Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz - Test Your Knowledge of the Cuban Missile Crisis

1. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a dangerous standoff between President Kennedy and which other head of state?

Nikita Khrushchev

Boris Yeltsin

Joseph Stalin

Tony Blair

Francois Mitterrand

2. The Cuban Missile Crisis was announced by President Kennedy on a televised address to the public on October 22, 1962. The crisis lasted for how many days?

9

10

13

12

7

3. How long after the crisis started did President Kennedy wait to tell the American people?

Hours

One week

One month

One year

He never told

4. By day three, U.S. leaders were considering which options to remove Russian missiles from western Cuba?

Diplomacy

Invasion

"Surgical" airstrikes

A blockade

All of the above

5. The conflict was over what type of missiles?

Surface to Air

Nuclear

Cruise

Anti-tank

Missile defense

6. Which invasion is believed to be one of the reasons Soviets started to build the missile ranges?

Bay of Pigs

Gulf of Tonkin

Invasion of Prague

Bay of Bengal

Gulf of Gulls

7. The missile sites were removed when the U.S. promised not to do what?

Build more nuclear weapons

Invade Cuba

Become a communist country

Invade the Dominican Republic

Join the United Nations

8. After the crisis, what was communication system was put in place to help avert future crises?

Red button

The internet

Direct hotline

Messenger pigeons

The United Nations Security Council

9. What treaty was signed soon after that marked the first agreements to limit nuclear arms?

Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Disarmament Treaty

International Atomic Energy Agency

No Nukes Treaty

Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty

10. What is the name of the movie that came out in 2000 which depicted the Cuban Missile Crisis?

Thirteen Days

Twelve Days

The Horror

Bay of Pigs

Nuclear War