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Quiz about Who Was Who in the Vietnam War
Quiz about Who Was Who in the Vietnam War

Who Was Who in the Vietnam War Quiz


There are many people, some well known and some not so, who had an effect on the war. I'll give a description and you choose the person.

A multiple-choice quiz by Alienkong. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Alienkong
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
254,534
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
11 / 20
Plays
4220
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
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Question 1 of 20
1. He was the last emperor/king of Vietnam? Hint


Question 2 of 20
2. She said, following the suicide of a Buddhist monk, that she would "clap hands at seeing another monk barbeque show". Hint


Question 3 of 20
3. He was the commander of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam until 1968. Hint


Question 4 of 20
4. He was the main architect of North Vietnam's military operations? Hint


Question 5 of 20
5. When he was young, he was the Lt. Col. who led US troops in a bloody battle in the Ia Drang valley. Hint


Question 6 of 20
6. He was the newsman who questioned, during the Tet Offensive, the eventual outcome of the war. Hint


Question 7 of 20
7. He was the South Vietnamese general made famous, in a photo, by shooting a Viet Cong suspect. Hint


Question 8 of 20
8. He was the last president of South Vietnam. Hint


Question 9 of 20
9. He was the US Ambassador when Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge. Hint


Question 10 of 20
10. Before he became Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge, his name was what? Hint


Question 11 of 20
11. She had her picture taken on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. Who was it? Hint


Question 12 of 20
12. He was an anti-war senator from Minnesota who sought the Democratic Party nomination as candidate for the presidency in 1968. Hint


Question 13 of 20
13. Who was the Lieutenant in C Company who was accused of leading the massacre of civilians in the My Lai hamlet of the village of Son My? Hint


Question 14 of 20
14. He was CIA station chief in Saigon in the early 1960s. Hint


Question 15 of 20
15. He was Premier of North Vietnam (1955-75) and of the reunited Vietnam (1975-86). Who was it? Hint


Question 16 of 20
16. He was the Secretary of Defense under both Kennedy and Johnson. Hint


Question 17 of 20
17. He became President of Cambodia after launching a coup against Norodom Sihanouk. Hint


Question 18 of 20
18. He was the President who ordered the 'Rolling Thunder' bombing campaign of North Vietnam Hint


Question 19 of 20
19. He jointly won the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize with Henry Kissinger for negotiating an end to the Vietnam War. Hint


Question 20 of 20
20. She was the girl running down a road with napalm burns. Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. He was the last emperor/king of Vietnam?

Answer: Bao Dai

Bao Dai became emperor in 1928, but the French wouldn't let him return until 1932, but he was restricted in his power. During WW II he cooperated with the Japanese, who encouraged him to declare independence in 1945. After the 1964 Geneva Accords he appointed Diem to be premier. In a Diem controlled election, Diem was voted in as president. Bao Dai retuned to France and died in 1997.
Diem was president until he was assasinated in 1963. Ky was premier and Thieu was president in the late sixties and early seventies.
2. She said, following the suicide of a Buddhist monk, that she would "clap hands at seeing another monk barbeque show".

Answer: Madam Nhu

Madam Nhu, born Tran Le Xuan, was the wife of President Diem's brother, Ngo Dinh Nhu. Because Diem wasn't married she was a surrogate 'first lady'. She was very arrogant, ultra conservative on social and moral issues and was given the name 'Dragon Lady'.

She issued several decrees banning divorce, dancing, and beauty contests. She even had her own paramilitary called the Women's Solidarity Movement. She was in the US during the coup of 1963 after which she went into exile in Rome.
3. He was the commander of the Military Assistance Command Vietnam until 1968.

Answer: Gen. William Westmoreland

General Abrams took over after Westmoreland; General Ridgeway was in the Korean War and General Taylor had been Ambassador to South Vietnam under President Johnson.
4. He was the main architect of North Vietnam's military operations?

Answer: Vo Nguyên Giap

Ngo Dinh Diem, Nguyên Cao Ky and Nguyên Van Thieu were all leaders of South Vietnam. It was Vo Nguyên Giap who defeated the French at Dien Bien Phu in 1954.
5. When he was young, he was the Lt. Col. who led US troops in a bloody battle in the Ia Drang valley.

Answer: Hal Moore

Walt was a Marine Corps officer. Sharp was CINCPAC (Commander in Chief, Pacific) during part of the war. Simmons was a Special Forces colonel who led the Son Tay Prison raid in 1970 to free American POWs.
6. He was the newsman who questioned, during the Tet Offensive, the eventual outcome of the war.

