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VIETNAM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| THE BOOK 'FROM HANOI TO HOLLYWOOD' IS ABOUT THIS WAR | VIETNAM |
| THE U.S. FOUGHT A WAR IN THIS ASIAN COUNTRY WHERE A NATIONALIST COMMUNIST ARMY HAD EARLIER FOUGHT THE FRENCH | VIETNAM |
| THIS 2-WORD VIETNAM WAR ITEM CONSISTED OF 2 WEEDKILLERS, 2,4-D AND 2,4,5-T | AGENT ORANGE |
| JONATHAN PRYCE WON A TONY FOR PLAYING A PIMP KNOWN AS 'THE ENGINEER' IN THIS VIETNAM WAR-SET MUSICAL | 'MISS SAIGON' |
| 1969 TALKS ON THE VIETNAM WAR WERE DELAYED FOR 10 WEEKS OVER THE SHAPE OF THIS | TABLE...ROUND OR RECTANGLE |
| THIS RECENT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WAS DETAINED FOR 5 YEARS AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN NORTH VIETNAM | JOHN MCCAIN |
| ONE OF THE LAST LINES OF THIS VIETNAM WAR-SET FILM IS 'THE HORROR...THE HORROR' | 'APOCALYPSE NOW' |
| BUILT IN 1982, THE 2 WALLS OF THIS MEMORIAL ARE 245 FEET LONG AND MEET AT AN ANGLE OF 125 DEGREES | VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL |
| AFTER WALTER CRONKITE CALLED THE VIETNAM WAR UNWINNABLE, THIS MAN SAID, "IF I'VE LOST CONKRITE, I'VE LOST AMERICA' | LBJ |
| CAMPAIGNING AGAINST HUBERT HUMPHREY IN 1968, HE SAID HE HAD A 'SECRET PLAN' TO END THE WAR IN VIETNAM | NIXON |
| DEDICATED IN NOV. 1982, IT NOW BEARS MORE THAN 58,000 NAMES | VIETNAM WAR MEMORIAL |
| IN 1998 DNA TESTING IDENTIFIED THE REMAINS OF THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER FROM THIS WAR AS THOSE OF LT. MICHAEL J. BLASSIE | VIETNAM WAR |
| BEFORE THE WAR IN VIETNAM, HE BECAME THE YOUNGEST EVER MAJOR GENERAL OF THE U.S. ARMY (AGE 42) | WILLIAM WESTMORELAND |
| NAME FOR VIETNAM AFTER WWI | FRENCH INDOCHINA |
| VIETNAM WAS A COLONY OF THIS COUNTRY | FRANCE |
| GUERILLA LEADER OF THE VIETNAMESE COMMUNIST DURING WWI | HO CHI MINH |
| IN 1954, THE COMMUNISTS BEAT THE FRENCH AT THIS BATTLE, FORCING THEM TO ABANDON THEIR COLONY | DIEN BIEN PHU |
| THE CAPITAL OF NORTH VIETNAM | HANOI |
| THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH VIETNAM | SAIGON |
| THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADER WHO SUPPORTED THE USA | NGO DINH DIEM |
| THE COMMUNISTS IN SOUTH VIETNAM WHO WANTED TO REUNITE WITH NORTH VIETNAM | VIETCONG |
| THIS THEORY SAID THAT IF YOU LET ONE COUNTRY BE COMMUNIST, THEN OTHERS WILL FOLLOW. (BASIS FOR INTERVENTION) | DOMINO THEORY |
| KENNEDY SENT THESE AS "ADVISORS"...SEVERAL THOUSAND, WHO ACTUALLY DID SOME FIGHTING FROM 1960-63 | GREEN BERETS |
| LBJ'S OPPOSITION IN THE 1964 ELECTION...HE WAS VERY ANTI-COMMUNIST | BARRY GOLDWATER |
| SECRETARY OF DEFENSE UNDER JFK & LBJ | ROBERT MCNAMARA |
| THIS SHIP WAS ALLEDGEDLY ATTACKED IN THE GULF OF TONKIN | USS MADDOX |
| THIS RESOLUTION LET THE U.S. INVADE VIETNAM WITH AS MANY TROOPS AS WE WANTED | TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION |
| ARIAL BOMBING IN NORTHERN VIETNAM | OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER |
