mao Zedong
Ngo Dinh Diem
Hah Noi
Ho Chi Minh
18
The French were ousted by Ho Chi Minh following their defeat at...
Ngo Demh
Buon Ma Thuot
Haiphong
Dien Bien Phu
19
As a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US agreed to withdraw their missiles from...
Germany
Turkey
Italy
Greece
20
How many Cuban exiles were involved in the Invasion?
4,000
14,000
1,400
400
