Foreign Policy - Key Facts

Question 1

Name of Britain’s own warheads

Answer 1

Chavaline MIRV Warheads

Question 2

American President during this era

Answer 2

President Ronald Reagan

Question 3

Place where the US invaded in October 1983

Answer 3

Grenada

Question 4

Thatcher’s famous USSR quote

Answer 4

‘Mr Gorbachev and I can do business’

Question 5

Name of the summit where Gorbachev met Reagan

Answer 5

Reykjavik Summit

Question 6

Changes to Germany

Answer 6

• Fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
• Reunification of Germany in 1990

Question 7

Regime that Thatcher supported in South America

Answer 7

Pinochet Regime in Chile

Question 8

Place where the US bombed in 1986

Answer 8

Libya

Question 9

Thatcher’s First Foreign Secretary

Answer 9

Lord Carrington

Question 10

Places where the South African military was successful

Answer 10

• Angola
• Mozambique

Question 11

Name of the strategically important naval base in South Africa

Answer 11

Simons Town Naval Base

Question 12

French President described Thatcher as …

Answer 12

‘The mouth of Marilyn Munroe and the eyes of Caligula’ - Francois Mitterrand

Question 13

Speech that made it clear Thatcher was not keen on political integration

Answer 13

Bruges Speech 1988

Question 14

Number of ships in the British ‘task force’

Falklands

Answer 14

100

Question 15

Name given to the Operation to regain the Falklands

Answer 15

Operation Corporate

Question 16

Date the Argentinians Surrendered

Answer 16

14th June 1982

Question 17

Name of the dictator of Argentina and his regime

Answer 17

• General Galtieri
• Junta

Question 18

Name of the British ship that was withdrawn from the South Atlantic

Answer 18

HMS Endurance

Question 19

Headline in Newsweek

US Magazine

Answer 19

‘The Empire Strikes Back’

Question 20

Name of the Argentinian cruiser sunk by the British

Answer 20

General Belgrano

Question 21

Number of people killed in the sinking of General Belgrano

Answer 21

323

Question 22

Death Toll of the British

Falklands

Answer 22

255

Question 23

Death Toll of the Argentinians

Falklands

Answer 23

649