Intelligence in an Age of Extremes

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Intelligence in an Age of Extremes Quiz

Test your knowledge of espionage, intelligence, and the intricate web of events surrounding the Russian Revolution and World War II. This quiz will challenge your understanding of significant historical figures and events that shaped modern history.

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Prior to the Russian Revolution, historians claim that Lenin and Tsar Nicholas II would send letters to one another, delivered by the Tsarist Russian Intelligence Agency, the Okhrana. When the Revolution began, the Tsar had the intelligence agent who acted as the go-between killed.

True

False

Prior to the Russian Revolution, historians claim that Stalin was informing for the Okhrana and embezzling funds from the Communist Party. Stalin had a colleague clear the records when he came to power, then had that colleague killed.

True

False

During the Russian Civil War, some intelligence agents flayed their opponents, and then wore their skin as gloves.

True

False

There were no security staff at British Embassies overseas until which era?

When Japan was planning on invading parts of China in the 1930s, its plans were discovered in Europe for which reason?

Several of Japan's Ambassadors drank too much and revealed the secrets

Japan's military was using a radio frequency shared by other countries

Japan was sending diplomatic mail via China's national post service, which was easily intercepted

Japan conducted 'secret' practice invasions in tourist hotspots

In the 1920s, a secret agent named 'Duncan' worked as a courier at the British Embassy in Rome. Who was he working for?

British Intelligence AND Russian Intelligence

Italian Intelligence AND Russian Intelligence

British Intelligence AND Italian Intelligence

British Intelligence AND Russian Intelligence AND Italian Intelligence

Communist Russian Intelligence (the Cheka) created a fake 'monarchist', anti-Communist underground network to lure in their enemies. For how long did they successfully fool other governments and their opponents that this was a real organisation?

6 weeks

6 months

6 years

16 years

Stalin (1878-1953) was so secretive about his past that his true birthday could not be officially confirmed until what year?

1956

1976

1996

2016

The Chief of Intelligence in Germany's Abwehr (military intelligence agency) sent Britain secret messages in 1938-39 to try to undermine Hitler. His deputy was the leader of the resistance against the Nazis.

True

False

Prior to the Nazi takeover of Germany, judges in German courts held to the motto 'No crime without a law'. To what did the Nazis change this motto?

Nothing but the law

No crime without punishment

No crime without death

State, law and obedience

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