Answer: Walter Cronkite

Cronkite was in Hue during the Tet Offensive. Wallace, Reasoner and Bradley were reporters/newscasters.
7. He was the South Vietnamese general made famous, in a photo, by shooting a Viet Cong suspect.

Answer: General Loan

The picture was taken by Associated Press photographer Eddie Adams on February 1, 1968. In an era before satellite phone and email still photos could be most easily transmitted back to the US for timely appearence in newspapers. Unfortunately, people often saw a picture without the context of live coverage.
8. He was the last president of South Vietnam.

Answer: Duong Van Minh

Duong Van Minh was the leader of the coup that ousted President Diem, after which he took control of both the government and the military. He was overthrown in a matter of months. In 1975, Minh become the leader of South Vietnam after Nguyên Van Thieu resigned as president and fled the country.
9. He was the US Ambassador when Cambodia fell to the Khmer Rouge.

Answer: John Dean

Dean was the US Ambassador when the Khmer Rouge took control of Cambodia. He left about one week before the fall. Martin and Bunker were both ambassadors to South Vietnam. Colby was involved with CIA operations during the war.
10. Before he became Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge, his name was what?

Answer: Solath Sar

Sary and Sampon were part of the Khmer Rouge inner circle with Pot. Sihanouk was the king of Cambodia and occasional ally of the Khmer Rouge.
11. She had her picture taken on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. Who was it?

Answer: Jane Fonda

In addition to the anti-aircraft photo, Fonda also went on Radio Hanoi to criticize US soldiers while insisting that the POWs were being well treated.
12. He was an anti-war senator from Minnesota who sought the Democratic Party nomination as candidate for the presidency in 1968.

Answer: Eugene McCarthy

Both Rolvag and Anderson were govenors of Minnesota, but Anderson served a short time as a Minnesota Senator. Wellstone was a Minnesota Senator in the 1990s.
13. Who was the Lieutenant in C Company who was accused of leading the massacre of civilians in the My Lai hamlet of the village of Son My?

Answer: William Calley

The killing took place in 1968 and in 1970 Calley and others were on trial for war crimes. He was sentenced to life in prison in 1971. In 1974 President Nixon ordered his release from prison. Capt. Ernest Medina was Calley's commanding officer. WO Hugh Thompson, Jr. was the helicopter pilot who intervened at My Lai. Pvt. Dennis Conti was a soldier in Calley's platoon.
14. He was CIA station chief in Saigon in the early 1960s.

Answer: William Colby

Colby went on to become the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency(DCI). McNamarra was Secretary of Defense under Presidents Kennedy and Johnson. Helms was DCI from 1966 - 1973. Ames was a CIA counterintelligence officer who was convicted in 1994 on charges of spying for the Soviet Union.
15. He was Premier of North Vietnam (1955-75) and of the reunited Vietnam (1975-86). Who was it?

Answer: Pham Van Dong

Ho Chi Minh - no explanation needed. Ngo Dinh Diem was a president of South Vietnam. Nuygen Cao Key was premier of South Vietnam.
16. He was the Secretary of Defense under both Kennedy and Johnson.

Answer: Robert McNamara

Rusk was Secretary of State under Kennedy and Johnson. Laird and Rogers were Secretary of Defense under Nixon.
17. He became President of Cambodia after launching a coup against Norodom Sihanouk.

Answer: Lon Nol

Pot was the leader of the Khmer Rouge. Sary was part of the khmer Rouge inner circle. Pran was the phographer who was a central character in the movie - The Killing Fields.
18. He was the President who ordered the 'Rolling Thunder' bombing campaign of North Vietnam

Answer: Lyndon Johnson

John Kennedy was dead by the time the US got heavily involved in Vietnam. Richard Nixon is remembered for, among other things, the Christmas bombing of 1972. Gerald Ford was president when Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam collapsed in 1975.
19. He jointly won the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize with Henry Kissinger for negotiating an end to the Vietnam War.

Answer: Le Duc Tho

Ho Chi Minh - no explanation needed. Ngo Dinh Diem was the President of South Vietnam. Kong Le was Royal Lao Army officer who led a coup in 1960.

Le Duc Tho declined to accept the award.
20. She was the girl running down a road with napalm burns.

Answer: Kim Phuc

Hayslip wrote 'When Heaven and Earth Changed Places', about her life during ths war. Xuan was the birth name for Madame Nhu. Phuong was the wife of the last emperor of Vietnam, Bao Dai.
Source: Author Alienkong

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