EVENING HIGH SCHOOL OF AIGALEO 70 YEARS OF EUROPEAN HISTORY (1945-2015)

QUESTIONNAIRE 02

March 2016

Choose the right answer by circling A, B, C or D

1. In August 1975, after the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, one of the major

treaties of the 20th century, was signed by 35 countries in Finland. That treaty was:

Α. the treaty of Finland C. the treaty of Rome

Β. the Helsinki final act D. the Maastricht Treaty

2. Which of the following is the highest institution of the European Union, established in 1975 and

comprising the heads of the state or government of the member countries?

Α. European Commission C. European Parliament

Β. European Council D. European Central Bank

3. The Turkish invasion of Cyprus, in July 1974, had the code name:

Α. invasion “Barbarosa”

Β. Jenkins Khan

C. operation “Eagle”

D. operation “Atilla”

4. In the following photo you can see a picture titled “the four seasons”. It is an oil painting,

representative sample of the work of the great Greek painter:

Α. Giannis Tsarouhis

Β. Fotis Kondoglou

C. Konstantinos Volonakis

D. Nikos Hatzikiriakos- Gikas

5. In 1971, aged 87, died in Lausanne, Switzerland, one of the most important women in the field of the 20th

century’s fashion and the creator of the famous perfume “No. 5”, the French:

Α. Mary Quant C. Edith Piaf

Β. Marilyn Monroe D. Coco Chanel

6. In November 1973, the beginning of the end for the junta in Greece was marked by the uprising of:

Α. the Polytechnic School of Athens

Β. the Philosophical School of Thessaloniki

C. the Law School of Athens

D. the Medical School of Athens

7. The first mobile phone , 25cm long and 900 gr in weight, was released to the world market in 1973 by the

firm:

Α. Sony Ericsson C. Samsung

Β. Motorola D. Nokia

8. The term “Bloody Sunday” – which is also the title of a “U2’s” song - is referred to:

Α. the kidnapping and murder of several government members ,in the summer of 1975, in Rome

Β. the military intervention in the Polytechnic School of Athens on November 17th, 1973

C. the British soldiers’ attack during a peaceful march in Derry, North Ireland, on January 30th, 1972

D. Mikhail Gorbachev's rise to the leadership of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, in 1985

9. On May 28th 1979, Konstantinos Karamanlis signed the full treaty of Greece’s accession in:

Α. ΝΑΤΟ

Β. the United Nations

C. EEC

D. UNESCO

10. The music band appeared in the picture, formed in 1975 in G. Britain, initiated the punk movement in Europe

and inspired many later rock musicians, is:

Α. The Sex Pistols

Β. The Beatles

C. The Ramones

D. The Rolling Stones

11. The terrorist attack during the Olympic Games, by members of the Palestinian organization "Black

September" resulted in the death of 17 people, took place:

Α. in 1936 in Berlin C. in 1980 in Frankfurt

Β. in 1972 in Munich D. in 2000 in Paris

12. On October 18th 1979, the Swedish Academy announced the award of the Nobel Prize for Literature,

to the so called “Poet of the Aegean sea”:

Α. Odysseas Elytis

Β. Georgios Seferis

C. Nikiforos Vrettakos

D. Angelos Sikelianos

13. The terrorist organization “Red Brigades” (Brigate Rosse) in 1978, kidnapped and murdered the

former Italian Prime Minister :

Α. Olof Palme C. Julio Andreotti

Β. Lech Vallesa D. Aldo Moro

14. The faction "Red Army» (RAF) or Baanter- Meinhof group was:

Α. a left East German political party created in the 70s

Β. a radical leftist group which conducted urban guerrillas and was activated in West Germany from 1970 to 1998

C. the military group which led the revolution for the restoration of democracy in Spain

D. a special, well trained part of the Russian National Military Forces which was active during the World War II

15. The overthrow of Salazar’s dictatorship in Portugal, in April 1974, is known as:

Α. «the colonels revolution» C. «the Prague Spring»

Β. «the black revolution» D. «the carnation revolution»

16. In the photo below you can see the last Soviet leader and inspirer of "perestroika". His name is:

Α. Leonid Brezhnev

Β. Mikhail Gorbachev

C. Nikita Khrushchev

D. Georgy Malenkov

17. Karolos Koun, the great Greek theater director who died in 1987, founded the :

Α. the Art Theater

Β. the Avant-Garde theatre

C. the National Theater of Greece

D. the Theater of the Absurd

18. Lech Walesa was:

Α. leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia

Β. Foreign Affairs’ Minister of Britain at the time of the Thatcher government

C. co- founder of the trade union "Solidarity" and president of Poland

D. Chancellor of West Germany who worked closely with M. Gorbachev

19. The largest nuclear accident in history occurred on April 26th, 1986, at the reactor No. 4 of the nuclear power

plant:

Α. at Chernobyl, Ukraine C. at Belfast, North Ireland

Β. at Seveso, Italy D. at Prague, Czech Republic

20. The Greece National Basketball Team won the European Championship by beating the USSR 103-101, during

the final in Athens, in:

Α. 1967 C. 1990

Β. 1987 D. 1982

21. By the term “perestroika”, we mean:

Α. the Soviet Union flag during the Cold War

Β. the economic and social reforms that took place in the Soviet Union from April 1985 until December 1991

C. the famous ballet of Tchaikovsky which first presented in August 1971

D. the famous painting by Pablo Picasso illustrating the destruction of the homonymous city of Spain

22. The man in the picture, the British director, producer, actor and leading figure of the world cinema,

often called "maitre of suspense" who died in April 29th, 1980 was:

Α. George Welles

Β. Roberto Rossellini

C. Winston Churchill

D. Alfred Hitchcock

23. The retrovirus HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) was isolated in 1983. The HIV causes the

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, a disease known as:

Α. Hepatitis C C. AIDS

Β. Hansen's disease D. Parkinson's disease

24. In 1989, a European city was reunited by the fall of a wall. That city was:

Α. Paris

Β. Kiev

C. Berlin

D. Dublin

25. Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1979 to 1990, became known as:

Α. the “Iron Lady”

Β. “white orchid”

C. the “silky prime minister “

D. the “golden leader”