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Quiz
- Can you name the two British aircraft carriers involved in the conflict?
- What was the name of the large cruiser lost by Argentina?
- Can you remember the name of the British submarine that sunk Argentina's only large cruiser?
- What was the name of the antiship missiles that struck the merchant ship Atlantic Conveyor?
- Lieutenant Colonel H. Jones was awarded the Victoria Cross after being killed in action during which battle?
- Which fixed-wing fighter protected the British Task Force and shot down 20 enemy aircraft?
- Britain lost five ships in the war. Which ship was the first British warship lost in 37 years?
- Which Royal Marines' slang word describes a long-distance march carrying full kit?
- Who was the senior Royal Navy officer who commanded the British Task Force?
- Which BBC war correspondent said: "I'm not allowed to say how many planes joined the raid, but I counted them all out, and I counted them all back."?
- Which ocean liner was cruising in the Mediterranean when requisitioned to transport 3 Commando Brigade?
- The Total Exclusion Zone around the Falkland Islands had a radius of how many nautical miles?
- A Vulcan bomber flew 8,000-nautical-miles from which island to drop bombs across the runway at Stanley?
- Sir Galahad was bombed during air attacks in which cove?
- What did Argentina call the islands?
- With the call sign of "Mother Hen" what exactly was Uganda?
- Operation Paraquet was the code name for the British military operation to recapture which island?
- Which settlement in northwestern East Falkland was the main British Army bridgehead?
- Which ship named after a Welsh county was sunk by land-launched missiles?
- On June 14 1982, Argentine General Menendez surrendered to which British Major-General?
- Name the Welsh Guards veteran who suffered severe burn injuries?
- What was the Twenty-fifth of May?
Answers
- HMS Hermes and HMS Invincible
- General Belgrano
- HMS Conqueror
- Exocets
- The Battle of Goose Green
- The Sea Harrier
- HMS Sheffield
- Yomp, or Yomping
- Sandy Woodward (Admiral Sir John Forster "Sandy" Woodward)
- Brian Hanrahan
- SS Canberra
- 200 miles
- Acension Island
- Bluff Cove
- Islas Malvinas
- Hospital ship
- South Georgia
- San Carlos
- HMS Glamorgan
- Jeremy Moore
- Simon Weston
- The name of Argentina's only aircraft carrier