Cuban Missile Crisis (1962)

Question 1

When did Fidel Castro overthrow the dictator of Cuba, initially promising free elections but instead instituted a socialist dictatorship?

Answer 1

1959

Question 2

In late 1960, who authorized the CIA to plan an invasion of Cuba using Cuban exiles as troops?

Answer 2

President Eisenhower

Question 3

Who ordered the Cuban invasion to proceed since President Eisenhower’s second term ended before the plan could be implemented?

Answer 3

JFK

Question 4

When did the Cuban invasion occur where the Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs and suffered a crushing defeat?

Answer 4

Mid-April 1961

Question 5

Where did the Cuban exiles land to start the invasion plan hoping that the Cuban people would overthrow Castro and install a pro-US government?

Answer 5

Bay of Pigs

Question 6

What aircraft deployed to McCoy AFB, FL and began flying high altitude reconnaissance flights over Cuba?

Answer 6

SAC U-2

Question 7

What aircraft began conducting low-level reconnaissance flights on 26 Oct 1962, eleven days after the Strategic Air Command U-2 high-altitude reconnaissance flights confirmation?

Answer 7

RF 101s and RB-66s

Question 8

Who piloted the U-2 plane that was shot down on 27 October 1962 by Cuban air defenses, which increased tension between the US and USSR?

Answer 8

Major Rudolf Anderson