Thursday, May 5, 2011

Pop Quiz

See if you can identity the list provided below. What do you think the title of this list is?

This is a list of __________________

China 1945-46
Korea 1950-53
China 1950-53
Guatemala 1954
Indonesia 1958
Cuba 1959-60
Guatemala 1960
Belgian Congo 1964
Guatemala 1964
Dominican Republic 1965-66
Peru 1965
Laos 1964-73
Vietnam 1961-73
Cambodia 1969-70
Guatemala 1967-69
Lebanon 1982-84
Grenada 1983-84
Libya 1986
El Salvador 1981-92
Nicaragua 1981-90
Iran 1987-88
Libya 1989
Panama 1989-90
Iraq 1991
Kuwait 1991
Somalia 1992-94
Bosnia 1995
Iran 1998
Sudan 1998
Afghanistan 1998
Yugoslavia - Serbia 1999
Afghanistan 2001
Libya 2011
Posted by The Rambling Taoist at 1:00 AM
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12 comments:

  1. Lydia5/05/2011 06:58:00 AM

    Wars?

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  2. The Rambling Taoist5/05/2011 12:01:00 PM

    You're oh so close, but that answer is incorrect.

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  3. Anonymous5/05/2011 02:28:00 PM

    wars in which the US has participated - wars of US agression

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  4. baroness radon5/05/2011 02:32:00 PM

    I'm guessiing covert CIA/OSS oepartions.

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  5. The Rambling Taoist5/05/2011 05:01:00 PM

    All of your answers are in the general vicinity of the correct one, but you haven't honed in on it yet. ;-)

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  6. baroness radon5/05/2011 05:58:00 PM

    Undeclared wars?

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  7. baroness radon5/05/2011 06:03:00 PM

    Places the U.S. has bombed.

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  8. The Rambling Taoist5/05/2011 07:42:00 PM

    Ding. Ding. Ding. Ding. We have a winner! Countries the US has bombed SINCE World War II.

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  9. baroness radon5/05/2011 07:43:00 PM

    Places the U.S. has been involved in domestic insurrections and coup d'etats?

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  10. baroness radon5/05/2011 07:45:00 PM

    So many possible answers....
    Do I get a prize?

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  11. baroness radon5/05/2011 07:52:00 PM

    Actually, this was kind of difficult...some ambiguities...every time I thought I had the common element, something didn't quite fit. Like Cuba 59-60? Do you mean the Bay of Pigs?

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  12. baroness radon5/05/2011 07:56:00 PM

    59-60 was pre-Bay of Pigs. There were raids by Cuban exiles supported by CIA...I suppose that counts...

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