Thirteen Days

What event in American history is chronicled by 'Thirteen Days'?

• The assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

• Bay of Pigs invasion

• The Cuban Missile Crisis

• The assassination of John F. Kennedy

Who was the Soviet leader at the time of the crisis?

• Yuri Andropov

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Mikhail Gorbachev

Who was in power in Cuba during the crisis?

• Fidel Castro

• Raúl Castro

• Miguel Díaz-Canel

• Manuel Urrutia Lleó

What happened on October 16, 1962, the first day of the crisis?

• One of our military planes was shot down over Cuba

• The soviet leader threatened John F. Kennedy personally

• A spy plane shot aerial photos of a missile base being assembled in Cuba

• Cuba declared war on the USA

What country was responsible for building the missile bases in Cuba?

• U.S.S.R.

• Cuba

• Ireland

• Germany

During this period, who was the Attorney General of the United States?

• John McCone

• Robert Kennedy

• Dean Rusk

• Robert McNamara

When the crisis first began, a group of men came together to discuss appropriate action by the United States. What was this committee eventually called?

• Missile Crisis Committee

• Cuba Committee

• Ex Comm

• Kennedy Committee

What final event of the crisis almost provoked a nuclear attack on the U.S.S.R.?

• Soviet missiles in Cuba were armed and aimed at the USA

• The Soviet leader called Kennedy a 'wimp'

• An Air Force reconnaissance pilot was shot down over Cuba

• A renegade military commander plotted a scheme to provoke a war

Where in Cuba was the first missile base discovered?

• Havana

• Trinidad

• Bay of Pigs

• San Cristobal

What was the United States first action of defense during the crisis?

• A military strike by air

• A strongly worded statement to the press

• Declaration of war on the U.S.S.R.

• A blockade