Asia

Question 1

How much money did the US provide to France to fight against the communists?

Answer 1

$500 million a year

Question 2

What was the name of the battle lost by the French in 1954?

Answer 2

Dien Bien Phu

Question 3

What three reasons were there for why Ngo Dinh Diem was disliked?

Answer 3

Harsh to peasants, budhists and was corrupt

Question 4

How much money did the USA give the corrupt Republic of South Vietnam in the 1950s?

Answer 4

$1.6 billion

Question 5

Which 66 year old monk burnt himself to death in protest?

Answer 5

Thich Quang Duc

Question 6

What did JFK introduce in 1962 aiming at keeping the peasants away from Communism?

Answer 6

The Strategic Hamlet Relocation Programme

Question 7

When and how many non-military advisors were there in Vietnam?

Answer 7

1962 and 1964

11,500 and 23,000

Question 8

When and where were US boats attacked by the Viet Cong?

Answer 8

August 1964

The Gulf of Tonkin

Question 9

When, where and how many US marines arrived?

Answer 9

March 1965
Da Nang
3500

Question 10

When and how many soldiers did the VC and NVA?

Answer 10

1965

170,000

Question 11

What percentage of US casualties were caused by VC booby traps?

Answer 11

11%

Question 12

How long were the tunnel complexes used by the VC?

Answer 12

240km

Question 13

How many Vietnamese civilians provided supplies for the VC by using the Ho Chi Minh Trail?

Answer 13

40,000

Question 14

What was the total amount of aid provided to the North Vietnamese by China and the USSR?

Answer 14

$2 billion

Question 15

How many US helicopters were destroyed during Operation Rolling Thunder?

Answer 15

5000

Question 16

How much did it cost, according to Life Magazine, to kill one Viet Cong soldier?

Answer 16

$400,000

Question 17

How many tonnes of Napalm were dropped between 1965-73?

Answer 17

20,000

Question 18

How many litres of Agent Orange were used during the war?

Answer 18

82 million litres

Question 19

How many died in My Lai and when was it?

Answer 19

400 and March 1968

Question 20

How many people protested against the My Lai Massacre, in Washington and when?

Answer 20

700,000

November 1969

Question 21

How many Viet Cong died in the Tet Offensive?

Answer 21

10,000

Question 22

How many Vietnamese civilians died in 1968 mainly as a result of bombing raids?

Answer 22

300,000

Question 23

When and how big was the SV army

Answer 23

1 million

Question 24

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

Answer 24

150,000

Question 25

What percentage of TV reports showed dead or wounded people?

Answer 25

25%

Question 26

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

Answer 26

20 million

Question 27

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

Answer 27

40,000

Question 28

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

Answer 28

4 million

Question 29

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

Answer 29

April 30th 1975

Question 30

How many people protested at Woodstock?

Answer 30

400,000

Question 31

How much damage did operation line-backer do and how much did it cost?

Answer 31

$300 million damage, $900 million cost