Question

Regarding the “shoe banging” incident during a visit to the United Nations, ____.

Select one:

a. It occurred during an argument between Soviet leader Khrushchev and Vice-President Richard Nixon about the superiority of capitalism over communism.

b. Khrushchev responded to words from a Filipino official at the UN by banging his shoe but the incident was never filmed or photographed.

c. Americans watched on television while Soviet leader Khrushchev banged his shoe on a podium in front of the UN General Assembly and shouted, "We will bury you!"

Answer 1

Regarding the “shoe banging” incident during a visit to the United Nations, ____.

c. Americans watched on television while Soviet leader Khrushchev banged his shoe on a podium in front of the UN General Assembly and shouted, "We will bury you!"

Nikita Khrushchev shoe-banging incident happened during the Plenary Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly that was held in New York in 1960. On 12 October, during the session, Khrushchev pounded his shoe on his delegate-desk for protesting at a speech by Philippine delegate Lorenzo Sumulong