Love, Hate, War, When? Trivia Quiz

Answer: 1985

Many people also refer to this as the Christmas War. Both Mali and Burkina Faso wanted a 100 mile border strip of land. They felt like the land had much potential for each country. The fighting started on Christmas Day with Mali attacking first. Negotiations didn't work at first, but finally on December 30th, a truce was signed. Over 50 men lost their lives for that plot of land.

It took until 1986 to divide the land between the two countries, and both countries were happy with the result.

Answer: 1969

This war was also known as the 100 Hour War. Yes, it really started over a football (soccer) game. There were many behind the scenes that also created a lot of the problems too, but the game was the tip of the iceberg. The war was between both El Salvador and Honduras, and over 3000 men lost their lives.

On the third day of the match the problems really began. El Salvador won the game in overtime and invaded Honduras, who was not prepared, but quickly put bombers in the air. Honduras was the country who first asked for help to stop the war. The war lasted just four days, but it took until 1998 for the two countries to agree on a border agreement.

Answer: 1979

In Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Juhayman al-Otaybi and a group of his Ikhwan followers attempted to take over the mosque and tried to free the kingdom. The fighting went on for two weeks, while Saudi Arabia attempted to take the mosque back. They did finally gain control, but over 200 lives were lost. After the mosque was safely back in the hands of Saudia Arabia, Juhayman was decapitated on January 9, 1980, for his role in the takeover and over 60 of his followers were executed for their crimes as well.

Answer: 1983

Grenada was owned by the United Kingdom until 1974 when they gained their own independence. The People's Revolutionary Government took over Grenada in 1979 and established their own leaders. In October of 1983 Winston Bernard Coard placed himself in power for five days until Hudson Austin took over, placing himself in charge for 6 days. After the war he was placed in prison for life, but was released in 2008.

Operation Urgent Fury was the code name for this war that last just 4 days that over 80 people lost their lives. Not everyone was happy with President Reagan's decision to invade, including Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who felt she should have had notice on the subject.

Answer: 1980

One of the shorter wars and the one where Jimmy Stevens didn't really want to see anyone get hurt, happened between Nagriamel rebels and three countries, including Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon Islands. Surprisingly, Stevens had the support of the Phoenix Foundation created by three men, one named Michael Oliver of Nevada, USA, and the French government.

The nickname of the Coconut War was named so in the newspapers and stuck. Stevens lost his son in the war in a vehicle incident and waved the white flag after that incident.

At his trial the facts were given out about who exactly was backing his war.

Answer: 1982

Argentina and the United Kingdom fought for 10 weeks in this war with close to 900 casualties. Argentina wanted the Falkland Islands and invaded it on April 2, 1982. Three days later the British starting fighting to regain the Islands. President Reagan from the United States backed the United Kingdom.

The UK also had the backing of other countries, like Australia and Canada. There was one big winner in the war; Margaret Thatcher was hailed a hero for the way she handled the war, and her numbers took a turn for the best!

Answer: 1967

For 6 days in June of 1967, Israel fought the Egyptians, totally by surprise. The Egyptians lost a great deal of their Air Force and then the Gaza Strip. All of the countries agreed to cease fire starting with Egypt and Jordan and finally Israel. What a sad and devastating war this was with over 21,000 people dying.

A large amount of them were Egyptians due to the surprise attacks. Was this in self defense or was it a justified war? President Lyndon B Johnson of the United States aided Israel as an alliance. I wonder just how much he liked Israel after their "misfiring" and killing 34 people on the USS Liberty. Israel lost many friendships with European countries after the small war.

Answer: 1986

The code name for this attack was Operation El Dorado Canyon. The United States launched an all out attack by their Navy, Air Force and Maines. Libya had backed terrorists on a bombing in Berlin at a local bar that killed three people and injured a couple hundred.

President Reagan put his foot down and placed the order to attack. The one day attack resulted in over 40 deaths. The United States did not have the backing of many countries, but it did from the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia. Muammar Gaddafi announced himself as the winner of the war over the US, while he cursed President Reagan as 'mad and foolish". Libya was renamed Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Try putting that on your stationery.

Answer: 1973

What better way to surprise your enemy but to start a war on their holiest of days, Yom Kippur. Starting in October, Operation Badr shocked Israel by attacking and trying to take over the Sinai Peninsula. Israel had the backing of the United States, while Egypt and Syria were backed by over 15 Arab states. The numbers were very one sided, but Israel lost over 2500 lives while Egypt lost double that alone.

The United States and Soviet Union were on opposite sides of the fence on who they were backing. Henry Kissinger got involved to help end this war by playing mediator between Israel and the Egyptian leaders. Who won the war? Egypt got back the Sinai and a very strong peace treaty for Israel.

Answer: 1977

For four days Anwar Sadat and Muammar Gaddafi went to war. Egypt had close to 40,000 troops, while Libya had only a small 5,000 troops. Sadat called a 'cease fire', and no one won the war after a truce was called. PLO leader, Yasser Arafat tried to be a middle man in the war, along with other officials. Unfortunately nothing became of this war. No winners, only losers.

The two men never reached any form of an agreement immediately after the war, but a peace treaty was signed in 1978, placing Sinai Peninsula back in Egypt's hands.