Collapse of the Soviet Union

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1. Team Pridemore2. Team Kayla3. Team Dingle4. Team Joe5. Team Cassie6. Team Becky7. Team Jacob8. Team Chuck1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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After the death of Brezhev, who came to power in the Soviet Union?

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7%

79%

14% 1. Putin

2. Gorbachev

3. Yeltsin

4. Hendsonviski

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What is the “Politburo?”

76%

3%0%7%

14%

Soviet Rul... Soviet Sup... Soviet Arm...

Soviet Sec... Where you ...

1. Soviet Ruling Committee

2. Soviet Supreme Court

3. Soviet Armed Services

4. Soviet Secret Service

5. Where you can get fresh tacos

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What is the Russian word for “Openness?”

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0%

7%

76%

10% 1. Perestroika

2. Glasnost

3. Nakvada

4. Savatoda

5. Dinglevisky

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What idea did Gorbachev introduce in 1986?

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14%

86%1. Détente

2. Glasnost

3. Economic restructuring

4. Arms Race

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Who started the greatest military buildup in peacetime history?

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7%17%

45%

Gorbachev Clinton Obama Bush Reagan

1. Gorbachev

2. Clinton

3. Obama

4. Bush

5. Reagan

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Which nation first defied Soviet Rule?

82%

11%0%7%

Lithuania Latvia Estonia Texas

1. Lithuania

2. Latvia

3. Estonia

4. Texas

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How did the Soviet respond to Lithuanian defiance?

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89%

7%

4%

0% 1. Allowed Lithuania to secede

2. Nuked Lithuania

3. Allowed Lithuanian autonomy

4. Attacked the Lithuanian capital.

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Who detained Gorbachev at his Black Sea home in 1991?

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Communists

2. Al Queda

3. The Black Hand

4. Lithuanian Freedom Fighters

5. Steve and his S-10

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As a result of Yeltsin’s “Shock Therapy” what happened in the former Soviet Union

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7%

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21% 1. People Revolted

2. Hardliners returned

3. Russia flourished

4. Prices soared

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Who replaced Yeltsin as President?

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Putin

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93%

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1. Obama

2. Bush

3. Gorbachev

4. Putin

5. Spavka

6. Kaceywriteovisky

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What was the name of my roommate who had a “moment” playing Laser Tag

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3%

3% 1. Tom2. Chris3. Bobby4. Devin5. Eric6. Sid7. Cal8. Toby9. Ron10. Nick

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Participant Scores

1200 Nick Noviski

1200 Jake Green

1100 J

900 Brittany Pridemore

900 Crazy like a Fox

Team Scores

1200 Team Jacob

850 Team Pridemore

850 Team Dingle

820 Team Chuck

750 Team Kayla