Cold War's End: A New Era Trivia

Test your knowledge on the pivotal events and figures that brought an end to the Cold War, from superpower summits to the fall of the Berlin Wall.

This is one of 250+ themed trivia packs in Founding Fathers Trivia, the official America 250 trivia game. Each pack has 10 multiple-choice questions, a 20-second timer per question, and an explanation behind every correct answer. Play it free — no signup, no email.

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Sample questions from this pack

• In what year did the Berlin Wall famously fall, leading to German reunification?
• Which US President challenged Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to 'tear down this wall'?
• What Soviet leader introduced the reform policies of 'Glasnost' and 'Perestroika'?

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