| Clue | Answer |
| Country in which Gomulka became leader during the Thaw | |
| Hardline Communist ruler of Hungary up to 1956 | |
| He was replaced by... | |
| who in turn by replaced by the popular... | |
| Statue pulled down as symbol of removing Soviet power | |
| Planned change to political system | |
| Hungary planned to leave the ... | |
| Soviet tanks used on the streets of Budapest in November 1956 | |
| Pro-Soviet leader imposed following the uprising | |
| Crisis involving the Western Powers at the same time | |
| Number of Hungarians who fled after 1956 | |
| Thermonuclear weapon | |
| First satellite in space launched by USSR in 1957 | |
| Type of rocket which could send a warhead to anywhere in the World | |
| Polaris was a type of weapon system relying on these | |
| US spy plane which carried out missions over USSR | |
| Largest ever test explosion carried out by the USSR in October 1961 | |
| Principle that neither side would go to far in fear of the consequences | |
| MAD is short for? | |
| Slogan of US public information films | |
| Group committed to elimination of nuclear weapons | |
| Issue highlighted by Eisenhower of too close a relationship between the armed forces and big business | |
| The Corona programme launched the first of these | |
| Space mission for first manned flight | |