| A TRAIL THAT LED THROUGH NEUTRAL COUNTRIES (LAOS & CAMBODIA) THE USA COULD NOT ENTER | HO CHI MINH TRAIL |
| THE U.S. COMMANDING GENERAL IN VIETNAM | WILLIAM WESTMORELAND |
| U.S. GENERAL WHO WAS NAMED TIME MAN OF THE YEAR IN 1965 | WILLIAM WESTMORELAND |
| SUPPORTED THE VIETNAM WAR | HAWKS |
| AGAINST THE VIETNAM WAR | DOVES |
| ON JAN. 30, 1968, THE VIETNAMESE NEW YEAR, NORTH VIETNAM LAUNCHED THE MAJOR ATTACK | TET OFFENSIVE |
| THESE 2 DEMOCRATS SOUGHT THE NOMINATION OF THEIR PARTY FOR THE 1968 ELECTION | ROBERT KENNEDY & EUGENE MCCARTHY |
| THIS CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER WAS ASSASSINATED IN 1968 | MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR |
| THE MAN WHO KILLED DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING | JAMES EARL RAY |
| THE PALESTINIAN WHO KILLED ROBERT KENNEDY IN 1968 | SIRHAN SIRHAN |
| THE 1968 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION WAS HELD IN THIS CITY | CHICAGO |
| THE FRONTRUNNER GOING INTO THE 1968 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION | HUBERT HUMPHREY |
| THE MAYOR OF CHICAGO IN 1968 | RICHARD DALEY |
| INDEPENDENT CANDIDATE IN 1968; APPEALED TO HAWKS AND RACISTS | GEORGE WALLACE |
| THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN 1968 | RICHARD NIXON |
| DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE IN 1972 | GEORGE MCGOVERN |
| IN CAMBODIA, THIS COMMUNIST GROUP ENGAGED IN A MASS SLAUGHTER OF NON-COMMUNISTS KNOWN AS THE 'KILLING FIELDS" | KHMER ROUGE |
| DIVIDED VIETNAM INTO NORTH & SOUTH VIETNAM | GENEVA ACCORDS |
| THIS BOXER WAS STRIPPED OF HIS TITLE BECAUSE HE REFUSED TO FIGHT IN VIETNAM | MUHAMMAD ALI |
| GUSTAV HASFORD'S VIETNAM WAR NOVEL "THE SHORT TIMERS", WAS RECRUITED AS THE BASIS FOR THIS KUBRICK MOVIE | 'FULL METAL JACKET" |
| HIS 'A BRIGHT SHINING LIE' CENTERS ON JOHN PAUL VANN & AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE VIETNAM WAR | NEIL SHEEHAN |
| KATE WEBB, A RARE FEMALE VIETNAM WAR CORRESPONDENT, WAS CAPTURED IN THIS ADJOINING COUNTRY & PRESUMED DEAD, BUT ESCAPED | CAMBODIA |
| HE WROTE, "BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY" ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCES IN THE VIETNAM WAR | RON KOVIC |
| MCDONNELL'S F-4 FIGHTER PLANE USED IN VIETNAM WAR WAS KNOWN AS THIS | PHANTOM |
| THE LBJ LIBRARY HAS A REPLICA OF THE OVAL OFFICE, FROM WHICH THE PRESIDENT MONITORED BOTH THE VIETNAM WAR AND THIS DOMESTIC WAR HE DECLARED MARCH 16, 1964 | WAR ON POVERTY |
| ON MARCH 31, 1968, LBJ SPOKE FROM THE OVAL OFFICE EXACTLY 2 MONTHS AFTER THIS NORTH VIETNAMESE ATTACK; THOUGH HE SAID IT WAS A FAILURE, IT CHANGED THE VIEW OF THE WAR AT HOME | TET OFFENSIVE |
| LASTING FROM 1957 TO 1975, IT'S THE LONGEST WAR IN WHICH THE U.S. HAS TAKEN PART | VIETNAM WAR |
| THE 26TH AMENDMENT CHANGED THIS | VOTING AGE TO 18 |
| THIS SENATOR'S BOOK, "THE ARROGANCE OF POWER", PROPOSED AN 8-POINT PLAN TO END THE VIETNAM WAR | SENATOR WILLIAM FULBRIGHT |
