Edward Snowden Quiz - 65 Trivia Questions!

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Who exposed the US mass surveillance program in 2020?

The New York Times
Edward Snowden
a journalist
Barack Obama

Which former US congressman started a petition urging the Obama administration to grant clemency to Edward Snowden?

George W. Bush
Mike Rogers
George Bush
Ron Paul

Who directed the 2016 film Snowden?

David Fincher
David O. Russell
Oliver Stone
NSA

What is the maximum prison term for each of the three charges?

Nine years
Two years
Twenty-six months
Ten years

Who is the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights?

Annan
Aung San Suu Kyi
Afriqiya Sissoo
Navi Pillay

Which French electronic music artist recorded a song with Snowden called 'Exit' in 2016?

Eminem
Jean-Michel Jarre
Alessio Ricci
Avicii

Who is the US Defence Secretary who said 'We had a cyber Pearl Harbour' in 2014?

John Kerry
Ashton Carter
George W. Bush
Donald Rumsfeld

What is the name of the American whistleblower who leaked highly classified information from the National Security Agency in 2013?

George W. Bush
Edward Joseph Snowden
NSA whistleblower
Edward Snowden

What was the codename of the cyberwarfare programme revealed by Edward Snowden in 2014?

MonsterMind
Intelligence Sharing and Analysis Center
Axis
Intelligence Community

Who is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee?

George Bush
Nancy Pelosi
Mike Rogers
John Boehner

Who is the US Attorney General who was vehemently opposed to the idea of a Snowden pardon?

William Barr
James Comey
David Petraeus
Obama

Who has been accused of putting Bolivian President Evo Morales' life at risk by leaking information about a plane carrying Edward Snowden

Julian Assange
The Guardian
Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden's lawyer

Which former US President said he would give a pardon to Edward Snowden if found guilty of treason?

George Washington
George Bush
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan

In which US state was Edward Snowden born?

California
Virginia
North Carolina
Alaska

Where was Edward Snowden when he leaked tens of thousands of classified US government documents in June 2013?

Hong Kong
Moscow
Washington,DC
Russia

In which country did Bolivian President Evo Morales land his plane after Spain, France and Italy refused to allow it to cross their airspace?

The United Kingdom
Austria
Spain
China

What is the name of Edward Snowden's wife, who he married in Moscow in September 2019?

Sarah Podhoretz
Elizabeth Snowden
Lindsay Mills
Sarah Huckabee.

Which US presidential candidate described Edward Snowden as a traitor who should be executed?

Barack Obama
Donald Trump
George Bush
Sarah Palin

Who is the founder of Judicial Watch, a public interest law firm, who sued the US government in June 2013 over the collection of his phone

Theodore Rees
John Yoo
John Boehner
Larry Klayman

In which country did Edward Snowden seek asylum in June 2013?

United States
Russia
China
Ecuador

In what branch of the military did Edward Snowden enlist in 2004?

Marine Corps
United States Air Force
United States Marine Corps
United States Army

What city did Edward Snowden fly through on his way from Russia to Latin America?

Havana
Mexico City
Los Angeles
Moscow

Which German Chancellor said spying among friends was unacceptable, comparing the NSA to the Stasi?

Angela Merkel
Hermann Gul
Hermann Gmeiner
Chancellor Angela Merkel

What agency did Edward Snowden work for?

Russia
Federal Emergency Management Agency
U.S. military
CIA

What was the name of the NSA contracting company that employed Edward Snowden before he leaked thousands of classified documents in 2013?

Russia's NSA
Edward Snowden
Booz Allen Hamilton
NSA contractor

What German company did Edward Snowden allege the NSA was spying on?

Intel
The Federal Intelligence Agency
Toyota
Siemens

Which former policeman was banned from trading for life after dishonest behaviour?

Vijay Prasad
Rajeev Pradhan
Vikram Chavan
Sunil Tulsiani

What was Edward Snowden's job at the University of Maryland?

Student ambassador
Professor
Security guard
Computer repairman

In which country did Edward Snowden apply for asylum in 2012?

Russia
The United States
Denmark
South Korea

Edward Snowden applied for asylum in which country?

Russia
United States
The United States
Norway

What was the first British newspaper to publish the Snowden leaks?

