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The Cuban Missile Crisis Quiz
Ten questions on the thirteen days in October 1962 when the United States and the Soviet Union came closer to nuclear war than at any other time. Each answer comes with a short explanation.
- 10 questions
- About 3 minutes
- Medium
- Includes a map and 2 photos
About this quiz
In October 1962 the United States found Soviet nuclear missiles being installed in Cuba. For thirteen days, President John F. Kennedy and the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev maneuvered between a deal and a war that could have killed hundreds of millions of people.
The quiz runs from the failed invasion that came before the crisis to the changes that followed it. Along the way it covers how the Soviet Union moved the missiles, how the United States responded, and the moments when the crisis came close to slipping out of either leader's control.
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a thirteen-day standoff in October 1962 between the United States and the Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba.
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Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs invasion was a failed 1961 CIA operation in which Cuban exiles tried to overthrow Fidel Castro.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Khrushchev led the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, denounced Stalin, and brought the Cold War to the brink of nuclear war over Cuba.
