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Nuclear Arms Race Quiz
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This tests knowledge of both events and dates during the Nuclear Arms Race
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crises of the cold war
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crises of the cold war
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Question 1
Question
When was the first atom bomb for USA made?
Answer
1945
1946
1950
1949
1940
1952
1953
1960
1962
Question 2
Question
When was the first atom bomb for USSR made?
Answer
1940
1943
1949
1945
1950
1952
1955
Question 3
Question
The first Hydrogen bomb made was by the USA
Answer
True
False
Question 4
Question
The first Hydrogen bomb made was by the USSR in 1952
Answer
True
False
Question 5
Question
The first Hydrogen bomb made was in 1952, by USA
Answer
True
False
Question 6
Question
The first Hydrogen bomb made by the USSR was in 1953
Answer
True
False
Question 7
Question
Who made the first ICBM (a vessel that could carry H.bombs)?
Answer
USA
USSR
Question 8
Question
The first ICBM was made in what year?
Answer
1957
1953
1962
1960
1958
Question 9
Question
The first ICBM was made in the same year as the first satellite
Answer
True
False
Question 10
Question
What year was the first satellite made in, and by whom?
Answer
USSR
USA
Britain - hooray!
1960
1957
1958
1945
Question 11
Question
What was the first satellite named?
Answer
Sputnik
Sputnik 2
Uncle Sam
The Peeping Eyeball
Voyager
Question 12
Question
In 1958, what happened?
Answer
USA made their first ICBM (aimed at USSR)
USSR made their first ICBM (aimed at USA)
USA made their first satellite
USSR made Sputnik
Question 13
Question
When was the first nuclear-powered submarine made? By whom? What could it do?
Answer
1960
USA
Fire missiles
USSR
1959
1958
1961
1957
Transport bombs overseas
Britain made it in 2000 to shoot tea and jam scones from cannons on to people's tables
Question 14
Question
Who were the presidents of USA and USSR at this time?
Answer
John F Kennedy - USA
Khrushchev - USSR
Brezhnev - USSR
John F Kennedy - USSR
Dwight Eisenhower - USA
Question 15
Question
The Space Race could be seen as a cover for the real military side of it: the Nuclear Arms Race.
Answer
True
False
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