| THE UNPOPULARITY OF THE VIETNAM WAR LED TO HIS SAYING HE WOULDN'T ACCEPT NOMINATION FOR ANOTHER TERM AS PRESIDENT | LBJ |
| SEAN PENN STARRED IN THIS FILM AS VIETNAM-ERA SERGEANT MESERVE | CASUALTIES OF WAR |
| NOVELS ABOUT THIS HISTORIC EVENT INCLUDE 'FORTUNATE SON' AND 'THE GREEN BERETS' | VIETNAM WAR |
| THIS DOLL MADE A LONG HIATUS THE YEAR AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR ENDED | G.I. JOE |
| AROUND 1964 THE NORTH VIETNAMESE BEGAN TO TURN THIS FAMOUS SUPPLY ROUTE INTO A REAL ROAD THAT TRUCKS COULD USE | HO CHI MINH TRAIL |
| EISENHOWER DIDN'T REALLY SEND TROOPS INTO VIETNAM; BY THE TIME HE LEFT OFFICE IN 1961, HE'D SENT 900 PERSONNEL CALLED THESE | ADVISORS |
| BEGUN JAN. 21, 1968, THE BATTLE FOR THIS MARINE OUTPOST MAY HAVE BEEN AN NVA DIVERSION BEFORE THE TET OFFENSIVE | KHE SANH |
| IN 1979 THIS COUNTRY FOUGHT A SMALL WAR WITH VIETNAM | CHINA |
| THESE 2 PHILOSOPHERS CONVENED AN INTERNATIONAL WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL TO PUBLICIZE U.S. ATROCITIES IN VIETNAM | BERTRAND RUSSELL & SARTRE |
| DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, LBJ DREAMED HE WAS THIS WWI PRESIDENTT AFTER THE STROKE | WILSON |
| IN 1975, THE FALL OF THIS CITY ENDED THE WAR IN VIETNAM | SAIGON |
| IN THIS FILM, MEL GIBSON PLAYED LT. COL. HAL MOORE, WHO LED HIS MEN IN THE FIRST MAJOR U.S. LAND BATTLE OF THE VIETNAM WAR | 'WE WERE SOLDIERS' |
| A CEASE-FIRE AGREEMENT TO END THE VIETNAM WAR WAS SIGNED IN THIS CITY, JAN. 27, 1973 | PARIS |
| THIS MUSICAL TAKES PLACE IN PART DURING THE LAST DAYS OF THE VIETNAM WAR | 'MISS SAIGON' |
| THIS '60 MINUTES' CONTRIBUTOR QUIT CBS IN 1971 WHEN IT REFUSED TO AIR HIS 'ESSAY ON WAR' ABOUT VIETNAM | ANDY ROONEY |
| THE LARGEST ORGANIZATIONAL CONTRIBUTOR TOWARD BUILDING THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL | AMERICAN LEGION |
| DALE BUIS, THE FIRST U.S. OFFICER KILLED, WAS IN VIETNAM AS ONE OF WHAT WERE USUALLY CALLED 'MILITARY' THESE | ADVISORS |
| EDDIE ADAMS OF THIS NEWS SERVICE TOOK THE FAMOUS PHOTO OF A SUMMARY EXECUTION IN SAIGON | ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| 4-LETTER NICKNAME OF THE UH-1 HELICOPTER USED TO TRANSPORT TROOPS & EVACUATE WOUNDED | 'HUEY' |
| U.S. PILOTS FEARED THE SOVIET-MADE SAMs, SHORT FOR THESE | SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES |
| 3-LETTER NAME OF THE OLD VIETNAMESE CAPITAL THAT SAW FIERCE FIGHTING IN THE TET OFFENSIVE | HUE |
| SET DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, THIS FILM CAPTURED 5 OSCARS INCLUDING ONE FOR DIRECTOR MICHAEL CIMINO | 'THE DEER HUNTER' |
| THIS DEFOLIANT WAS NAMED FOR THE COLOR OF ITS CONTAINER | AGENT ORANGE |
| IN 1954 THE FRENCH WERE DEFEATED IN THE BATTLE OF THIS VIETNAMESE VILLAGE; IT WAS THE DECISIVE BATTLE IN THE INDOCHINA WAR | DIEN BIEN PHU |
| 'BODY COUNT' AND 'COMING HOME' WERE STORIES OF THIS WAR | VIETNAMESE WAR |
| THIS TV SERIES FEATURED NURSES DURING THE VIETNAM WAR | CHINA BEACH |
