My Cold War leaders quiz skips on Lumumba, but features Johnson, Eisenhower, Tito and Thatcher.
For the clue about Julius and Ethel I read it wrong. I was trying to think... did they have a famous executioner? What was his name? The only famous executioner I'm aware of is Christian Rath, but he had a pretty memorable name.
Totally lucked this one out by thinking it has something to do with the city of Lubumbashi in sort of a commemoration for the man. It appears that this isn't the case, just a big coincidence.
I read it. I personally didn't like it. Although it was quite the page-turner to me it exemplifies a certain type of Anglo-American morality that only sees ugliness in the world.
Really? I see where you're coming from--it was certainly a very cynical book and heavy-handed at times--but I thought the story itself was pretty riveting and does a great job covering a historical moment that remains obscure in the West. To each their own though.
Watergate wasn't related to the Cold War, it just happened within that time period. Maybe replace it with something about the movie WarGames (e.g., "Cold War film starring Mathew Broderick")? That's the only other thing I can think of that begins with a W.
Could use Walter Winchell. The pro-McCarthy journalist. I've only heard of him from Billy Joel's "We didn't Start the Fire." Albeit, Watergate is the easier answer.
Think about the first name of Hiss' chief accuser. Or the city in which Joe McCarthy first claimed to have a list of Communists in the State Department. Can't get more Cold War than that.
Yeah Watergate is a bit out of kilter with the theme of the quiz, although given its fame it is quite guessable, and it doesn't detract from the quiz at all.
Not sure anyone outside a few dire hard quizers in the States will get Walter Winchell. I've certainly never heard of him. I think he would be far far to obscure.
Yeah, Watergate doesn't fit but this is one of the best constructed puzzles I've seen. Lumuba was tough.
OK, a better W? Lech Walesa. White House (the Soviet one) - "Russian parliament building that became the rallying point for Yeltsin and crowds of Muscovites during the failed coup to overthrow Gorbachev. "
As soon as I saw the 1st answer was "Moscow", I immediately typed out Reagan's quote. Wasn't sure if I'd get it word-for-word, but was pleasantly surprised when all the letters filled in.
A very good quiz. However, I am afraid I am going to make a fresh contribution to the ever-so-(un)popular campaign against JetPunk's overt Americocentrism (which I think is demonstrable and unfortunate): there is no objective reason to characterise the 1980 Moscow Olympic games as the event which USA boycotted. While the boycott was initiated by the US, it was joined by dozens of other countries. Why should the US be singled out? Or, if you do want to single them out, why not say that they started the boycott?
@Tinu to answer your question, I'm going to use your own words: "While the boycott was initiated by the US..."
So what if other countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics as well? The US was the most powerful/significant/first country to boycott it, and that's what really matters in this case.
You non-Americans really struggle to understand that you're on an American website geared towards Americans lol. It's really, really, really not that hard to figure out why it ends up being a bit Americentric. For the love of all that is holy, please get over it or go to a non-American based website that is NOT geared mostly towards Americans.
Also to note, there are a TON of quizzes that are focused on non-American things. TONS.
For the clue about Julius and Ethel I read it wrong. I was trying to think... did they have a famous executioner? What was his name? The only famous executioner I'm aware of is Christian Rath, but he had a pretty memorable name.
Otherwise, I really liked this quiz.
Not sure anyone outside a few dire hard quizers in the States will get Walter Winchell. I've certainly never heard of him. I think he would be far far to obscure.
OK, a better W? Lech Walesa. White House (the Soviet one) - "Russian parliament building that became the rallying point for Yeltsin and crowds of Muscovites during the failed coup to overthrow Gorbachev. "
So what if other countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics as well? The US was the most powerful/significant/first country to boycott it, and that's what really matters in this case.
Also to note, there are a TON of quizzes that are focused on non-American things. TONS.