Havana - City Sights

Ernest Hemingway Museum

Along with his wife, Hemingway lived in Havana with a number of pets. What type of pets did he have?

Cats

Hemingway left the house now known as the Hemingway Museum and went back to the United States to be treated for what?

Depression

How long did Ernest Hemingway live in Cuba?

20 years

In what Cuban city is the Hemingway Museum located?

Havana

In what year did Hemingway leave Cuba?

1960

In what year did Hemingway start living in the house that became the Hemingway Museum?

1939

In what year was the Cuban Hemingway Museum building built?

1886

In what year was the Hemingway Museum opened to tourists?

2007

In which borough of Havana is the Hemingway Museum located?

San Francisco de Paula

The official name of the Hemingway Museum is “Finca Vigia”. What does this mean in English?

Lookout farm

What is the official name of the Hemingway Museum?

Finca Vigia

What was the name of the boat which Hemingway used in Havana?

Pilar

Which of Hemingway’s wives helped discover the house which is now the Hemingway Museum?

Martha Gellhorn

Which of these books was written by Hemingway in the house that would become the Hemingway Museum?

The Old Man and the Sea

Which of these can’t be found at the Hemingway Museum?

Basketball court

Who built the house which now stands as the Hemingway Museum?

Miguel Pascual y Baguer

What was one of Hemingway's favorite hobbies while living in Havana?

Fishing

A statue of Ernest Hemingway sits outside of which Havana drinking spot?

La Floridita

Morro Castle

An American what is named after Morro Castle?

Battleship

In what year was Morro Castle built?

1589

Morro Castle appears in what 1940s American film?

The Ghost Breakers

The Morro Castle can be seen in the background of what painting?

Watson and the Shark

The Morro Castle once housed a school for who?

Lighthouse keepers

To cut off invading ships, Morro Castle was once equipped with a hanging chain. To what other castle was this chain connected?

La Punta Castle

What country captured the Morro Castle in 1762?

England

What Cuban poet was imprisoned at the Morro Castle for his critical views of the government?

Reinaldo Arenas

When Great Britain attacked Morro Castle, who was Britain’s navy commander?

Lord Albemarle

Which of these is the name of a lighthouse at the Morro Castle?

Faro Castillo del Morro

Who designed the Morro Castle?

Juan Batista Antonelli

Who first had control of Morro Castle?

Spain

Who is Morro Castle named after?

Three wisemen

Which country attacked the Morro Castle in the 18th century?

Great Britain

Morro Castle is the primary setting for which of these books?

Antonelli

Old Havana

In what year was Old Havana made a UNESCO World Heritage Site?

1982

Opened in 1895, what is the name of Old Havana’s oldest hotel?

Hotel Inglaterra

The National Capital in Old Havana is modeled after what building?

Pantheon

What 2008 hurricane destroyed many structures in Old Havana?

Hurricane Ike

What Frenchman burned parts of Old Havana in 1555?

Jacques de Sores

What is the name of the 16th-century fortress which sits in Old Havana?

Castillo de la Real Fuerza

What is the name of the first fortress built in Old Havana?

Castillo de la Real Fuerza

What is the name of the fountain which exists in Old Havana’s Plaza de San Francisco?

Fuente de los Leones

What is the name of the Old Havana roadway which connects Central Park and the Plaza de Armas?

Calle Obispo

Which of these famous cathedrals was built in Old Havana in 1777?

Catedral de San Cristobal

Which of these is not a ward in Old Havana?

Mieda

Which of these squares is known as the primary square in Old Havana?

Plaza de Armas

Which of these was a fortress in Old Havana?

La Cabana

Who designed the 16th-century fortress which exists in Old Havana?

Francisco de Calona