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The Falklands War: A Quiz on Key Events and Figures

Test your knowledge of the Falklands War with this quiz covering key events, figures, and memorials associated with the conflict.

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1 At the time, the Alferez Sobral was searching for the crew of the ________ English Electric Canberra light bomber shot down on 1 May.

2 As well as memorials on the islands, there is a memorial to the British war dead in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral, ________.

3 Who of the following was a child of Falklands War?

4 In his autobiographical account of the Falklands War,[47] Admiral Woodward blames the ________ for these changes to the bombs.

5 Who was a commander in the Falklands War?

6 How many casualties were there in the Falklands War?

7 [78] There is a memorial at Plaza San Martín in ________ for the Argentine war dead,[79] another one in Rosario, and a third one in Ushuaia.

8 [63] On this day, Sgt Ian McKay of 4 Platoon, B Company, 3 Para died in a grenade attack on an Argentine bunker, which earned him a posthumous ________.

9 On 2 April 1982, Argentine forces mounted amphibious landings of the ________, following the civilian occupation of South Georgia on March 19, before the Falklands War began.

10 One was shot down by an AIM-9L Sidewinder ________ (AAM), while the other escaped but was damaged and without enough fuel to return to its mainland air base.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the container ship Atlantic Causeway was refitted with a ski-jump to enable her to operate Sea Harriers during the Falklands War.
  • the deaths of two pirates during the November 11, 2008 incident off Somalia, are believed to be the first time since the 1982 Falklands War that the Royal Navy has killed anyone on the high seas.
  • the first British merchant navy ship lost to enemy fire since World War II was the Atlantic Conveyor, sunk by an Argentinian Exocet missile during the Falklands War.
  • it was four years before the British government revealed that a Gazelle helicopter (example pictured) was shot down by friendly fire during the Falklands War.
  • in May 1982, the British Labour Party Member of Parliament (MP) Michael Welsh was one of 69 MPs who called for an immediate halt to hostilities in the Falklands War.
  • Lt Col Rupert Thorneloe, who died in 2009 during Operation Panther's Claw in Afghanistan, is the highest-ranking British officer to be killed in action since Lt Col 'H'. Jones in the Falklands War.
  • Hew Pike was awarded the Distinguished Service Order for his "cool example and inspiring leadership" during a fierce battle in the 1982 Falklands War.
  • Mario Menéndez, who was the governor of the Falkland Islands, surrendered Argentine forces to the United Kingdom during the 1982 Falklands War.
  • BBC terrorism consultant Crispin Black survived the bombing of RFA Sir Galahad (pictured) during the Falklands War.
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