I Spy With My Little Eye Trivia Quiz

Answer: Germany

Fuchs fled to the safety of Britain in the lead up to the second world war. He studied and was awarded his PhD in Physics from the Bristol University, followed by a DSc at the Edinburgh university. That didn't stop him however from betraying the country that had given him refuge.

Answer: He was a Lutheran pastor

This would make the choices that Fuchs went on to follow even more puzzling. Their potential for destruction was at the opposite end of the spectrum to that of his father's work.

Answer: Schizophrenia

The tragedy of this illness was that so little was known of it until fairly recently. Yet, in spite of this, the suicide rate still remains high from sufferers of this cruel disease. One wonders, in an attempt to explain his actions, if Fuchs himself struggled with a mild form of it.

Answer: The Communist Party

Before joining the hard line Communist Party of Germany, Fuchs had also been a member of the milder Social Democratic Party of Germany. It's no wonder he had to flee the country following a violent disagreement with the Nazi Party in 1933. The battles those two groups engaged in are notorious for their brutality and reprisals.

Answer: He was interned by the British authorities

This, however, was only for a short period of six months. One of his professors intervened on his behalf and he was allowed to return to work.

Answer: Full British Citizenship

If you ask me, I think the British authorities were a little dense - or very desperate - to have accorded such trust, in such a very dangerous area of work, to this man. With a family history of a mental illness that can affect more than one member of a family, and with his known membership in the German Communist Party, this was rather asking for trouble.

Answer: Sonia

This woman's life makes fascinating reading. She is possibly the world's worst female spy and her utter ruthlessness and dedication to communism knew no bounds. She was terrifying in what she was capable of doing. Never brought to justice, she lived out the remainder of her life covered in communist awards and glory.

Answer: The Manhattan Project

The Manhattan Project was responsible for the development of the world's first atomic bomb. This was a combined project between the United States, Britain and Canada in an attempt to beat Nazi Germany scientists in their endeavours in the same field. The Manhattan Project eventually employed over 130,000 people - and the world rushed headlong into the era of the development of the first nuclear weapons of mass destruction.

Answer: Venona

This project involved co-operation between British and American intelligence forces. Its thrust was analysing and decoding messages sent by the Russians during the Second World War. The project continued into the early stages of the cold war.

Answer: Fourteen

The reason for such a light sentence for Fuchs was that, at that stage in 1950, the Soviet Union was still considered a friendly nation because of its role as part of the Allied forces in World War II. The Cold War however lay just around the corner, when all this would change.