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Military trivia is a popular and fascinating subject that covers the history, strategies, and achievements of various armies and nations. It provides an opportunity for individuals to test their knowledge about military events and figures, as well as to learn more about the fascinating world of war and conflict. These questions will challenge your understanding of military history and events, as well as the tactics and technologies used by different armies.
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1. A memorial in Washington, D.C.’s West Potomac Park, just south of the National Mall’s Reflecting Pool, has a series of statues dedicated to what military conflict, an Asian war that took place from 1950 to 1953?
Answer: Korean War Veterans Memorial
2. The Spanish for "little war" gave us what G-word term for a type of warfare in which small groups of fighters take on larger and less mobile military?
Answer: Guerrilla
3. The side-straddle hop is the U.S. military's name for what basic warm-up exercise that kicks the legs apart while doing an overhead clap?
Answer: Jumping jack
4. Not the best place to make friends, a school called BUD/S is the course that trains what U.S. special operations units repped by the "S" in BUD/S?
Answer: SEALs / Navy SEALs / U.S. Navy SEALs
5. Originating in Czechoslovakia, the Czech hedgehog is a device used to obstruct which type of military vehicle first used at the Battle of the Somme in 1916?
Answer: Tank
6. In the United States, which military rank has the acronym CWO with a number tacked on the end to denote their pay grade, are highly skilled, and are commissioned by the president?
Answer: Chief Warrant Officer
7. Which term from the French “baïonnette” describes a swordlike weapon that goes on the end of a gun and, while it’s often thought of as “old school” (American Civil War era) is also used in modern warfare (e.g., the Iraq War)?
Answer: Bayonet
8. Semper fidelis, Latin for “always faithful,” was adopted as the motto of which U.S. military service in 1883?
Answer: Marine Corps
9. What is the only branch of the U.S. military to share a name with a best-selling line of Nike sneakers?
Answer: Air Force
10. Onager, trebuchet, and ballista are medieval examples of which type of weapon?
Answer: Catapult
11. Which branch of the military is actually older than the United States because it was formed by George Washington in 1775, while the U.S. was not established until 1776?
Answer: U.S. Army
12. In June 2022, the UN condemned the "military dictatorship," whose tactics include surveillance and censorship, in what Southeast Asian nation also known as Burma?
Answer: Myanmar
13. U.S. Navy SEALs train at a school called BUD/S, which stands for Basic what kind of Demolition/SEALS? The U is something that really doesn't scare most SEALs or seals.
Answer: Underwater
14. Edward Lawrence Logan, the namesake of Boston's international airport, first enlisted in the military during the Spanish-American War and later rose to the rank of major general following his efforts in what global conflict?
Answer: WWI
15. What is the name of the esteemed U.S. military cemetery directly across the Potomac River from Washington D.C. which was founded during the Civil War to hold the deceased from the nation's conflicts? The cemetery is operated by the United States Department of the Army.
Answer: Arlington National Cemetery
16. George C. Scott won the Best Actor Oscar, but declined to accept it, for his biopic portrayal of what World War II general who was instrumental in the Battle of the Bulge?
Answer: Patton
17. In 1956, Israel invaded Egypt, followed by the UK and France, forcing outside pressure from the United States. This crisis is referred to by what name? It refers to the canal the Western powers were hoping to control.
Answer: Suez Crisis
18. The remains of what U.S. battleship can be viewed from above the water at the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Hawaii?
Answer: USS Arizona
19. The Battle of the Three Emperors, also known as the Battle of Austerlitz, saw Austro-Russian forces defeated by an army led by which military and political leader in 1805?
Answer: Napoleon
20. The Battle of Clontarf in 1014 is generally the event that ended what seafaring people's threat to Gaelic culture?
Answer: Vikings
21. From 1944 to 1945, the Germans increased their troops surrounding the Ardennes Forest for what World War II Battle and major counteroffensive? It gets its name for the rounded swelling of German troops in the region.
Answer: Battle Of The Bulge
22. One of the most well-known military acronyms that’s made its way into civilian speak, what does AWOL stand for?
Answer: Absent Without Official Leave
23. The title character and his comrade in arms, Lafayette, tell the story of the Battle of Yorktown in "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)," a rousing number in what hit Broadway musical?
