1) Who landed in Cuba in 1492?
a) Christopher Columbus
b) Amerigo Vespucci
c) Bartholomew Diaz
d) Francisco Pizzaro

2) When was slavery abolished in Cuba?
a) 1801
b) 1863
c) 1886
d) 1902

3) Who came to power in Cuba on 1 January 1959?
a) Jose Marti
b) Gerardo Machado
c) Fidel Castro
d) Elian Gonzales

4) When was the Cuban missile crisis?
a) 1961
b) 1962
c) 1963
d) 1964

5) Which area of Cuba is under lease to USA?
a) Havana
b) Guantanamo Bay
c) Holguin
d) Santa Clara

6) Who overthrew the government of Gerardo Machado in 1933?
a) Fulgencio Batista
b) Raul Castro
c) Ernesto Guevera
d) Jorge Bolanos

7) Which of the following associations has Cuba as its member?
a) ASEAN
b) NAM
c) NATO
b) SAARC

8) Which is the capital of Cuba?
a) Miami
b) Havana
c) Trinidad
d) Bayamo

9) Who was awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George Bush of USA on 5 November 2007?
a) Oscar Elias Biscet
b) Yan Valdes Morejon
c) Yamile Llanes
d) Jose Luis Garcia

10) Which Pope visited Cuba in 1998?
a) John XXIII
b) Paul VI
c) John Paul II
d) Benedict XVI

Cuba Quiz Answers

1) Who landed in Cuba in 1492?
a) Christopher Columbus

2) When was slavery abolished in Cuba?
c) 1886

3) Who came to power in Cuba on 1 January 1959?
c) Fidel Castro

4) When was the Cuban missile crisis?
b) 1962

5) Which area of Cuba is under lease to USA?
b) Guantanamo Bay

6) Who overthrew the government of Gerardo Machado in 1933?
a) Fulgencio Batista

7) Which of the following associations has Cuba as its member?
b) NAM

8) Which is the capital of Cuba?
b) Havana

9) Who was awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by President George Bush of USA on 5 November 2007?
a) Oscar Elias Biscet

10) Which Pope visited Cuba in 1998?
c) John Paul II