| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| In 1492, this explorer discovered Cuba, and claimed it for this country. But most crazy of all: this explorer actually thought he had sighted China | Christopher Columbus | 93%
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| Nationality | Cuban | 89%
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| Language | Spanish | 89%
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| National Sport | Baseball | 81%
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| Cuba managed to receive independence in large parts to this country that would later become its number one enemy | United States | 81%
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| In 1526, people from this continent were forced over to Cuba | Africa | 78%
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| Capital | Havana | 78%
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| In 1961, the U.S. lead a failed invasion of Cuba, also known as the Bay of ____ invasion | Pigs | 78%
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| In 1886, this was abolished | Slavery | 78%
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| Most Famous Leader (1959-2008) | Fidel Castro | 74%
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| Bordering Seas | Caribbean sea | 70%
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| Since 1959, Cuba has been ruled through these two virtually identical ideologies | Communism / Socialism | 70%
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| Time zones | 1 (UTC-5) | 67%
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| Bordering Oceans | Atlantic ocean | 67%
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| Bordering Gulf | Gulf of Mexico | 67%
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| Main Religion | Christianity | 63%
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| Home to the U.S. naval base where the interrogations pertaining to the 9/11 attacks took place. To this day, prisoners are being held in this military prison | Guantanamo Bay | 63%
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| Currency | Peso | 59%
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| Spain | 59%
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| In 1975, Cuba's dictator sent troops to this African country to help fight off rebels that were backed by South Africa (roughly 300,000 Cubans would be sent over to fight) | Angola | 56%
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| Second-Largest City | Santiago de Cuba | 52%
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| In 1962, this crisis took place, and to this day, this crisis is the closest we've ever been to nuclear war | Cuban Missile Crisis | 48%
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| Between 1762, this country manage to annex the capital for one year, before ceding it back | United Kingdom | 48%
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| Independence | 1902 | 44%
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| Arguably one of the most prominent writers in history and receiver of the Nobel Prize in Literature (the old man and the sea, for whom the bells toll and a farewell to arms) who lived in Cuba for almost 20 years | Ernest Hemingway | 37%
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| Dictator (1933-44 and 1952-59) | Fulgencio Batista | 37%
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| State-Condition | Republic | 33%
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| Hollywood actress (Blonde, Knives Out, Ghosted, Blade Runner 2, No Time to Die) | Ana de Armas | 26%
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| Founding Father | Jose Marti | 26%
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| Main Export (goods) | Tobacco | 22%
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| Leader (2018-) | Miguel Diaz-Canel | 19%
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| Climate | Temperate | 19%
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| The only island-nation in the Caribbean to have this type of transportation | Railways | 4%
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