P3: The Cold War intensifies, 1949-1958

Question 1

When was the Warsaw Pact signed?

Answer 1

May 1955

Question 2

When was the first Soviet atomic bomb tested successfully?

Answer 2

1949

Question 3

When did the US test their H-bomb?

Answer 3

1952

Question 4

When did the USSR test their H-bomb?

Answer 4

1953

Question 5

When was Sputnik lauched?

Answer 5

1957

Question 6

When was NASA formed?

Answer 6

1958

Question 7

When did Stalin die?

Answer 7

1953

Question 8

When did Rakosi imprison Cardinal Mindszenty?

Answer 8

1949

Question 9

When did Hungary experience its lowest agricultural output ever?

Answer 9

1952

Question 10

When did students demonstrate in Budapest demanding free elections and human rights - also pulled down statue of Stalin?

Answer 10

23 October 1956

Question 11

When did Khrushchev send troops to restore order - killing 12 and injuring hundreds in the process?

Answer 11

25 October 1956

Question 12

When did Nagy become Prime Minister?

Answer 12

26 October 1956

Question 13

When was the Cardinal and other political prisoners released?

Answer 13

30 October 1956

Question 14

When did Nagy announce a coalition government?

Answer 14

3 November 1956

Question 15

When did 200,000 Soviet troops and 6,000 tanks return to Hungary?

Answer 15

4th November 1956

Question 16

When was a ceasefire agreed but until when did sporadic fighting continue?

Answer 16

10 November 1956

Mid 1957

Question 17

When was Nagy taken to Romania and hanged?

Answer 17

1958