No parking here (Cuban Missile Crisis)
What year was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
a) 1956
b) 1962
c) 1971
d) 1984
b) 1962
What year did the Korean War start?
a) 1948
b) 1950
c) 1956
d) 1961
b) 1950
What year did Russia invade Afghanistan?
a) 1953
b) 1967
c) 1979
d) 1982
c) 1979
What year did the Russian nuclear powerplant, Chernobyl, have its famous meltdown?
a) 1964
b) 1976
c) 1986
d) 1990
c) 1986
Why did American attempt to invade Cuba?
a) Overthrow Fidel Castro
b) Remove Soviet nuclear weapons
c) Reopen mafia casinos
d) The CIA was bored and needed something to do
a) Overthrow Fidel Castro
When did America test the first Hydrogen Bomb?
a) 1948
b) 1952
c) 1959
d) 1964
b) 1952 The first test took place in 1952 on a small Pacific Island by the Marshall Islands. The explosion, nicknamed the “Mike Shot”, was very successful.
How did America know Russia was putting nukes in Cuba?
a) American spy planes took pictures of the nuclear missile sites
b) Searched it up on the internet
c) Undercover CIA spies in Cuba reported seeing nukes
d) Castro bragged about Soviet nukes and had military parades showing off Soviet nukes
a) American spy planes took pictures of the nuclear missile sites
Who was the leader of North Korea during the Korean War?
a) Kim Jong il
b) Kim Jong Un
c) Kim il-Sung
d) Kim Kardashian
c) Kim il-Sung
The USA provided everything except which of the following to the Afghan people during their war against the Soviet Union?
a) Soldiers
b) Weapons
c) Covert military training
d) Funding
a) Soldiers
Why did the reactor explode in Chernobyl?
a) Due to a flawed design in the power-plant during a low-power test
b) Lightning strike in thunder storm
c) Sabotage by anti-Communist rebels
d) Soviet scientist fell asleep and reactor overheated
a) Due to a flawed design in the power-plant during a low-power test
Why was it called the Bay of Pigs?
a) It was a disaster and American soldiers were slaughtered like pigs when they were caught off guard
b) American soldiers invaded on the Cuban coast known as Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs)
c) Cuban pig farmers were used as spies and gave information to American soldiers
d) It is a famous bay with a rare pigfish that inhabits the waters
b) American soldiers invaded on the Cuban coast known as Bahía de Cochinos (Bay of Pigs)
What is the name of the long range nuclear warheads that could go across the world.
a) Project Jagerbomb Missiles
b) Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles
c) Galaxy Cruisers
d) Spear-tip Sky Missiles
b) Inter Continental Ballistic Missiles
What action did America take when Russia put nuclear weapons in Cuba?
a) Naval Blockade on Cuba
b) Threaten nuclear strikes on Moscow
c) Oil embargo on Russia oil
d) Raised tariffs on Cuban goods
a) Naval Blockade on Cuba
What boundary separates North and South Korea today?
a) 21st Parallel
b) 32nd Parallel
c) 38th Parallel
d) 46th Parallel
c) 38th Parallel
How many Afghan people died as a result of the Soviet-Afghan war?
a) 500,000
b) 700,000
c) 1-2 Million
d) 4-6 Million
c) 1-2 Million
How long until the area around Chernobyl will be safely habitable again?
a) 3,000 to 20,000 years
b) 700 to 1,000 years
c) 100 to 500 years
d) Never Again
a) 3,000 to 20,000 years
Why was the Bay of Pigs such a failed mess when we tried to invade Cuba?
a) We landed in marshy bogs where our guys got pinned down
b) The CIA used obsolete WW2 planes that missed their bombing targets before the invasion
c) American forces quickly became outnumbered when Castro quickly mobilized 20,000 soldiers to meet our guys
d) When the president ordered additional air support, the fighter pilots showed up an hour late as they were confused by the time zone difference (and were shot down anyhow)
e) All of the above are true (no way?)
e) All of the above are true (no way?)
Who was the “Father Of the Hydrogen Bomb”?
a) Edward Teller
b) James Heitfield
c) Jonathan White
d) Taylor Michaels
a) Edward Teller
Who was the US president during the Cubin Missile Crisis who ordered Russia to remove their nuclear missile sites from Cuba?
a) Harry S Truman
b) Richard Nixon
c) John F Kennedy
d) Ronald Reagan
c) John F Kennedy
How many Americans died during the Korean War? (roughly)
a) 15,000
b) 24,000
c) 36,000
d) 48,000
c) 36,000
What was the outcome of the Soviet-Afghan War?
a) It resulted in a stalemate and finally Russia agreed to a peace treaty that benefited both sides
b) Although Russian forces controlled the cities; ultimately they could not conquer Afghanistan and left in utter defeat
d) America, with the help of the Pope, convinced the Soviet Union to withdraw from Afghanistan and they peacefully left towards the end of the Cold War
c) The Soviets successfully gained control of Afghanistan and eventually left after realizing that Afghanistan offered no value to the Soviet Union.
b) Although Russian forces controlled cities, ultimately they could not conquer Afghanistan and left in utter defeat
Roughly, how many people died due to the melt down of Chernobyl?
a) 31-50
b) 100-150
c) 500-1,300
d) 2,200-2,600
a) 31-50 31 Officially (UN says 50) (Thousands of people were exposed to radiation)
Who was the American president who ordered the failed invasion of Cuba leaving him embarrassed?
a) Harry S Truman
b) Dwight D Eisenhower
c) Richard Nixon
d) John F Kennedy
d) John F Kennedy
Roughly how many nuclear bombs did America have during the Cold War?
a) 4,000
b) 9,000
c) 23,000
d) 32,000
d) 32,000 nuclear warheads (1966)
Russia had close to 40,00 (1988)
What was a major component of the secret negotiations that successfully resolved the crisis?
a) The US had secretly agreed to remove its Jupiter missiles from Turkey/Italy.
b) The Soviet Union agreed to leave its Il-28 bombers in Cuba permanently.
c) Kennedy publicly announces the trade of US oil to Soviet Union ally countries to help them out.
d) The US paid the Soviet Union $14 Million to ship the missiles back to Russia.
a) The US had secretly agreed to remove its Jupiter missiles from Turkey/Italy.
The Korean War is also commonly referred to as?
a) The Pacific Cold War
b) The Forgotten War
c) Second Indo-China War
d) Korea’s War for Freedom
b) The Forgotten War
Afghan fighters (the Mujahideen) later were renamed to what well-known terrorist group today?
a) al-Qaida
b) Taliban
c) ISIS
d) Hamas
a) al-Qaida
Do animals still inhabit Chernobyl today?
a) No – Completely empty of all plant and animals
b) No – Just plants have grown back
c) Yes – But only small ones like insects (no mammals)
d) Yes – All animals have returned
d) Yes – All animals have returned
After the Bay of Pigs invasion, what did America give to Cuba in exchange for the prisoners?
a) One million dollars in cash
b) Reassurance we would not invade Cuba again
c) Baby Food & Medicine
d) 15,000 New Ford/Chevy Automobiles
c) Baby Food & Medicine
What is the largest nuclear bomb America ever tested?
a) Upshot-Knothole
b) Operation Redwing
c) Castle Bravo Test
d) Hardtack 1
c) Castle Bravo Test - 1954 test on Bikini Atoll. They thought it would yield the equivalent of 5 million tons of TNT, but, in fact, "Bravo" yielded 15 megatons - making it more than a thousand times bigger than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima.