From: gromit82@hotmail.com   
      
   On 2/11/2026 11:08 PM, Mark Brader wrote:   
      
   > * Game 10, Round 4 - History - The Vietnam War   
   >   
   > At the end of April, it will be 50 years since the Vietnam War   
   > concluded.  Here are ten questions that cover significant events,   
   > cultural and literary influences and some of the individuals who   
   > had an impact on the war.   
   >   
   > 1. Prior to American involvement, another colonial power was   
   >     defeated by the Vietnamese at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu   
   >     in 1954.  What was that nation?   
      
   France   
      
   > 2. In August 1964, the US Congress passed a resolution that gave   
   >     President Johnson almost unlimited power to wage war against   
   >     the North Vietnamese and the Viet Cong.  What was the name of   
   >     this resolution?  (It was based on an alleged North Vietnamese   
   >     naval attack that never took place.)   
      
   Gulf of Tonkin Resolution   
      
   > 3. In 1972, journalist David Halberstam wrote an award-winning   
   >     analysis of the origins of American involvement in Vietnam in   
   >     the period 1960-65.  What was the title of his book?   
      
   "The Best and the Brightest"   
      
   > 4. In 1955, author Graham Greene wrote a prescient novel that   
   >     questioned the foundations of American involvement in Vietnam.   
   >     What was the title of this novel?   
      
   "The Quiet American"   
      
   > 5. There was global criticism of the US military for the use of   
   >     this colorful herbicide and defoliant, resulting in a multitude   
   >     of health problems.  What was it called?   
      
   Agent Orange   
      
   > 6. What momentous announcement did Lyndon Johnson make on   
   >     1968-03-31?   
      
   he would not run for reelection as president   
      
   > 7. Army officer Lt. William Calley was court martialed for   
   >     atrocities in which Vietnamese village in 1968?   
      
   My Lai   
      
   > 8. This former president of the Ford Motor Co. served both Kennedy   
   >     and Johnson as Secretary of Defense.  Much later in life,   
   >     he confessed in a memoir that his own conduct of the war was   
   >     "wrong, terribly wrong".  Who was this repentant gentleman?   
      
   McNamara   
      
   > 9. With the chaotic American retreat from Saigon at the end of   
   >     April 1975, the 20-year war came to an end.  The victors almost   
   >     immediately renamed the city to what?   
      
   Ho Chi Minh City   
      
   > 10. Most surveys of best movies about the war have put this Oliver   
   >     Stone work at the top of the list.  It won the Academy Award   
   >     for Best Picture for 1986.  What is its title?   
      
   "Platoon"   
      
   > * Game 10, Round 6 - Sports - Tennis Champions   
      
   I'm just going to skip this round.   
      
   --   
   Joshua Kreitzer   
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