Q.1
In which city was the agreement signed which brought an end to French intervention in Indo-China, and divided Vietnam into two parts?
  • Geneva
  • Paris
  • London
  • Rome
Q.2
Which Central European country was occupied by the victorious states from the Second World War until 1955, when a mutual withdrawal was arranged: on condition that the state concerned should remain neutral?
  • West Germany
  • Austria
  • Italy
  • Hungary
Q.3
Which country's membership of NATO in 1955 infuriated the USSR and its allies, leading to the setting up of the Warsaw Pact?
  • West Germany
  • France
  • Italy
  • Hungary
Q.4
Which Soviet leader authorised Russian forces to enter Hungary in the autumn of 1956 to put down a "counter revolution"?
  • Bulganin
  • Malenkov
  • Khrushchev
  • Beria
Q.5
Which Hungarian leader was captured by invading Soviet forces in 1956, and later executed?
  • Laszlo Rajk
  • Imre Nagy
  • Matjas Rakosi
  • Janos Kadar
Q.6
In 1956 the Egyptian leader announced the nationalisation of the Suez Canal. Who was he?
  • Colonel Nasser
  • General Neguib
  • King Farouk
  • Anwar Sadat
Q.7
Which British prime minister used force, together with France, to attempt to recover the Canal?
  • Eden
  • Churchill
  • MacMillan
  • Butler
Q.8
Which American president refused to support British and French policy over Suez, complaining that he had not been consulted?
  • Truman
  • Eisenhower
  • Dulles
  • Harriman
Q.9
What name is given to the speech delivered to the Russian Communist Party in 1956, listing and describing Stalin's crimes against his own people?
  • The Secret Speech
  • The Truth Speech
  • Stalin's Crimes: the Full Truth
  • The Great Speech
Q.10
Which Russian name is given to the first Russian satellite sent into space to orbit the earth in 1957, thus stealing a march on the Americans?
  • Laika
  • Vostok
  • Sputnik
  • Gagarin
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