Q.1
Secretly the US agreed to withdraw its missiles from Turkey, a NATO member which shared a common border with the Soviet Union. The Russians had long complained that their action in Cuba was simply redressing a balance that had long been out of kilter. What kind of missiles had been deployed in Turkey?
  • Patriot
  • Cruise
  • Jupiter
  • Minuteman
Q.2
In 1961 the US supported an invasion attempt of the island of Cuba by anti-Castro forces based in Florida. The invasion failed ignominiously, but Castro - fearing further attacks - asked the Soviet Union for weapons that would deter more US-backed assaults. What was the name of the ill-fated invasion attempt in 1961?
  • The Bay of Pigs
  • Guantanamo Bay
  • The Gulf of Batabano
  • Gulf of Ana Maria
Q.3
The Cuba Crisis also ushered in a nuclear test ban treaty (1963), and a further treaty in 1968 which encouraged countries that were tempted to acquire nuclear weapons to refrain from doing so. What was this latter agreement called?
  • The Nuclear Disarmament Agreement
  • The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
  • The Nuclear Ban Treaty
  • The International Atomic Weapons Disarmament Agreement
Q.4
The US representative at the United Nations presented the incriminating aerial photographs to the Assembly, and asked for the Soviet delegate's reaction. Who was this US diplomat?
  • Dean Rusk
  • Hubert Humphrey
  • Adlai Stevenson
  • Robert McNamara
Q.5
Which British Conservative prime minister was in regular touch by telephone throughout the crisis with Kennedy, and supported the US stance throughout?
  • Churchill
  • Eden
  • Douglas-Home
  • MacMillan
Q.6
What type of reconnaissance aircraft did the USA use to photograph suspected missile sites on the Cuban mainland?
  • B52
  • Dakota
  • U2
  • Hercules
Q.7
Kennedy decided to surround Cuba with US warships to ensure that no further weaponry entered the island. What name did he give to this policy?
  • Embargo
  • Siege
  • Quarantine
  • Blockade
Q.8
The Cuban Crisis led to the setting up of a direct telephone link between the White House and the Kremlin, which made it easier in the future for crises to be defused. What name was given to this 'phone line?
  • The Hotline
  • The Scrambler 'phone
  • Speedlink
  • Summit Call
Q.9
The United Nations brokered an agreement on the 28th of October Who was the Secretary-General who achieved this?
  • Dag Hammarskjold
  • U Thant
  • Kurt Waldheim
  • Trygve Lie
Q.10
Kennedy's advisors were divided in their advice as to what action the US should take. Which air force general urged air attacks on Cuba followed by the toppling of the Castro regime?
  • Westmoreland
  • MacArthur
  • Curtis le May
  • Colin Powell
0 h : 0 m : 1 s