Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz

Who took power in Cuba after the revolution

• Fulgencio Batista

• Fidel Castro

• John F Kennedy

• Antonio Banderas

Which of these was NOT a reason why the US was concerned about Cuba

• Russia was sending weapons to Cuba

• Cuba became communist

• Cuba had developed nuclear weapons

• Cuba was within missile range of major US cities

What is the best explanation of MAD (Mutually assured destruction)

• The first side to fire its nuclear weapons will win

• The side with the biggest missiles will win

• The Maddest leader will win

• If either side fires its nuclear weapons, the other would retaliate and all life would be annihilated

Who was the leader of the USSR at the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis

• Joseph Stalin

• Nikita Khrushchev

• Leonid Brezhnev

• Vladimir Lenin

What was the name of the failed invasion of Cuba carried out by exiled cuban soldiers and backed by the US

• The Bay of Pigs invasion

• Operation Barbarossa

• D-Day landings

• Operation Dynamo

When the missiles were discovered in Cuba, how did the US respond?

• Invasion

• Airstrike

• Sabotage

• Blockade

What were the terms of the agreement that ended the crisis

• The Missiles could remain in Cuba if the USSR stopped sending any more.

• The US had to remove it's missiles from Turkey and the USSR had to stop sending missiles to Cuba

• The US had to remove it's missiles from Turkey and the USSR had to remove its Missiles from Cuba.

• The US had to remove it's missiles from Turkey (in secret) and the USSR had to remove its Missiles from Cuba.

Which of these treaties was NOT a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis

• The limited Test Ban Treaty

• SALT 1

• The Outer Space Treaty

• The Nuclear Non-proliferation tTeaty

Which of these was a consequence of the Cuban Missile Crisis

• The USSR had to pay reparations

• Cuba was divided between the allies

• Castro was deposed

• A Hotline was set up between the Whitehouse and the Kremlin

How did the crisis impact Khrushchev?

• He was humiliated as it looked like he backed down without gaining anything

• He was credited with preventing nuclear war

• He was forced to resign immediately after