The New York Times
The Guardian
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Mail

Who was the US Secretary of State at the time of the Snowden revelations?

Hillary Rodham Clinton
George W. Bush
John Kerry
Obama

What did Edward Snowden describe himself as?

A whistle blower
A spy
A journalist
Whistleblower

What was the name of the NSA spying programme revealed in 2013?

Global Hawking
PRISM
Spies Without Gates
Blackpearl

Who was the US Director of National Intelligence at the time of Edward Snowden's revelations?

George W. Bush
George W Bush
Hillary Clinton
James Clapper

Released in May 2014, what is the title of Glenn Greenwald's book about the NSA?

The New Yorker
No Place to Hide
The NSA and the World's Most Powerful
The NSA's New Surveillance Program

Who was the US Attorney General at the time of the Edward Snowden leaks?

John Ashcroft
Eric Holder
John Sullivan
George Bush

In March 2016, Edward Snowden delivered the opening keynote address of the LibrePlanet conference, a meeting of international activists and developers of what?

Information Security
Free Books
Privacy
Free Software

What is the name of the UK's Five Eyes spy agency?

NATO
The NSA
GCHQ
NSA

In which city was Edward Snowden stationed by the CIA in 2007?

Moscow
Geneva
London
Vienna

Who is the current FBI Director?

James Comey
George Bush
Robert Mueller
Robert Gates

At what company did Edward Snowden work while he was working for the U.S. government?

Dell
The Guardian
NSA
Microsoft

Edward Snowden applied unsuccessfully for asylum in which country in 2013?

China
France
United States
Russia

What was the name of the bill passed by the US Congress in June 2015 to limit the collection of phone records of American citizens?

USA Freedom Act
The National Security Act
The National Privacy Act
Privacy Act

Under what pseudonym did Edward Snowden participate in the creation ceremony of the zcash virtual currency in 2016?

Theodore Roosevelt
Jeremy Hunt
John Dobbertin
Edward Snowden

What was Edward Snowden's codename when he was a whistleblower?

Verax
Snowden
Ebola
Affect

Edward Snowden turned down a job at the NSA to work for which company?

Intelligence Squared
Booz Allen
Global Affairs
Global Voices

What was the name of Britain's secret intelligence agency that was revealed by Edward Snowden in 2015?

GCHQ
MI6
The National Security Agency
Britain's intelligence agency

Who was the US President at the time of the leak of classified information in 2014?

President Obama
President George W Bush
Obama
John Kerry

In which city does Edward Snowden live?

Washington, D.C.
New York
Washington
Moscow

Who is the editor-in-chief of The Guardian?

Alan Rusbridger
Michael Keating
David Rowley
David Beckham

At which conference in Vancouver did Edward Snowden appear by video conference?

World Health Organization
World Bank
TED
Global Policy Summit

Which publishing company published Edward Snowden's memoir 'Permanent Record'?

Oxford University Press
Associated Press
Macmillan
The Guardian

Who was the former Director of the National Security Agency?

George Bush
David Petraeus
Mike McConnell
John Podesta

Who was Vice-President of the USA at the time of Edward Snowden's revelations?

Al Gore
Mike Pence
George Bush
John Kerry

In which country did Edward Snowden seek asylum in 2013?

The United States
United States
Russia
Sweden

In what country did Edward Snowden work undercover for the CIA?

Switzerland
Russia
The United States
China

What law was used to prosecute Edward Snowden for his revelations about the U.S. government?

Espionage Act
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Civil rights act
Federal wiretapping statute

Who is the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

President Barack Obama
John McCain
Martin Dempsey
The President

Edward Snowden made a number of claims about the Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) of which country between 2008 and 2016?

Russia
The United States
New Zealand
China

In which US state is Edward Snowden employed by the National Security Agency?

Virginia
Hawaii
Washington
Texas

Who leaked information about US government spying practices?

Obama
The New York Times
NSA
Snowden

Which US law authorizes the NSA to collect phone records in bulk?

The Telephone Consumer Protection Act
The Electronic Privacy Act
The Patriot Act
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Edward Snowden leaked classified information to which newspaper in 2013?

The New York Times
Guardian
The Guardian
The Washington Post

In 2014 Edward Snowden applied for asylum in which South American country?

Bolivia
Colombia
Brazil
Argentina
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