Facts More Of Vietnam

Question 1

During Operation Linebacker 1 between May and October 1972, how many tonnes of bombs were dropped on North?

Answer 1

150,000 tons

Question 2

In 1970 Nixon started SALT talks with the USSR to limit nuclear weapons. What does SALT stand for?

Answer 2

Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

Question 3

Which two countries did Nixon visit in 1972 in a bid to put presssure of North Vietnam to end the war?

Answer 3

USSR and China

Question 4

Which country did the USA invade in March 1969, in Operation Menu, in an attempt to destroy Communist help for the VC?

Answer 4

Cambodia

Question 5

What was the name of the Communist group in this country under the leadership of Pol Pot?

Answer 5

Khmer Rouge

Question 6

What was the name given to the operation to invade Laos in February 1971 which ended in disaster and defeat for the South Vietnamese army?

Answer 6

Operation Lam Son 719

Question 7

What John Lennon song was adopted by the peace movement in 1969?

Answer 7

Give peace a chance

Question 8

What percentage of TV reports showed dead or wounded people?

Answer 8

25%

Question 9

How many people watched the shocking images of the execution of a VC soldier live on US TV?

Answer 9

20 million

Question 10

What was Ronald Haeberle famous for?

Answer 10

Photgraphing the dead at My Lai

Question 11

Which famous boxer burnt his draft card?

Answer 11

Muhammad Ali

Question 12

How many students at Berkeley, Yale and Stanford Universities protested against the Vietnam war in 1968?

Answer 12

40, 000

Question 13

After 4 student were killed at Kent State University, how many students went on strike?

Answer 13

4 million

Question 14

Hey, Hey LBJ…….

Answer 14

How many kids did you kill today?

Question 15

What was the name of shops opened for anti-war, ex-servicemen to get coffee and doughnuts?

Answer 15

GI coffeehouses

Question 16

In 1970 there were 209 fraggings? What is fragging?

Answer 16

Killing your own officer

Question 17

Jane Fonda, Donald Sutherland and Fred Gardner were famous actors. What did they set up to protest against the war?

Answer 17

The FTA tour (Free the Army roadshow)

Question 18

What did the VVAW stand for?

Answer 18

Vietnam Veterans Against the War

Question 19

What was the name given to the investigations held in Detroit in December 1970 about US atrocities in Vietnam?

Answer 19

Winter Soldier Investigations

Question 20

What was the name of the hearings set up in 1971 to try and find a way out of Vietnam?

Answer 20

Fulbright Hearings

Question 21

What was the name of the disabled ex-soldier who became a campaigner against war?

Answer 21

John Kerry

Question 22

What was the name of the scandal which ended in Nixon’s resignation?

Answer 22

Watergate

Question 23

Where did peace talks start in May 1968 and lasted until January 1973?

Answer 23

Paris

Question 24

Which two men had secret meetings for three years between 1969 and 1972?

Answer 24

Kissinger and Tho

Question 25

Who was leader of South Vietnam, who was appalled by the Paris Peace Accords in 1973?

Answer 25

Thieu

Question 26

Why couldn’t the USA keep up the promises made to protect South Vietnam at the Paris Peace Accords?

Answer 26

Stock market crash and world oil crisis meant less money for war.

Question 27

Why did the North feel confident enough to break the Paris Accords and attack the South in 1975?

Answer 27

US Congress wouldn’t allow Ford to commit any more money to Vietnam.

Question 28

What was the codename of the US evacuation of South Vietnam?

Answer 28

Operation Frequent Wind

Question 29

On what date did the North defeat the South and reunite Vietnam?

Answer 29

April 30th 1975