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In what city was President Kennedy assassinated?
Dallas, Texas.
What country detonated the most powerful nuclear device in history?
Soviet Union/Russia
1961
Tsar Bomba
Between 1959 - 2000, which foreign leader has had more than 600 assassination plots perpetrated against him; the majority of which were initiated by the CIA.
Fidel Castro
Why didn't Khrushchev take Kennedy seriously when they first met?
Kennedy was inexperienced on the world stage.
Although there have been three U.S. Presidents that have been impeached by the House of Representatives, only one resigned before it could happen? Which president was this, and why?
Richard Nixon, because he was all but assured to not only be impeached by the House but also convicted by the Senate and removed from office.
As mentioned in the Oversimplified: Cold War part 1 video, the only region of the U.S. that would escape a direct hit from a Soviet missile fired from Cuba would be which region of the U.S.?
The Pacific Northwest
To paraphrase one of Lemmino's final points in his video, corruption does not equal what?
Conspiracy
Which of the following was the reason for the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion: Castro's government had spies hidden amongst the rebels or Kennedy reduced U.S. support?
Trick question....it was both.
Although the Godfather Part II depicts a highly fictionalized, behind-the-scenes, version of the night Fidel Castro's rebels overthrew the Cuban government, the movie is correct about the fact that what group of people did business with the Cuban government?
The Mafia
After WWII, what European nation tried to regain control of the Vietnamese area of Southeast Asia?
France
This country, and it's capital city, not only housed U.S. nuclear missiles in range of the Soviet Union, but it also exists on two continents at the same time.
Turkey
How were police able to trace the rifle used to kill Kennedy back to Oswald?
The serial number on the rifle matched that of a rifle that was shipped to a known alias of Oswald
Under Pol Pot's regime, equality for the masses meant everyone had to be equally what?
Poor
Which military action during the Vietnam War, arguably, made 1968 the deadliest year of the Vietnam War?
The Tet Offensive
It took decades for the government to admit it, but it has been determined that Agent Orange was responsible for what two types of serious illnesses?
(these illnesses were often showing up in former soldiers who had no family history of either illness)
Cancer and Dementia
Because the angle was wrong.
Kennedy slumped forward slightly, meaning the shot had to come from behind. If it had come from the front, i.e. the grassy knoll, then his head and neck would've fallen backwards a little, and the second shot would've grazed his chin or missed completely.
What is the highest Defcon level the U.S. military has ever declared?
**50% bonus points if you can remember the code name for this Defcon level**
Defcon 2
(Fast Pace)
What was it about Pol Pot's reign of terror, besides being so short compared to other infamous dictators, that made said reign of terror so incredible/insane?
The fact that the per year death toll under Pol Pot is right up there with the worst dictators in human history.