Cuban Missile Crisis (copy)

Which company was Robert McNamara CEO of before taking a place in JFK’s administration?

Ford

Who did JFK call before the televised address on October 22nd to ask for his advice on the situation?

General Eisenhower

What did JFK’s government call the blockade?

a “quarantine”

Which famous TV presenter interviewed the pentagon and other governmental branches for CBS during the crisis?

Cronkite

From where to where does JFK change the blockade line in response to domestic pressure (from the protests) and Khrushchev’s letter?

800 miles to 500 miles

What alert level does JFK put the US army on during the Cuban Missile Crisis?

DEFCON2

What was the name of the committee who met to discuss potential responses to the missiles found in Cuba?

EXCOMM (Executive Committee)

Who was the Secretary of Defence?

Robert McNamara

Who was the US ambassador to the UN?

Adlai Stevenson

How many Soviet ships turn back at the new blockade line (500 miles)?

14

How many Soviet ships continued towards the new blockade line (500 miles)?

6

What was the nickname given to the 27th October 1962?

Black Saturday

How much time does Bobby Kennedy give Dobrynin to give a response to the proposal that he gave him?

24 hours

Complete the quote by Kennedy (taken from his statement to the nation after the peaceful resolution of the crisis on the 28th October):

“I welcome Chairman Khrushchev’s ________________________ to stop building bases in Cuba, dismantling offensive weapons and returning them to the Soviet Union under United Nations verification.”

statesmanlike decision

Who does JFK call to pass on the news of the successful resolution of the crisis?

Harry Truman

Complete the quote by Adlai Stevenson (taken from his speech at the UN on 25th October):

“Sir, I am prepared to wait for your answer till __________________, if that’s your decision.”

hell freezes over

How many Soviet “technicians” were reported to be on Cuba by intelligence sources?

6000-8000

How many Soviet “technicians” were actually on Cuba?

43,000

How many days did intelligence estimate that the administration had to act until the nuclear missiles on Cuba would be operational?

10-14

After how many months did Bobby Kennedy propose to Dobrynin that the USA would remove their missiles from Turkey following the removal of the USSR’s missiles from Cuba?

4-6 months

Who was Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force?

Curtis LeMay

Who was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

Maxwell Taylor

Who was United States Ambassador At Large for Soviet Affairs?

Tommy Thompson

Who was Secretary of State?

Dean Rusk

Who was Secretary of the Treasury?

Douglas Dillon

Who was the Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs?

Andrei Gromyko

How many days did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?

13

What type of airstrike did Dean Rusk want?

a “surgical” airstrike

Who pulled out of NATO due to anger that they hadn’t been consulted regarding the United States’ decision in Cuba?

France (Charles de Gaulle)