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Spies And Spy Agencies

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Spies And Spy Agencies game quiz
"A little quiz about the espionage industry in the 20th Century."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. Downed U-2 pilot Frances Gary Powers was traded for what Soviet spy in 1962?
    Eugene Nicolai Maki
    Klaus Fuchs
    Sandor Rado
    Rudolph Ivonovich Abel


2. What British intelligence agency is the counterpart of the CIA?
    NCI5
    MI5
    MI6
    GCHQ


3. While not actually a spy, what CIA case officer left the agency, moved to Cuba, and wrote, 'Inside The Company?'
    Richard Welch
    Philip Agee
    Fritz Kolbe
    George Crosley


4. What are the initials of the French foreign intelligence service?
    DPSD
    DGSE
    SCSSI
    BRGE


5. Who was the British subject, turned Soviet spy, who recruited Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, and Donald Maclean?
    Michael Straight
    Richard Sorge
    Alexander Foote
    Anthony Blunt


6. The KGB dissolved in late 1991, along with the USSR. What agency took over foreign intelligence operations from the KGB's First Chief Directorate?
    GRU
    NKVD
    CSR
    SVR


7. What 20th Century female Soviet spy, lead spy rings in China, Switzerland, and England?
    Agnes Smedley
    Violette Szabo
    Elizabeth Bentley
    Ruth Kuczynski


8. The Mossad is the name of the spy agency for what country?
    Israel
    Lebanon
    Syria
    Iran


9. During World War II, this female OSS agent was relentlessly hunted by the Nazis. She escaped from France in 1941, then returned in 1943. She was known as the 'woman with a limp' because she had a wooden leg.
    Nancy Hart
    Belle Boyd
    Virginia Hall
    Noor Inayat Khan


10. Who was alleged Soviet agent Alger Hiss' accusor?
    Klaus Fuchs
    Adolphus Huxley
    George Crosley
    Whittaker Chambers


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Compiled Jun 28 12