Answer: Hamilton
24. What bovine nickname was given to the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the U.S. Army in 1866, and which eventually became synonymous with all of the Army's African-American regiments?
Answer: Buffalo Soldiers
25. Which subsidiary of Lockheed was one of the first companies to manufacture helicopters for both military and civilian use?
Answer: Sikorsky Aircraft
26. During the American Civil War, the battles of Bull Run (both the First and Second), Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Appomattox Court House were all fought in what state?
Answer: Virginia
27. Fort Independence is a granite military structure and one of the oldest continuously fortified sites in the United States, operating since 1634. The Fort now lies within a preserved state park on what misnomer-ed "Island?"
Answer: Castle Island
28. What follows “Operation” in the name of the 1942 Anglo-American invasion of French North Africa? This word is also part of the name of a member of Marvel Comics' Fantastic Four.
Answer: Torch
29. The Swiss Constitution prohibits Swiss citizens from participating in foreign military service except for the military unit responsible for guarding what enclave city in Europe? It is the smallest independent state in the world.
Answer: The Vatican
30. After the Japanese surrender to the Allies in 1945, British troops were led by what “M” British military commander in charge of Southeast Asia Command? In 1979, he was assassinated by bomb by the Provisional IRA.
Answer: Louis Mountbatten
31. What "imperial" name was given to the Soviet hydrogen bomb tested on October 30, 1961, the most powerful nuclear weapon ever built?
Answer: Tsar Bomba
32. What was the name of the failed mission by CIA-sponsored paramilitary troops in 1961 to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba?
Answer: Bay of Pigs
33. The Opium Wars were primarily fought between the British Empire and what country?
Answer: China
34. What “C” military rank denotes a low non-ranking noncommissioned officer in the US Army ranking above a private first class and below a sergeant? It was Max Klinger’s rank on the TV show “M*A*S*H.”
Answer: Corporal
35. The First Battle of St. Albans is often considered as marking the beginning of which series of English civil wars fought in the 15th century between the Houses of Lancaster and York? The name of this series of wars refers to the floral heraldic badges associated with the two Houses.
Answer: War of the Roses
36. A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood" is a quote attributed to which hero of World War II, whose nicknames include "America's Fightingest General", "Bandito", and "Old Blood and Guts?
Answer: George S. Patton
37. What aircraft, acquired by Lockheed Martin when they purchased Sikorsky Aircraft, was created as a tactical transport helicopter but has been used in a variety of combat roles including in the United States' air assault on Somalia?
Answer: Black Hawk
38. What 1854 poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson memorializes a failed British cavalry action in the Battle of Balaclava during the Crimean War?
Answer: The Charge of the Light Brigade
39. Which typically improvised incendiary weapon is named after a Soviet politician and diplomat who died in 1986? Two-word answer required.
Answer: Molotov cocktail
40. Taking place between 1983 and 2009, the Eelam Wars were a series of conflicts between the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the national military in which island country?
Answer: Sri Lanka
41. What round, collectible "C.C." items did Lockheed Martin introduce during World War I, now issued at military, Department of Defense, and Lockheed Martin meetings as tokens of appreciation?
Answer: Challenge Coins
42. In 2021, which military branch made up a whopping 37% of Lockheed's new veteran hires?
Answer: Air Force
43. Which unit is led by a lieutenant colonel or colonel and can have anywhere from 300 to 1,000 soldiers who are divided into various companies?
Answer: Battalion
44. To a Dungeons and Dragons player, a RPG is a role-playing game. To a modern military officer, the acronym RPG stands for what kind of anti-tank weapon?
Answer: Rocket-propelled Grenade
45. In 1945, world leaders Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill met what other man in Yalta from February 4-11 to discuss postwar plans?
Answer: Joseph Stalin
46. The Mukden Incident was used by what country as a pretext to invade China in 1931?
Answer: Japan
47. The Battle of Monte Cassino, named for a historic abbey founded by Benedict of Nursia, took place in 1944 in which country?
Answer: Italy
48. During which war did the German and British Empires fight in the Battle of Polygon Wood? It was the third part of the Third Battle of Ypres campaign.
