Q 01/05

How long did the Falklands War last?

A) Ten days

B) Ten weeks

C) Ten months

D) Three years

Answer · why

B) Ten weeks

Ten weeks: Argentina invaded on 2 April 1982 and its garrison surrendered on 14 June, after 74 days, in a war that neither side ever formally declared...

Q 02/05

Besides the Falklands, which other islands did Argentina invade the next day, 3 April 1982?

A) South Orkney

B) Tristan da Cunha

C) Gough Island

D) South Georgia

Answer · why

D) South Georgia

South Georgia fell on 3 April only after 22 Royal Marines shot down a helicopter and damaged an Argentine warship; British forces retook the island on...

Q 03/05

How many Falkland Islanders were killed during the hostilities?

A) Three

B) None

C) Eleven

D) Twenty

Answer · why

A) Three

Argentine losses were 649 military personnel and British losses 255.

Q 04/05

By what name does Argentina know the Falkland Islands?

A) Islas Malvinas

B) Islas Orcadas

C) Islas Georgias

D) Islas Aurora

Answer · why

A) Islas Malvinas

Islas Malvinas comes from the French Îles Malouines, a name given in the 1760s for the sailors from Saint-Malo who founded the islands' first settleme...

Q 05/05

Which British prime minister secretly sent two frigates and a nuclear submarine south in 1977?

A) Harold Wilson

B) Edward Heath

C) James Callaghan

D) Margaret Thatcher

Answer · why

C) James Callaghan

James Callaghan's government secretly ordered the ships south after Argentina set up a base on Southern Thule, fearing the Falklands might be next.