CFIF Veterans Day Quiz |
By CFIF Staff
Thursday, November 05 2015 |
Take CFIF’s 21-Question Veterans Day Quiz and test your knowledge of the brave men and women who defend our freedoms. (Answer key may be found at the bottom)
a. The Treaty of Versailles was signed on that date 2. Which of the following is the highest military decoration which can be awarded an individual serving in the Armed Services of the United States? a. Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard Cross 3. Which one of the following is the oldest military decoration in the world in present use? a. Croix de Guerre 4. Which one of the following ships holds the distinction of being the oldest commissioned warship in the U.S. Navy? a. USS Constellation 5. What is the oldest continuously occupied military post in the U.S.? a. Fort Monroe, Hampton, Virginia 6. Until 1947, the U.S. Air Force had been most closely associated with which one of the following service branches? a. U.S. Army 7. How was U.S. Marine Band, also known as “The President’s Own,” established? a. Act of Congress 8. “Semper Paratus” (Always Ready), is the motto of which one of the following services? a. U.S. Marine Corps 9. In which one of the following years was the first Army-Navy game played? a. 1789 10. The third Saturday in May is set aside annually in observance of which one of the following? a. Armed Forces Day 11. The Friday before Mother’s Day is traditionally recognized as which one of the following? a. Armed Forces Day 12. The observance of which one of the following federal holidays was restored, by law, to its original date of observance, having briefly been included in the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968? a. Columbus Day 13. In which one of the following years did Congress pass its first Declaration of War? a. 1776 14. Congress created the U.S. Department of Defense in the aftermath of which one of the following? a. The Revolutionary War 15. Which one of the following was the first federally authorized housing and medical facility for disabled U.S. veterans? a. The Naval Home 16. Which U.S. President signed legislation to establish the Department of Veterans Affairs as a cabinet agency? a. Herbert Hoover 17. The largest-ever helicopter evacuation took place during which of the following conflicts? a. Korea 18. Which one of the following U.S. Presidents both served on an aircraft carrier and had one named after him? a. John F. Kennedy 19. Which one of the following U.S. Cabinet Secretaries tendered his resignation, claiming hopeless disagreement with the President with regard to national defense strategies? a. Jefferson Davis 20. America's first international conflict following the War of American Independence took place against which one of the following? a. Barbary States 21. Which one of the following patriots from the American Revolution is credited with stating, “I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death?” a. Patrick Henry
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