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6. When did Gary Powers set off from the USA?

  • 3rd May 1960
  • 1st May 1960
  • 4th June 1960
  • 2nd June 1960

7. How long did the riots in Budapest in October last?

  • 2 weeks
  • 3 weeks
  • 5 days
  • 1 month

8. What was the town called that Gary Powers got shot down near?

  • Svarldosk
  • Sverdlovsk
  • Serdlosck
  • Svirdlask

9. How long was the imprisonment that Gary Powers was sentenced to?

  • 10 years
  • 20 years
  • 15 years
  • 18 years

10. When was Sputnik 1 launched by the USSR?

  • 1961
  • 1955
  • 1957
  • 1960

11. When was the summit meeting of the leaders of the USSR, the USA, Britain and France held?

  • 1960
  • 1962
  • 1958
  • 1965

12. How many soviet tanks entered Budapest?

  • 300
  • 2,000
  • 1,000
  • 100

13. When did soviet tanks re-enter Hungary?

  • 20th November
  • 1st November
  • 4th November
  • 31st November

14. When did the soviet tanks reach Budapest?

  • 31st November
  • 1st November
  • 4th November
  • 20th November

15. What does MAD stand for?

  • Mutually agreed destruction
  • Mutually assured destruction
  • Mutually assured devastation
  • Mutually agreed devastation

16. Who was Rakosi replaced by after Stalin had died?

  • Irme Naggy
  • Imre Nagy
  • Imre Naggy
  • Irme Nagy

17. How many Soviet troops were killed in the Hungarian Uprising?

  • 5000
  • 700
  • 500
  • 7000

18. How many opponents did Rakosi's secret police kill?

  • 15,000
  • 2,000
  • 22,000
  • 1,690

19. In 1959 the USA had ICBMs underground ready for use in how long?

  • 24 hours
  • 30 seconds
  • 4 hours
  • 2 minutes

20. How many refugees fled to the west during the Hungarian uprising?

  • 300,000
  • 200,000
  • 100,000
  • 400,000