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Answer
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Who was the first European to visit Cuba?
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Christopher Columbus
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After what war was the Spanish rule in Cuba put to an end?
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Spanish–American War
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What U.S. navy ship was sunk in the Havana Harbour in 1889, sparking that war?
(hint: namesake of a New England state)
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USS Maine
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What dictator was overthrown in 1959?
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Fulgencio Batista
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Who was the leader of the Cuban Revolution?
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Fidel Castro
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Who succeeded him in 2011 as the First Secretary of the Communist Party?
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Raúl Castro
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What was abolished in 1886?
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Slavery
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Who where the pre-Columbian indigenous ethnic group of Cuba? hint: starts with T
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The Taíno
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What was placed in Cuba in 1962, sparking a crisis?
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Nuclear Missiles
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What ocean inlet was site of a failed invasion planned by the United States?
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Bay of Pigs
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What style of music, whose name means "sauce" in Spanish, is based on Cuban traditions?
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Salsa
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What plant was mainly grown in Cuba during the Spanish rule?
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Sugar
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Who left Cuba in 1965 to foment revolution in Congo-Kinshasa and later in Bolivia, where he was captured and executed?
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Che Guevara
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During what event did Cuba ship 125,000 refugees, dissidents, criminals, asylum patients, and homosexuals to the U.S. in 1980?
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Mariel Boatlift
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What Miami Sound Machine singer's family fled Cuba in 1959?
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Gloria Estefan
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What type of dance popularised by Pérez Prado in the 1950s?
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Mambo
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To what former Portuguese colony in Africa did Cuba send 18,000 troops in 1975?
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Angola
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What Cuban-American bandleader married Lucille Ball in 1940?
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Desi Arnaz
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In what game was José Capablanca the world champion of between 1921-27?
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Chess
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