Cuba by ESB

Champion(s):

THEJMAN


Runner(s)-Up:

tomasnomas
nomas


Quiz Description

A series of questions about the country.

Full Results:

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1 THEJMAN 486 97 15
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2 tomasnomas 304 92 15
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3 EggCzar 278 86 15
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4 Nicholas 272 81 00
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5 CoenM 219 76 15
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6 rouquinne 204 68 15
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6 PipkeR 204 68 00
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8 MoyseyC 198 60 15
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9 DFisher 183 55 15
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10 RichmondJ 181 50 15
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11 HightB 166 44 15
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12 RuizJ 162 39 15
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13 Shosin 157 34 15
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14 JonesRW 146 28 15
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15 DouglasLovesVixey 136 23 15
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16 SokolM 131 18 00
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17 KPope 120 13 15
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18 MitchellWA 68 7 00
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19 ArunH 63 2 00
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Questions:

In what year did Fidel Castro's revolution overthrow the Cuban government?

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1959

Fidel Castro's revolutionary movement was named for WHAT DATE?

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JULY 26TH (26 de julio)

In 2018 what leader became the first president of Cuba NOT named Castro since the revolution?

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(Miguel) DIAZ-CANEL

In 1750 Havana had more than 75,000 people, making it the third most-populous city in the Americas. Name EITHER ONE of the two larger cities. HINT: NEITHER of them is in the U.S.

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LIMA or MEXICO CITY

Havana's original Spanish name included the name of WHAT SAINT, who is also the patron saint of Old Havana's cathedral?

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SAN CRISTOBAL or ST. CHRISTOPHER

Which SECOND-MOST populous city of Cuba served as the capital until Spanish governor Dr. Gonzalo Perez moved the government to Havana?

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SANTIAGO de Cuba

What NATIONAL HERO and independence advocate who died at the Battle of Dos Rios in 1895 is the namesake of Havana's airport?

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Jose MARTI

Which Spanish military governor was labeled "Butcher" by the American press after herding rural Cubans into ~reconcentrados~, concentration camps where more than 200,000 Cubans died?

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Valeriano WEYLER

Cuba currently uses two currencies: the "Cuban" type used for native transactions and the "convertible" type used in the tourist economy. Both types of currency share WHAT NAME?

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PESO

At about 21 miles, WHICH CARIBBEAN COUNTRY lies the closest to the territory of Cuba?

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The BAHAMAS

What TWO foods are combined in the traditional Cuban dish ~moros y cristianos~, or ~Moors and Christians~?

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black BEANS and RICE

After the Seven Years War, the Peace of Paris gave Cuba, which had been occupied by the British in 1762, back to Spain in exchange for WHAT OTHER TERRITORY?

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FLORIDA