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Spies And Spy Agencies Trivia Quiz

A little quiz about the espionage industry in the 20th Century.

A multiple-choice quiz by sportcon. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
sportcon

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
30,526

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1818

Last 3 plays: GoodVibe (5/10), Guest 136 (10/10), Guest 174 (6/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Downed U-2 pilot Frances Gary Powers was traded for what Soviet spy in 1962? Hint

Eugene Nicolai Maki

Rudolph Ivonovich Abel

Sandor Rado

Klaus Fuchs

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Question 2 of 10

2. What British intelligence agency is the counterpart of the CIA? Hint

MI5

MI6

GCHQ

NCI5

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Question 3 of 10

3. While not actually a spy, what CIA case officer left the agency, moved to Cuba, and wrote, 'Inside The Company?' Hint

Philip Agee

Fritz Kolbe

Richard Welch

George Crosley

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Question 4 of 10

4. What are the initials of the French foreign intelligence service? Hint

BRGE

DPSD

DGSE

SCSSI

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who was the British subject, turned Soviet spy, who recruited Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, and Donald Maclean? Hint

Michael Straight

Anthony Blunt

Alexander Foote

Richard Sorge

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Question 6 of 10

6. The KGB dissolved in late 1991, along with the USSR. What agency took over foreign intelligence operations from the KGB's First Chief Directorate? Hint

GRU

NKVD

CSR

SVR

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Question 7 of 10

7. What 20th Century female Soviet spy led spy rings in China, Switzerland, and England? Hint

Ruth Kuczynski

Elizabeth Bentley

Agnes Smedley

Violette Szabo

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Question 8 of 10

8. The Mossad is the name of the spy agency for what country? Hint

Israel

Lebanon

Syria

Iran

9. During World War II, this female OSS agent was relentlessly hunted by the Nazis. She escaped from France in 1941, then returned in 1943. She was known as the 'woman with a limp' because she had a wooden leg. Hint

Belle Boyd

Virginia Hall

Noor Inayat Khan

Nancy Hart

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who was alleged Soviet agent Alger Hiss' accusor? Hint

Klaus Fuchs

Whittaker Chambers

George Crosley

Adolphus Huxley

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Downed U-2 pilot Frances Gary Powers was traded for what Soviet spy in 1962?

Answer: Rudolph Ivonovich Abel

Abel operated in the U.S. from 1948 to 1961 under the name Emil R. Goldfus. Maki was Abel's assistant.

2. What British intelligence agency is the counterpart of the CIA?

Answer: MI6

MI6 is also known as the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) and comes under the Minister of Defense. MI5 is akin to the FBI and comes under the Home Secretary.

3. While not actually a spy, what CIA case officer left the agency, moved to Cuba, and wrote, 'Inside The Company?'

Answer: Philip Agee

Agee's book listed the names of hundreds of CIA employees, one of which, Richard Welch was shot to death in Athens, Greece. The CIA blamed Agee for Welch's death. Agee was expelled from England, and in 1981 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that he had no right to a U.S. passport.

4. What are the initials of the French foreign intelligence service?

Answer: DGSE

DGSE - General Directorate for External Security (Direction Generale de la Securite Exterieure).

5. Who was the British subject, turned Soviet spy, who recruited Guy Burgess, Kim Philby, and Donald Maclean?

Answer: Anthony Blunt

Blunt operated from 1940 to 1945 as a Russian double agent while working for MI5. Blunt was knighted in 1956 when he was a foremost authority on Art History. He wasn't publicly identified as a spy until 1979.

6. The KGB dissolved in late 1991, along with the USSR. What agency took over foreign intelligence operations from the KGB's First Chief Directorate?

Answer: SVR

The SVR is the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service.

7. What 20th Century female Soviet spy led spy rings in China, Switzerland, and England?

Answer: Ruth Kuczynski

Kuczynski's brother and sister were also Soviet spies.

8. The Mossad is the name of the spy agency for what country?

Answer: Israel

Answer: Virginia Hall

Hall was from Baltimore, MD. After the war, she was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the only American civilian woman to ever receive the medal.

10. Who was alleged Soviet agent Alger Hiss' accusor?

Answer: Whittaker Chambers

Chambers had been a senior editor at 'Time' Magazine.

Source: Author sportcon

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