Eastern Europe (1900s)

Question 1

During the hunt to capture this man, one strategy attempted by US Delta Force soldiers involved dressing one of their men in a full gorilla costume and having him cross the road in front of the fugitive’s car. The theory was that the absurdity of the situation would provide several key extra seconds of distraction during the (failed) attempt. Name the target of their kidnapping, a former psychologist and president of the Republika Srpska who in 2016 was finally sentenced to 40 years in prison for genocide and war crimes.

Answer 1

Radovan Karadzic

Question 2

The name Podgorica translates as “area under the small hill” in Montenegrin. However, from 1946-1992, the city (along the same theme as the present-day Russian cities of Volgograd and St. Petersburg) was re-named what?

Answer 2

Titograd

Question 3

The 1980 firing of labor activist Anna Walentynowicz from a Gdansk shipyard led to a big strike and this union’s founding.

Answer 3

Solidatiry