Arms Race Quiz

Question 1 of 11

1

Who was the Nuclear Arms race between?

Select one of the following:

USSR and USA
America and Britain
The Soviet Union and Russia
France and the USSR

Explanation

Question 2 of 11

1

Fill in the definition: _______ denotes the rapid increase in the quantity or quality of instruments of military power by rival states in peacetime.

Select one of the following:

A Nuclear Fallout
The Cold War
An Arms Race
An Armistice

Explanation

Question 3 of 11

1

The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Osaka in Japan.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 4 of 11

1

Who is this?

Select one of the following:

President John F. Kennedy
Lt Colonel Stanislav Petrov
Valentina Tereshekova

Explanation

Question 5 of 11

1

What is an ICBM?

Select one of the following:

International Crime Branch of Monitoring
Intercontinental Crazy Big Missile
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile

Explanation

Question 6 of 11

1

America paused their nuclear campaign in the mid-60s for almost a decade.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 7 of 11

1

What did Sputnik 2 carry into space in November 1957?

Select one of the following:

A chimpanzee
A sheep
A dog
A plant

Explanation

Question 8 of 11

1

By 1962, USA had 11,300 nuclear weapons.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 9 of 11

1

America dropped their H-Bomb, how many years after the start of the Korean War?

Select one of the following:

1
Just over 1
3
2

Explanation

Question 10 of 11

1

What is this?

Select one of the following:

An American B-52 plane
A Soviet TU-95 plane
A CIA U2

Explanation

Question 11 of 11

1

Due to the mass of Nuclear weapons, opposing superpowers, USA and USSR began to trust each other more, realising that they both had the ability to completely destroy one another.

Select one of the following:

True
False

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A quiz on the Nuclear Arms Race

Arms Race Quiz

Question 1 of 11

Who was the Nuclear Arms race between?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 2 of 11

Fill in the definition: _______ denotes the rapid increase in the quantity or quality of instruments of military power by rival states in peacetime.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 3 of 11

The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and Osaka in Japan.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 4 of 11

Who is this?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 5 of 11

What is an ICBM?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 6 of 11

America paused their nuclear campaign in the mid-60s for almost a decade.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 7 of 11

What did Sputnik 2 carry into space in November 1957?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 8 of 11

By 1962, USA had 11,300 nuclear weapons.

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 9 of 11

America dropped their H-Bomb, how many years after the start of the Korean War?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 10 of 11

What is this?

Select one of the following:

Explanation

Question 11 of 11

Due to the mass of Nuclear weapons, opposing superpowers, USA and USSR began to trust each other more, realising that they both had the ability to completely destroy one another.

Select one of the following:

Explanation