Cuban Revolution/ Missile Crisis Quiz

All of these questions are related to the revolution which took part in Cuba in the 1950's, or Cuba's involvement in the Cold War shortly afterwards.

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Hint	Answer
Name of the former army sergeant who seized power during an election in which he was running for president	Fulgencio Batista
And the year in which he did it	1952
Name of the army barracks Fidel Castro attacked in 1953	Moncada Barracks
According to Castro in his trial following this attack, what will absolve him?	History
Name of the beret-wearing doctor who joined Castro's cause in Mexico	Ché Guevara
Birth country of the above	Argentina
And country of death	Bolivia
Name of the boat which carried the rebels back to Cuba from Mexico	Granma
Number of people aboard said boat	82
City in which the 'beret-wearing doctor' from Q5-7 famously defeated a much larger force in December 1958	Santa Clara

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U.S. city which thousands of wealthier Cubans fled to in the wake of the revolution	Miami
Site of the failed American invasion in April 1961	Bay of Pigs
Number of days the Missile Crisis lasted	13
Cuba was seen as a base for missiles for which superpower?	Soviet Union
U.S. President at the time	John F. Kennedy
Name of his attorney general brother	Robert
Name of Soviet ambassador who the aforementioned attorney general covertly negotiated with	Anatoly Dobrynin
Country from which America agreed to remove their missiles in return for the removal of missiles from Cuba	Turkey
Name of U.S. President's counterpart who agreed to this deal	Nikita Khrushchev
Name of Fidel's brother who succeeded him in 2008	Raúl Castro