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Quiz about Spies and Secret Agents Real and Otherwise

Spies and Secret Agents: Real and Otherwise Quiz

All sorts of spies: some real, some not.

A multiple-choice quiz by robert362. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
robert362

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
55,021

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1100

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who wrote 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold'? Hint

John Le Carre

Robert Ludlum

Len Deighton

Leslie Charteris

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Question 2 of 10

2. Richard Nixon made his reputation in the Alger Hiss case. What happened to Hiss? Hint

Sent to prison after a second trial (caused by a hung jury in the first trial)

Tried and found guilty, but never served time in prison

Tried and found not guilty

Set free after the trial resulted in a hung jury

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who starred in the tv series 'Secret Agent'? Hint

Patrick Macnee

Robert Vaughn

Patrick McGoohan

Robert Culp

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Question 4 of 10

4. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of espionage. Who else was a defendant in the case? Hint

David Greenglass

Whittaker Chambers

Morton Sobell

Roy Cohn

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who sang 'Secret Agent Man'? Hint

Johnny Rivers

Johnny Nash

Carly Simon

Johnny Horton

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Question 6 of 10

6. When did Mata Hari commit her crimes? Hint

World War II

World War I

Crimean War

Napoleonic War

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who wrote 'The Spy'? Hint

Wilkie Collins

Henry James

James Fenimore Cooper

Washington Irving

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Question 8 of 10

8. With whom is Christine Keeler associated? Hint

Vidkun Quisling

John Profumo

Benedict Arnold

John Wilkes Booth

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which James Bond movie starred George Lazenby? Hint

'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'

'For Your Eyes Only'

'Moonraker'

'Live and Let Die'

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Question 10 of 10

10. Francis Gary Powers is a name from the days of the 'Cold War'. Who was he? Hint

Defector to the Soviets

Government office worker who smuggled information to the Soviets

U.S. pilot shot down by Soviets

Double Agent working for the Soviets

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who wrote 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold'?

Answer: John Le Carre

This was perhaps the best known of the spy novels that were popular during the cold war days. Len Deighton wrote some others, including 'The Ipcress File'. Charteris wrote 'The Saint'.

2. Richard Nixon made his reputation in the Alger Hiss case. What happened to Hiss?

Answer: Sent to prison after a second trial (caused by a hung jury in the first trial)

He served about four years in prison before being let out. His guilt is uncertain.

3. Who starred in the tv series 'Secret Agent'?

Answer: Patrick McGoohan

Macnee was in 'The Avengers'. Culp, along with Bill Cosby, was in 'I Spy'. Vaughn was in 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

4. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of espionage. Who else was a defendant in the case?

Answer: Morton Sobell

Chambers was a key witness in the Alger Hiss case. Greenglass was Ethel's brother - but he wasn't exactly helpful to her. Cohn was a prosecuting attorney.

5. Who sang 'Secret Agent Man'?

Answer: Johnny Rivers

Simon did 'Nobody Does It Better' (from 'The Spy Who Loved Me).

6. When did Mata Hari commit her crimes?

Answer: World War I

Most people don't know anything about her - except that her name is synonymous with spying.

7. Who wrote 'The Spy'?

Answer: James Fenimore Cooper

His second novel.

8. With whom is Christine Keeler associated?

Answer: John Profumo

Keeler's involvement with Profumo, a high British government official, caused major waves in the second part of the twentieth century. It seems that she was also involved with a Soviet ... Quisling was a traitor during WW II. Arnold is legendary. Booth may well have been working with the Confederate spy network.

9. Which James Bond movie starred George Lazenby?

Answer: 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'

Lazenby entered briefly, before Roger Moore and many others. (The first few with Connery were the best.)

10. Francis Gary Powers is a name from the days of the 'Cold War'. Who was he?

Answer: U.S. pilot shot down by Soviets

It was quite a sensation at the time.

Source: Author robert362

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