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The Dictator Files: Fidel Castro - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
What U.S. sponsored invasion was launched to try to overthrow Castro in 1961? Bay of {Pigs}
94%
What 1962 event nearly triggered WWIII? Cuban {Missile} Crisis
94%
What party did Castro lead? Communist Party of Cuba
93%
What country propped up Cuba's finances until 1991? Soviet Union
91%
What famous Argentian revolutionary fought alongside Castro? Che Guevara
90%
What Canadian leader effusively praised Castro upon his death in 2016? Justin Trudeau
74%
What sport did Castro play? Baseball
71%
Supposedly, the CIA once discussed killing Castro using an exploding ____. Cigar
69%
What is the name of Fidel Castro's brother? {Raúl} Castro
67%
To what former Portuguese colony in Africa did Cuba send 18,000 troops in 1975? Angola
66%
What disease did Cuba contain by putting people testing positive in camps? AIDS
65%
Who was Castro's favorite writer? (Hint: an American who spent time in Cuba) Ernest Hemingway
62%
With what Venezuelan leader did Castro develop a close friendship? Hugo Chávez
58%
What dictator did Castro overthrow in 1959? Fulgencio Batista
52%
Ruling for 50 years, Castro had the longest reign of any non-_____ head of state in world history. Royal
50%
What rum company fled Cuba after their property was nationalized in 1960? Bacardi
37%
What movement did Cuba join, and even chair, despite its close alliance with the above country? Non-{Aligned} Movement
32%
During what event did Cuba ship 125,000 refugees, dissidents, criminals, asylum patients, and homosexuals to the U.S. in 1980? Mariel {boat}lift
23%
What city's Moncada Barracks did Castro attack in 1953? Santiago de Cuba
18%
What speech did Castro give in court to defend his actions in the above attack? History Will {Absolve} Me
17%
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