Q 01/05

Where is the CIA headquartered?

A) Washington D.C.

B) Quantico, Virginia

C) Langley, Virginia

D) Fort Meade, Maryland

Answer · why

C) Langley, Virginia

The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is headquartered in the George Bush Center for Intelligence in Langley, Virginia, a location often used metonymo...

Q 02/05

Since 1994, what building on the Thames at Albert Embankment has housed the UK's foreign spy service?

A) Thames House

B) Vauxhall Cross

C) Century House

D) Broadway Buildings

Answer · why

B) Vauxhall Cross

The building has appeared in several James Bond films as the home of the fictional 00 Section, and it was officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in J...

Q 03/05

Israel's foreign intelligence agency trains its recruits for two years near which city?

A) Haifa

B) Beersheba

C) Herzliya

D) Eilat

Answer · why

C) Herzliya

The agency's elite assassins, the kidon, are drawn from these recruits.

Q 04/05

In which city is France's foreign intelligence agency, whose HQ is nicknamed 'La piscine' after a nearby pool?

A) Lyon

B) Marseille

C) Paris

D) Toulouse

Answer · why

C) Paris

The nickname comes from the Piscine des Tourelles next door; a new headquarters is under construction at Fort Neuf de Vincennes.

Q 05/05

The KGB was headquartered in which city's Lubyanka Square?

A) St. Petersburg

B) Moscow

C) Kiev

D) Minsk

Answer · why

B) Moscow

The yellow-brick Neo-Baroque building dates from 1897 and also housed a prison, part of which is now a museum.