Answer: World War I
49. "Black Hawk Down" recounted the Battle of Mogadishu and its role in the aborted early '90s UN peacekeeping mission in what Horn of Africa country?
Answer: Somalia
50. Learning from World War I, the Germans famously stockpiled ample oil and gasoline as supplies for what "lightning war" method of warfare employed in WWII?
Answer: Blitzkrieg
51. Fought between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969, the Hundred Hours’ War is also known by a name referring to which sport?
Answer: Football
52. U.S. Army beret analogy: Green beret is to U.S. Army Special Forces as tan beret is to U.S. Army...what?
Answer: Rangers
53. What foreign policy directive, laid out by the 33rd president of the United States, emphasized the containment of communism and provided the basics for American military backing of anti-communist groups within foreign countries during the Cold War?
Answer: Truman Doctrine
54. Born in 1878, by what diminutive form of the name Francisco was Mexican Revolutionary Francisco Villa best known?
Answer: Pancho
55. Happening in the southeastern portion of Montana, Custer's Last Stand occurred during what battle during the Great Sioux War of 1876?
Answer: Battle of the Little Bighorn
56. He did active duty in the Vietnam War, was promoted to four-star general in 1989, and served as Secretary of State from 2001 to 2005. Who's this noted American?
Answer: Colin Powell
57. What African country’s civil war took place between 1990 and 1994, arising from a dispute between Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups?
Answer: Rwanda
58. The German siege of the Russian city now known as Volgograd in 1942-1943 is widely considered the deadliest battle of World War II, and perhaps the deadliest of all time. What other name did Volgograd have at the time, by which the battle is typically known?
Answer: Stalingrad
59. Only four Americans throughout history have ever held what five-star rank, the highest possible rank in the U.S. Navy?
Answer: Fleet Admiral
60. First used during the American Revolutionary War, what three-letter acronym describes food that is prepared to be directly consumed by soldiers on the battlefield? Its acronym partially resembles a scan you might get at the hospital.
Answer: MRE
61. Shortly after Costa Rica abolished its military in 1948, it drew Korean War conscientious objectors from what pacifist religious sect that "tremble in the way of the Lord?"
Answer: Quakers
62. The name suggests a flop, but usage continues in warfare to this day. The Battle of Cambrai in 1917 is considered the first large-scale deployment of what instrument of war?
Answer: Tanks
63. Sharing a name with Captain Nemo's vessel in “Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,” what was the name of the world's first operational nuclear-powered submarine?
Answer: USS Nautilus
64. Repealed by President Obama in 2010, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was an official policy for gays and bisexuals serving in the US military. Which President originally issued the policy almost 15 years earlier under Department of Defense Directive 1304.26?
Answer: Bill Clinton
65. A joint venture of Lockheed and Raytheon, the FGM-148 portable anti-tank launcher shares its nickname with what decathlon event?
Answer: Javelin
66. What is the two-word phrase for someone that claims the right to refuse military service based on religion, morals, or freedom of thought?
Answer: Conscientious Objector
67. Pollywogs appear before King Neptune and his court to become shellbacks in a weird, unofficial U.S. Navy ceremony commemorating a sailor's first official crossing of what imaginary line?
Answer: Equator
68. Now the namesake of a class of aircraft carriers, what Texan commanded the US Pacific fleet during World War II and served as America's Chief of Naval Operations from 1945 to 1947?
Answer: Nimitz
69. What was the name of the boat sunk by Opération Satanique in July 1985 by a French military action? The ship was at the Port of Auckland in New Zealand on its way to a protest against a planned nuclear test.
Answer: Rainbow Warrior
70. The Recruit Training Depot at San Diego's Camp Pendleton is one of two basic training locations for new recruits to which U.S. military branch?
Answer: Marine Corps
71. The 2001 film “Blackhawk Down”, directed by Ridley Scott, centers on a military operation that took place in which East African country in 1993?
Answer: Somalia
72. Operation Mincemeat was a British tactical deception in World War II to disguise the 1943 invasion of which Mediterranean island by the Allies? This island is the largest in the Mediterranean.