| TOM CRUISE COMES HOME FROM VIETNAM IN A WHEELCHAIR AND BECOMES AN ANTI-WAR ACTIVIST IN THIS 1989 FILM | 'BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY' |
| IN 1988 HE SAID, "I WAS PROUD OF THE YOUTHS WHO OPPOSED THE WAR IN VIETNAM...THEY WERE MY BABIES' | DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK |
| THIS DIRECTOR OF THE VIETNAM WAR FILM "PLATOON" WAS AWARDED A BRONZE STAR DURING HIS TOUR OF DUTY IN THE WAR | OLIVER STONE |
| YEAR OF THE HEADLINE: "U.S. ABANDONS SAIGON, VIETNAM WAR ENDS" | 1975 |
| ALICE GLASS REPORTEDLY BROKE OFF HER AFFAIR WITH THIS PRESIDENT BECAUSE SHE OPPOSED THE VIETNAM WAR | LBJ |
| THIS FORMER VIETNAM P.O.W. SUCCEEDED BARRY GOLDWATER AS U.S. SENATOR FROM ARIZONA IN 1987 | JOHN MCCAIN |
| JFK AUTHORIZED THE FORMATION OF THE ELITE SPECIAL FORCES GROUP, KNOWN AS THIS | GREEN BERETS |
| PRESIDENT WHO AUTHORIZED THE FORMATION OF THE GREEN BERETS | JFK |
| THE DELTAS OF THESE 2 RIVERS SAW A LOT OF ACTION IN THE VIETNAM WAR | RED RIVER & MEKONG RIVER |
| THE CLOSEST THE U.S. CAME TO DECLARING 'WAR' IN VIETNAM WAS THIS RESOLUTION IN 1964 | GULF OF TONKIN RESOLUTION |
| ROBERT DE NIRO, JOHN SAVAGE, AND CHRISTOPHER WALKEN BECOME THE QUARRY IN THIS FILM ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR | 'THE DEER HUNTER' |
| HIS DAD COMMANDED THE 3RD ARMY IN FRANCE; HE COMMANDED THE 11TH ARMORED CAVALRY IN VIETNAM | GEORGE PATTON |
| IN 1965 HE LEFT THE SUPREME COURT TO BE U.N. AMBASSADOR PARTLY IN HOPES OF STOPPING THE VIETNAM WAR | ARTHUR GOLDBERG |
| ON JAN.21, 1977, THIS PRESIDENT PARDONED SEVERAL THOUSAND VIETNAM WAR DRAFT EVADERS | CARTER |
| "IN RETROSPECT", THIS DEFENSE SECRETARY AGONIZES ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR | ROBERT MCNAMARA |
| THIS VICE PRESIDENT SERVED AS AN ARMY REPORTER DURING THE VIETNAM WAR | AL GORE |
| 4 DAYS AFTER CONGRESS PASSED THE TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION, IT APPROVED A BILL ON THE "WAR ON..." THIS | POVERTY |
| HE'S FAMOUS FOR HAVING GONE ON LONG FASTS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE 1980 IRAN HOSTAGE CRISIS | DICK GREGORY |
| WILLIAM WESTMORELAND SERVED IN THESE 3 WARS; THE LAST 2 AS A GENERAL | WWII, KOREA, VIETNAM |
| THE 2ND-LARGEST NUMBER OF U.S. TROOPS SERVED IN VIETNAM; THE LARGEST WAS THIS WAR | WWII |
| COPPOLA BASED HIS VIETNAM WAR EPIC "APOCALYPSE NOW" ON "HEART OF DARKNESS" BY THIS POLISH-BORN AUTHOR | JOSEPH CONRAD |
| "HELL NO, WE WON'T GO" WAS A CHANT HEARD AT RALLIES AGAINST THIS WAR | VIETNAM |
| THOUGH IT WAS NEVER DECLARED, IT WAS THE LONGEST WAR IN WHICH AMERICA TOOK PART | VIETNAM |
| THE MATERIAL COST OF THIS WAR WAS GREATER THAN ALL OTHER WARS PUT TOGETHER | WWII |
| THIS FORMER NAVY SEAL IS THE ONLY CURRENT OF CONGRESS (2000), WHO HAS EARNED THE MEDAL OF HONOR | ROBERT KERRY |
| MORE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR WINNERS HAVE COME FROM THIS WAR THAN ANY OTHER | CIVIL WAR |
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