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These Cold War trivia questions keep to dates, places, names and documents, in four rounds: how it began, Berlin and the two Germanys, crises and treaties, and how it ended between 1979 and 1991.
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Cold War trivia questions and answers by round
How it began covers the phrase itself, the Marshall Plan and NATO. Crises and treaties runs from Korea to the Helsinki Accords. How it ended goes from Afghanistan to Gorbachev's last day as Soviet president. Tap a choice to check it; the reason and the article it was read in appear with the answer.
Looking for a Berlin Wall trivia question?
They are in the round Berlin and the two Germanys: the blockade and the airlift, the barbed wire of August 1961, the fall of the Wall and the treaty that opened the way to reunification. The link at the top of the card lists every question by round.
Questions and answers
What are some easy Cold War trivia questions?
Which American program of 1948 helped Western Europe recover? In which year did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place? What were Gorbachev's changes to the economy and the party called? The answers are the Marshall Plan, 1962 and perestroika.
When did the Cold War start and end?
It began in the aftermath of the Second World War and ended with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Gorbachev and Bush had declared it over at the Malta Summit on December 3, 1989.
Who first called it the Cold War?
George Orwell used cold war as a general term in an essay of October 1945. Bernard Baruch was the first to use it, in a speech, for the confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 3, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article Cold War, which every question links. Casualty figures, weapon counts and opinions on any leader or policy are left out; the pack asks dates, places and documents.