1) Which countries were involved in the Falklands War?
2) This artery is the largest in the human body.
3) Willie Nelson had a big hit and ultimately won a Grammy with "You Were Always on My Mind" in 1982. Ten years earlier another artist (or artists) recorded the song but didn't quite have the success with it that Willie did. Who recorded the song in 1972?
4) Which countries border Germany?
Answers:
1) The Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas or Guerra del Atlántico Sur), also known as the Falklands Conflict or Falklands Crisis, was a 1982 war between Argentina and the United Kingdom. The conflict resulted from the long-standing dispute over the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, which lie in the South Atlantic, east of Argentina. (Wikipedia)
2) The largest artery is the aorta.
3) Brenda Lee and Elvis Presley made their own recordings in 1972. Brenda's peaked at # 45 on the Country charts and Elvis's version was released as a double-sided hit with "Separate Ways," coinciding with his separation from wife, Priscilla.
Here's Brenda Lee's version.
Here's Elvis's
And let's not forget how crowded dance floors got when the DJ played the Pet Shop Boys 1987 cover !
4) There are nine countries in all that border Germany: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and Switzerland.
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