Question

The Sun ran the headline “Stick It Up Your Junta” (“HOON-tuh”) after an offer of peace talks during this war. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this war during which The Sun ran the headline “GOTCHA” after a Royal Navy submarine sank the Argentine ship General Belgrano, earning widespread criticism.
ANSWER: Falklands War [or Guerra de las Malvinas]
[10h] On the recapture of South Georgia, Margaret Thatcher jingoistically told reporters to “congratulate our armed forces and the Marines” and to do this action. Ted Heath is said to have sardonically repeated this word after Thatcher resigned.
ANSWER: “rejoice” [or word forms such as rejoicing; accept “just rejoice at that news and congratulate our forces and the Marines”; accept “rejoice, rejoice”; accept “rejoice, rejoice, rejoice”]
[10m] During the Falklands War, a BBC newscast announced early that a British parachute regiment was planning to assault this settlement, possibly compromising the operation. The battle named for this settlement also attacked Darwin on the same isthmus.
ANSWER: Goose Green [accept Battle of Goose Green]

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TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Chicago APenn A1001020
Chicago BJohns Hopkins A1001020
Chicago CDuke A100010
Columbia AUC Berkeley B1001020
Florida AToronto A10101030
Georgia Tech AMIT A1001020
Georgia Tech BMinnesota B1001020
Houston AMinnesota A1001020
Imperial AUC Berkeley A10101030
Indiana AColumbia B100010
Maryland AHarvard A10101030
Michigan AIllinois A1001020
NYU ACornell B100010
North Carolina AIowa State A100010
Northwestern ABrown A100010
Ohio State AYale A1001020
Texas AWUSTL B100010
Vanderbilt ARutgers A1001020
WUSTL ASouth Carolina A1001020
Yale BPurdue A100010