Cold War Quiz

Try out this Cold War quiz to test your knowledge. Cold War trivia explores the long geopolitical standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union that emerged after World War II and ended with the Soviet Union’s dissolution in 1991.

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Question 1 · Hard · 40 pts
What NATO exercise took place in November 1983 and is often remembered as an especially tense Cold War moment?
Question 2 · Easy · 10 pts
The Cold War was mainly a rivalry between the United States and what other superpower?
Question 3 · Medium · 20 pts
What phrase did Reagan popularize in 1983 for the Soviet Union, as if the Cold War needed a movie-trailer title?
Question 4 · Medium · 20 pts
Which Soviet spacecraft became the first human-made object to reach the Moon in 1959?
Question 5 · Hard · 40 pts
Sent from Moscow in February 1946, what famous message by George Kennan became a landmark of early Cold War thinking?
Question 6 · Hard · 40 pts
What Soviet-created organization was established in 1947?
Question 7 · Hard · 40 pts
Founded in 1949, what was the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance better known as?
Question 8 · Hard · 40 pts
Name the first U.S. hydrogen bomb test, carried out in 1952.?
Question 9 · Hard · 40 pts
In Moscow in 1959, Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev famously squared off in what event?
Question 10 · Hard · 40 pts
What anti-nuclear movement gained major momentum in the United States in the early 1980s?
Question 11 · Easy · 10 pts
During the Cold War, the United States led which bloc?
Question 12 · Easy · 10 pts
The Soviet Union was the leading power of which bloc?
Question 13 · Easy · 10 pts
The Cold War came after the end of which global conflict?
Question 14 · Easy · 10 pts
Which war became a major Cold War conflict involving the United States?
Question 15 · Easy · 10 pts
Which U.S. president announced the Truman Doctrine in 1947?

What NATO exercise took place in November 1983 and is often remembered as an especially tense Cold War moment?

The Cold War was mainly a rivalry between the United States and what other superpower?

What phrase did Reagan popularize in 1983 for the Soviet Union, as if the Cold War needed a movie-trailer title?

Which Soviet spacecraft became the first human-made object to reach the Moon in 1959?

Sent from Moscow in February 1946, what famous message by George Kennan became a landmark of early Cold War thinking?

What Soviet-created organization was established in 1947?

Founded in 1949, what was the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance better known as?

Name the first U.S. hydrogen bomb test, carried out in 1952.?

In Moscow in 1959, Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev famously squared off in what event?

What anti-nuclear movement gained major momentum in the United States in the early 1980s?

During the Cold War, the United States led which bloc?

The Soviet Union was the leading power of which bloc?

The Cold War came after the end of which global conflict?

Which war became a major Cold War conflict involving the United States?

Which U.S. president announced the Truman Doctrine in 1947?