Cuba
Cuba is the largest Caribbean island. This topic is part of Countries within Geography. This page currently draws on 23 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
Cuba trivia questions
Cuba is the largest island in which region?
Answer: Caribbean
Bonus fact: Cuba is the largest Caribbean island.
Which 1962 confrontation centered on Soviet missiles in Cuba?
Answer: Cuban Missile Crisis
Bonus fact: The crisis brought the United States and Soviet Union close to nuclear war.
The Greater Antilles include Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and what other major island?
Answer: Puerto Rico
Bonus fact: Puerto Rico is part of the Greater Antilles.
What is the capital of Cuba?
Answer: Havana
Bonus fact: The U.S. Department of State lists Havana as the capital of Cuba.
Which strait lies between Florida and Cuba?
Answer: Straits of Florida
Bonus fact: The passage connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Atlantic Ocean.
Which channel separates Cuba from Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula?
Answer: Yucatán Channel
Bonus fact: It is the major passage between the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico.
How many revolutionaries were aboard the Granma when it sailed for Cuba?
Answer: 82
Bonus fact: The landing went badly and the expedition was scattered, but a surviving core regrouped in the Sierra Maestra.
Which island is the largest in the Caribbean?
Answer: Cuba
Bonus fact: Cuba is the largest Caribbean island by area.
Jamaica is an island country in which region?
Answer: Caribbean
Bonus fact: Jamaica lies south of Cuba.
Kennedy was president during which 1962 nuclear confrontation?
Answer: Cuban Missile Crisis
Bonus fact: The U.S. and Soviet Union confronted each other over missiles in Cuba.
The Battle of San Juan Hill was fought during which war?
Answer: Spanish-American War
Bonus fact: The battle took place in Cuba in 1898.
Which Crowe film features the line 'Show me the money!'?
Answer: Jerry Maguire
Bonus fact: Cuba Gooding Jr. won an Oscar for the film.