Question 1

How far is Cuba from the USA

Accepted Answer

160km

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1600km

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60km

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100km

Question 2

Who ruled Cuba in the 1950's?

Accepted Answer

Batista

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Batman

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Bugatti

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Barista

Question 3

Why did the USA like Batista even though he was corrupt?

Accepted Answer

He was Anti-Communist

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He paid million in taxes

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He was a US citizen

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He was related to President Truman

Question 4

Who led a 3 year campaign to remove Batista?

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro

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Frank Sinatra

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Caster Oil

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Nikita Khrushchev

Question 5

Who put pressure on the USA to act against Castro?

Accepted Answer

The Cuban exiles - ex-supporters of Batista

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The United Nations organisation

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The USA citizens

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The Communists in the USA

Question 6

What did Castro do that worried the USA?

Accepted Answer

Kicked out US businesses and landowners and gave the land/businesses to Cubans

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Started to put armed warships around their coastline

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Made an Anti-USA speech

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Made a speech saying he was a fully committed communist

Question 7

What did the USA not do against the Cubans?

Accepted Answer

Sent thousands of US soliders to take over Cuba

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Played constant propaganda against Castro on the radio

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Supported and trained the Cuban exiles

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Thought about ruining their crops with beetles

Question 8

Castro made a deal with the USSR - How much money did the USSR give them?

Accepted Answer

$100 million

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$10 million

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&#36;1 billion

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$1 trillion

Question 9

What was President Kennedy not willing to tolerate?

Accepted Answer

A communist alliance in their sphere of influence

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Batista not getting his job back

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The CIA's failure to remove Castro from power

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A leader more popular than he was

Question 10

What is the name of the failed overthrow of Castro that Kennedy attempted in 1961 - where US supplied Cuban exiles were shipped back to Cuba.

Accepted Answer

The Bay of Pigs

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The Bay of Cows

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The Bay of Horses

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The Bay of Dogs

Question 11

What did Cuba and the USSR take from the half hearted failed Bay of Pigs event?

Accepted Answer

That the USA were weak.

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Kennedy was a strong leader.

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That the USA were willing to fight against communism.

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The alliance between the USSR and Cuba would not be tolerated.

Question 12

What did a USA spy plane discover in Cuba in 1962?

Accepted Answer

nuclear capable Missile launch sites in Cuba

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Soviet soliders in Cuba

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Soviet nuclear submarines protecting Cuba

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Treasures the USSR had stolen during ww2 being stored in cuba

Question 13

What action did Kennedy take when he found out about the Missile Bases?

Accepted Answer

Blockaded the incoming USSR ships carrying missiles

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Used airstrikes to blow up the missile bases in Cuba

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Did nothing

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Sent an invasion force of USA troops to Cuba

Question 14

In the days that followed the blockade, what did Khrushchev send to Kennedy?

Accepted Answer

Letters

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Poisoned cigars

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Chocolates and Roses

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High Value gifts

Question 15

Which terms did Kennedy agree to?

Accepted Answer

He would end the blockade and the missiles would be removed or else a war would follow

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He would end the blockade if Batista was back in power

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He would allow only short range Missiles on Cuba

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He would keep the blockade until all the missile sites had been dismantled

Question 16

What part of the agreement was kept a secret?

Accepted Answer

The USA's missiles in Turkey would be removed

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The USSR would keep a few missiles in Cuba for defence

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The Cuban army would be taken to the USSR to be trained

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The USSR would keep nuclear missiles in submarines 50km from the USA

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