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Throughout history, trivia has always been more than a game.

In ancient Greece, scholars tested each other’s wit in symposiums. In 12th-century Baghdad, thinkers debated questions in bustling libraries. Even in medieval Europe, monarchs used riddles and logic games to assess the sharpness of their advisors.

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From Iron Curtain to Handshake

👉 Marquee Event

December 3, 1989 — On this day aboard the Soviet cruise ship Maxim Gorky in Malta, U.S. President George H. W. Bush and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev declared that the Cold War was over.

This informal yet symbolic moment marked the culmination of decades of tension between Western democracies and Eastern bloc communism—a standoff that had fueled proxy wars, nuclear arms races, espionage showdowns, and ideological propaganda since the end of World War II.

Although the Cold War didn't have a single clear "start" or "end" date, the Malta Summit in 1989—just weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall—signaled that the post-war world order was finally shifting.

📌 Why This Matters

The Cold War defined the second half of the 20th century, affecting everything from global alliances (NATO vs. Warsaw Pact), economics (capitalism vs. communism), space exploration (NASA vs. Soviet cosmonauts), and public fear (nuclear annihilation, Red Scares).

Its end transformed geopolitics: the USSR would collapse two years later, reshaping Eastern Europe and marking the rise of a U.S.-led unipolar world… at least for a while.

Understanding the Cold War is essential to understanding modern conflicts, the formation of current alliances, and the roots of today's renewed East-West tensions.

🎯 How Much do you Know about the Cold War?

💡 Did you know?

• Despite the historic declaration, no official treaty was ever signed to end the Cold War.

• The term “Cold War” was coined by writer George Orwell in 1945.

• At its peak, the U.S. and USSR had over 70,000 nuclear warheads between them.

• The space race, the Korean War, and the Cuban Missile Crisis were all Cold War flashpoints.

• Both leaders at the Malta Summit were former Navy men, facing each other now with diplomacy instead of war.

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