| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Who was the initial president of Cuba? | Fulgencio Batista | 82%
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| Who was US president in 1961? | John F Kennedy | 55%
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| Did Cuba stay communist? | Yes | 55%
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| Who planned the Bay of Pigs invasion? | President Eisenhower | 18%
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| When did a US U-2 spy plane see ballistic missiles in Cuba? | 14th October 1962 | 9%
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| How many anti-Castro exiles landed on Cuba? | 1500 | 9%
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| When did Kennedy organise a meeting of ExComm? | 16th October 1962 | 9%
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| When did the first Soviet ships reach the blockade? | 24th October 1962 | 9%
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| Which Soviet First Deputy Premier visited Cuba? | Anastas Mikoyan | 9%
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| When did Fidel Castro return to Cuba after exile? | December 1956 | 9%
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| When did he visit? | February 1960 | 9%
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| When did Batista's government collapse? | January 1st 1959 | 9%
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| When did Castro introduce Agrarian reform? | May 1959 | 9%
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| What was the airstrike plan known as? | OPLAN 312 | 9%
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| What was the land-based invasion known as? | OPLAN 314 | 9%
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| What did Cuba gain from this meeting? | $100 million dollars in Credits from the Soviets | 0%
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| What were the assets worth that Castro seized in October 1960? | $1 billion dollars | 0%
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| When did Kennedy authorise Operation Mongoose? | 30th November 1961 | 0%
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| How was the Cuban-Soviet relationship? | An economic and political relationship | 0%
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| When did Cuba receive a shipment of Crude Oil from the Soviets? | April 1960 | 0%
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| What did this treaty do? | Banned testing in outer space and under water | 0%
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| What happened when US oil companies refused to refine the oil? | Castro nationalised them | 0%
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| What period developed from this point? | Detente | 0%
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| What was a target for America in Cuba before the collapse? | Economic stability | 0%
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| What did the Soviets also provide? | Fighter planes, bombers and 14,000 ground troops | 0%
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| When did Khrushchev send a telegraph to Kennedy? | Friday 26th October | 0%
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| What was the range of the nuclear weapons? | From 1100KM to 2800KM | 0%
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| Who did Kennedy appoint to lead the operation? | General Edward Lansdale | 0%
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| What did Khrushchev effectively want from the telegram? | He wanted a way out of the crisis | 0%
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| What did Khrushchev propose? | If the USA didn't invade Cuba, the Soviets would remove nuclear weapons. | 0%
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| What letter did Kennedy reply to from Khrushchev? | Kennedy replied to the first letter | 0%
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| What terrain were the nuclear weapons placed in Cuba? | Mountains of Cuba | 0%
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| What was the US response? | Reduced imports of Cuban Sugar by 95% | 0%
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| When did Khrushchev agree to remove the missiles and end the war? | Sunday morning, 28th October | 0%
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| What treaty was signed in October 1963? | The Moscow Test Ban Treaty | 0%
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| Why did the Soviets place nuclear weapons in Cuba? | To achieve nuclear parity | 0%
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| What did Castro order on the same day? | To fire at low-level reconnaissance planes | 0%
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| Why did Robert Kennedy meet with Soviet Ambassador Dobrynin? | To inform that Kennedy was willing to remove the Jupiter missiles in Turkey | 0%
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| What did ExComm decide? | To organise a naval blockade | 0%
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| Why did Castro need the support of a great power? | To respond to USA over reducing economic and political influence | 0%
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| What was the aim? | To use covert operations to overthrow Castro from within | 0%
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| What did this reform lead to? | US owned property being seized by the state | 0%
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