Cuban Missile Crisis quiz
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Where did the US get its first proof of missiles in Cuba?
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Which month gives the crisis its name in Cuba?
Answer: October
Why: In Russia the same events go by another name: the Caribbean Crisis.
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Which country did Moscow fear Cuba was drifting toward?
Answer: China
Why: Once the deal was done, Beijing openly condemned Khrushchev for giving in to the Americans.
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Which animal named the CIA's secret campaign against Castro's Cuba?
Answer: mongoose
Why: It was run from JMWAVE in Miami, which grew into the CIA's largest station outside its own headquarters.
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Which US naval base sent its families away on 22 October 1962?
Answer: Guantánamo Bay
Why: Nearly 3,000 family members were shipped off the base in less than five hours.
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What did the first Moscow-Washington hotline use?
Answer: Teletype machines
Why: Teletypes carried the hotline until 1988, when fax machines, working since 1986, finally took over.
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Under which flag sailed the first ship the US boarded in the crisis?
Answer: Lebanon
Why: Its boarding party came from the destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., named after the president's older brother.
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