50 years after the fall of Saigon
1. South Vietnam
2. Laos?
3. John McCain is one of them
7. The My Lai massacre
8. The photo of the American helicopter leaving the embassy
9. Malaysia?
10. Henry Kissinger
11. Laos
13. Dominoes
15. Cambodia
16. China
17. Ho Chi Minh
1) Think of a U.S. ally whose economic transformation began in the 1970s. Its top company is the largest foreign employer in Vietnam today.
2) Not Laos, it's Cambodia. The U.S. never declared war on Laos while carrying out a 'secret war'.
3) Correct on McCain. The other one is John Kerry
7) Correct
8) Yes, the photo of the helicopter leaving a CIA building in Saigon (I also thought until recently that it was the roof of the U.S. embassy)
9) Correct. Malaya at the time.
10) Correct
11) Correct
13) Correct
15) Correct
16) Correct
17) Correct
Ah so 1. must be South Korea
Yes it’s South Korea.
2. North Vietnam?
3. John Kerry and John McCain
5. Hendrix?
6. A guess: the American War!
7. Use of chemical weapons?
8. Child running away from gas/napalm
9. Myanmar?
12. Hmong/Hmoob
13. Dominos
14. The Khmer Rouge
15. Laos?
16. Cambodia?
17. Ho Chi Minh?
2) It's Cambodia
3) Correct
5) It's Morrison
6) Correct. Well guessed!
8) The photo of the child running away from Napalm was taken by Nick Ut.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/50-napalm-girl-kim-phuc-ukraine-1.6484977
9) Not Myanmar, which was independent by 1948. A country that the British held on to during the 1950s.
12) Correct. I had not heard of the term 'Hmoob'. Thanks for adding that.
14) Correct
15) Cambodia
16) China
17) Correct.
1. South Vietnam
2. Laos?
3. John McCain is one of them
7. The My Lai massacre
8. The photo of the American helicopter leaving the embassy
9. Malaysia?
10. Henry Kissinger
11. Laos
13. Dominoes
15. Cambodia
16. China
17. Ho Chi Minh
1) Think of a U.S. ally whose economic transformation began in the 1970s. Its top company is the largest foreign employer in Vietnam today.
2) Not Laos, it's Cambodia. The U.S. never declared war on Laos while carrying out a 'secret war'.
3) Correct on McCain. The other one is John Kerry
7) Correct
8) Yes, the photo of the helicopter leaving a CIA building in Saigon (I also thought until recently that it was the roof of the U.S. embassy)
9) Correct. Malaya at the time.
10) Correct
11) Correct
13) Correct
15) Correct
16) Correct
17) Correct
Ah so 1. must be South Korea
Yes it’s South Korea.
2. North Vietnam?
3. John Kerry and John McCain
5. Hendrix?
6. A guess: the American War!
7. Use of chemical weapons?
8. Child running away from gas/napalm
9. Myanmar?
10. Henry Kissinger
11. Laos
12. Hmong/Hmoob
13. Dominos
14. The Khmer Rouge
15. Laos?
16. Cambodia?
17. Ho Chi Minh?
2) It's Cambodia
3) Correct
5) It's Morrison
6) Correct. Well guessed!
8) The photo of the child running away from Napalm was taken by Nick Ut.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/50-napalm-girl-kim-phuc-ukraine-1.6484977
9) Not Myanmar, which was independent by 1948. A country that the British held on to during the 1950s.
10) Correct
11) Correct
12) Correct. I had not heard of the term 'Hmoob'. Thanks for adding that.
13) Correct
14) Correct
15) Cambodia
16) China
17) Correct.