Q 01/05

How many days did the Falklands conflict last?

A) 80

B) 95

C) 74

D) 110

Answer · why

C) 74

It ran from the invasion on 2 April 1982 to the Argentine surrender on 14 June.

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

A small British force recaptured it on 25 April, prompting Thatcher's 'Just rejoice at that news'.

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

The Falklands had been a British Crown colony since which year?

A) 1765

B) 1816

C) 1892

D) 1841

Answer · why

D) 1841

Islanders are mostly descendants of British settlers and strongly favour British sovereignty.

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

Operation Journeyman sent HMS Dreadnought after Argentina occupied Southern Thule.