Entebbe Hostage Crisis Quiz

The 1976 Entebbe raid was conducted by Israeli commandos (Israelites) to rescue hostages from an Air France flight hijacked by Palestinian and German terrorists and taken to Uganda's Entebbe Airport. It was a highly successful special operation that is still studied today. Americans (A), Jamaicans (B), and Indians (D) were not involved in this rescue.

The 1976 Entebbe hostage crisis began with the hijacking of Air France Flight 139 from Tel Aviv to Paris by Palestinian and German terrorists. The plane was forced to fly to Entebbe, Uganda. This was an airplane hijacking, not a bus (B), train (C), or school assault (D).

The Entebbe hijacking was carried out by terrorists from Palestine (specifically the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine) along with German radicals. They were representing Palestinian causes. Israel (A) was the target country, not the perpetrator. The USA (B) and Pakistan (D) were not involved.

After hijacking Air France Flight 139, the terrorists flew the hostages to Entebbe Airport in Uganda, Africa. Uganda was chosen because its dictator Idi Amin was sympathetic to the hijackers. The hostages were not taken to Delhi (B), Lahore (C), or Beijing (D).

The terrorists separated the hostages by nationality and religion. They released all non-Jewish passengers but kept the Jewish hostages (and the flight crew) as captives. Only 105 of the 246 passengers were Jewish and thus held hostage - the rest were freed. This was not about VIP status (A), prior executions (C), or crew refusal (D).

The hostages at Entebbe were ultimately rescued by Israeli commandos in a daring nighttime raid on July 4, 1976. The operation involved precise planning and execution. American commandos (B), German negotiators (C), and fictional character Bruce Willis (D) were not involved in the actual rescue.