Cold War
It was here that Truman told Stalin about 'the Bomb'
What is the Potsdam Conference?
The French found themselves surrounded in this mountain range
Dien Bien Phu
Also known as the Murray Island.
What is Mer?
South Africa's first black president
Who is Nelson Mandela?
What is the hypotenuse?
This man sent a very long telegram.
Who is George Kennan?
Said Goldwater of Vietnam, "I would turn Vietnam into a this"
What is a mud puddle?
Whilst common now, this form of divorce was revolutionary in 1975
What is 'no-fault' divorce?
This method left Chinese protesters famished
What is a hunger strike?
Between 2000 and 2016, 35 Australians died from this.
What is a snake bite?
Also known as "the Iron Curtain speech"
What are the "Sinews of Peace"?
Ho Chi Mihn was a communist and this ideology.
What is a nationalist?
'Electric Eric's' official title.
What is the Premier of Tasmania?
The full-name for AIDS
What is Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome?
This letter in 'Nixon' was replaced in Mr. Clarke's spelling.
What is 'O'?
Said Truman of Stalin, "I can" this.
What is "handle him"
Whether you were Diem in South Vietnam or Kennedy in America, this year was particularly mind blowing.
What is 1963.
35%
It was here that the National Party crossed a line.
Mr. Clarke carries this many pens all the time.
What is 2?
29 August 1949
What is the first Soviet test of nuclear weapons
543 400
What is the peak of US troops in Vietnam?
This author went to school with Mr. Clarke's mum
Who is Germaine Greer?
June 3-4 1989
What is the Tiananmen Square massacre?
Used in databases and search engines to keep whole phrases together.
What are quotation marks?