Fidel Castro Trivia Quiz Questions
Admitting he was "politically illiterate", he became embroiled in what?A: Student activism, and the violent gangsterismo culture within the university.
Passionate about anti-imperialism and opposing U.S. intervention in the Caribbean, he unsuccessfully campaigned for what?
A: The presidency of the Federation of University Students on a platform of "honesty, decency and justice".
Castro became critical of the corruption and violence of what?
A: President Ramón Grau's government, delivering a public speech on the subject in November 1946 that received coverage on the front page of several newspapers.
In 1947, what did Fidel join?
A: He joined the Party of the Cuban People.
Who founded the Party of the Cuban People?
A: Eduardo Chibás.
Chibás was a charismatic figure, and advocated what?
A: Social justice, honest government, and political freedom.
His party exposed corruption and demanded what?
A: Reform.
Chibás came third in the 1948 general election, Fidel remained committed to what?
A: Working on his behalf.
What escalated after Grau employed gang leaders as police officers?
A: Student violence.
Fidel soon received what?
A: A death threat urging him to leave the university.
Castro refused, and he began carrying a what?
A: Gun.
What did Fidel surround himself with?
A: Armed friends.
In June 1947, Castro learned of a what?
A: A planned expedition to overthrow the right-wing military junta of Rafael Trujillo, a U.S. ally, in the Dominican Republic.
Castro was President of the University Committee for Democracy in the Dominican Republic, and so what did Fidel do?
A: Castro joined the expedition.
The military force consisted of around how many soldiers?
A: 1,200.
What did they consist mostly of?
A: Cubans and exiled Dominicans.
What did they intend to do?
A: Sail from Cuba in July 1947.
Grau's government stopped the invasion, although Castro and many of his comrades evaded what?
A: Arrest.
Returning to Havana, Castro took a leading role in student protests against the killing of a high school pupil by whom?
A: Government bodyguards.
The protests, accompanied by a crackdown on those considered communists, led to what?
A: Violent clashes between activists and police in February 1948.
In April 1948, Fidel traveled to Bogotá, Colombia, with a Cuban student group sponsored by whom?
A: President Juan Perón's Argentine government.
In 1948 Fidel married what student from a wealthy family through whom he was exposed to the lifestyle of the Cuban elite?
A: Mirta Díaz Balart.
The relationship was a love match, disapproved of by whom?
A: Both families.
Díaz Balart's father gave them tens of thousands of dollars to spend on what?
A: A three-month New York City honeymoon.