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Quiz about Cold War Quotes
Quiz about Cold War Quotes

Cold War Quotes Trivia Quiz


Here are some quotes from the Cold War and I want you to tell me who said them.

A multiple-choice quiz by cal79. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
cal79
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
115,714
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Very Difficult
Avg Score
3 / 10
Plays
2420
Last 3 plays: Guest 208 (1/10), angostura (10/10), Guest 99 (5/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. "There is no substitute for victory". Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "Today, shooting wars are won or lost before they start. If they were fought at all, they would be fought principally to confirm which side had won at the outset." Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. "A poor feudal nation had beaten a great colonial power ... It meant a lot, not just to us but to people all over the world." Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "Restraint? Why are you so concerned with saving their lives? The whole idea is to kill the b*****ds. At the end of the war if there are two Americans and one Russian left alive, we win." Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "We made sure our people were getting only what we believed they needed, and what we thought was beneficial and necessary for our state, our system, and the policy of our party, which played the leading role in our society." Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "To have the two Communist powers competing for good relations with us could only benefit the cause of peace." Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "We were young and the children of a revolution. We wanted to be part of it, to feel that we were fighting for it." Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "All attempts at achieving military superiority over the U.S.S.R are futile. The Soviet Union will never let that happen". Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "So far as an arms race is concerned there is one going on right now but there is only one side racing." Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "I like Mr Gorbachev. We can do business together." Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "There is no substitute for victory".

Answer: Douglas MacArthur

MacArthur made this comment at the time of the Korean war on March 20th 1951. The American military never expected China to enter this war and were dismayed when they eventually did.
2. "Today, shooting wars are won or lost before they start. If they were fought at all, they would be fought principally to confirm which side had won at the outset."

Answer: Curtis LeMay

He said this in April 1956. LeMay was the commander of Strategic Air Command. He was a dynamic figure, rarely seen without a cigar.
3. "A poor feudal nation had beaten a great colonial power ... It meant a lot, not just to us but to people all over the world."

Answer: Vo Nguyen Giap

The General was in fact speaking about Dien Bien Phu, the decisivie Vietnamese victory over the French (1954).
4. "Restraint? Why are you so concerned with saving their lives? The whole idea is to kill the b*****ds. At the end of the war if there are two Americans and one Russian left alive, we win."

Answer: Thomas Power

Thomas Power took over from Curtis LeMay as head of Strategic Air Command. LeMay was worried by him. On the basis of this speech it is not difficult to see why.
5. "We made sure our people were getting only what we believed they needed, and what we thought was beneficial and necessary for our state, our system, and the policy of our party, which played the leading role in our society."

Answer: Vladimir Semichastny

Semichastny was the head of the K.G.B between 1961 and 1967. The K.G.B were the highly feared Russian secret police and secret service.
6. "To have the two Communist powers competing for good relations with us could only benefit the cause of peace."

Answer: Henry Kissinger

The two Communist powers that Kissinger was talking of were China and the U.S.S.R. He made this comment during the 1970s by which time relations with both the Russians and the Chinese had improved since the turbulent sixties.
7. "We were young and the children of a revolution. We wanted to be part of it, to feel that we were fighting for it."

Answer: Anonymous

This quote came from an unnamed Cuban guerrilla fighting in Africa during the 1970s. It was not unusual for revolutionaries to go and fight in countries other than their own.
8. "All attempts at achieving military superiority over the U.S.S.R are futile. The Soviet Union will never let that happen".

Answer: Yuri Andropov

Andropov was speaking in response to the Strategic Defense Initiative which was better known as "Star Wars". He said this on March 27th 1983.He had become Soviet leader in November 1982 following the death of Brezhnev.
9. "So far as an arms race is concerned there is one going on right now but there is only one side racing."

Answer: Ronald Reagan

Reagan believed that the only way to beat the Russians was to outspend and out perform them. He made this comment on June 18th 1980.
10. "I like Mr Gorbachev. We can do business together."

Answer: Margaret Thatcher

Margaret Thatcher was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom between 1979 and 1990. Up until February 2003 she remains the nation's only female Prime Minister ever.
Source: Author cal79

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