Answer: Sicily
73. There is a National Military Park in northwest Arkansas near the Missouri border that protects the site of a Civil War battle won by the Union that helped gain control of the border state Missouri. What is the name of this battle?
Answer: Pea Ridge
74. There is a military location in Delaware that served as the entry point and mortuary for U.S. military personnel (and some civilians) who die overseas. What is the name of this military location?
Answer: Dover Air Force Base
75. Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics, and L3Harris Technologies are all relatively large employers in Colorado Springs that operate in what industry?
Answer: Defense
76. The Colombian military is divided into three branches: the Colombian Air Force, the National Army, and what third and final branch?
Answer: The Colombian Navy
77. What “A” national cemetery, across the Potomac from Washington, D.C., owned by the U.S. Army and established in 1864, has buried the nation’s military deaths since the Civil War, including numerous former presidents and their families?
Answer: Arlington National Cemetery
78. What war started in 431 BC, and pitted the Delian League, led by Athens, against the namesake league, led by Sparta? The Greek historian Thucydides wrote a book about the conflict.
Answer: Peloponnesian War
79. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the Mexican victory at the Battle of Puebla over what European country?
Answer: France
80. What “A” word is a day celebrated by France every November 11th since 1918 when Germany and the Allied countries signed an agreement in Compiègne, France to end World War I?
Answer: Armistice
81. Until it became its own entity in 1946, what branch of the United States Armed Forces was originally called the Army Air Corps?
Answer: U.S. Air Force
82. The Lockheed Martin C-130J military aircraft is named for what mythological Greek hero whose twelve labors included mucking out the Augean Stables?
Answer: Hercules
83. What is the name of Napoleon Bonaparte's famous warhorse, whom he named after an 1800 battle between French and Austrian forces in the Piedmont region of Italy?
Answer: Marengo
84. What “G” term refers collectively to troops stationed in a particular location? It was originally used to describe troops who were specifically set up to defend the location.
Answer: Garrison
85. What “G” Conventions were four treaties and three additional protocols that were established in 1949, in the wake of World War II, to offer rights to prisoners of war and non-combatants during war? The Conventions are named after a Swiss city that is by the Alps.
Answer: Geneva Conventions
86. An almost 20-year conflict that started in the 1950s, The Second Indochina War is better known in the West by what alternate name (based on the country where the fighting took place)?
Answer: The Vietnam War
87. Which American Commanding General of the United States Army who fought in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, and the early Civil War was nicknamed “Old Fuss and Feathers?”
Answer: Winfield Scott
88. In 1842, the signing of the Nanking Treaty ended the first Opium War between Great Britain and the Qing dynasty of which country?
Answer: China
89. A ceasefire in November 2020 put an end to a war between what two countries, which flared up over control of the region of Nagorno-Karabakh?
Answer: Armenia
90. Which alliteratively named Spanish military General led the Nationalist faction in the Spanish Civil War, and took power in Spain following the conclusion of the war in 1939?
Answer: Francisco Franco
91. Since 2020, the Ethiopian National Defense Force has been battling a rebel group known as TDF in what northern region of the country?
Answer: Tigray
92. Which WWII battle fought in October of 1939 was the last one to take place during the German invasion of Poland?
Answer: Kock
93. The Bosnian War was formally ended in 1995 with the signing of a peace treaty named after which city, the sixth-largest in Ohio?
Answer: Dayton (The Dayton Accords)
94. In 1846, future president Zachary Taylor won a battle in the Mexican-American War campaign at what battle site, about 8 miles away from modern Brownsville, Texas? A city with the same name would be the site of Stanford University in California.
Answer: Palo Alto
95. A famous fictional member of the Army Air Forces is Capt. John Yossarian, a 28-year-old World War II bombardier in what Joseph Heller satirical novel?
Answer: Catch-22
96. Meaning roughly "strivers for jihad," what M-word name was given to the various Afghanistan rebel groups that fought against the Soviet Union in the Soviet-Afghan War in the 1980s?
Answer: Mujahideen
97. What type of long gun gives its name to a series of battles and raids fought across New Zealand among Maori between 1807 and 1837 after Maori first obtained this firearm?
Answer: Musket
98. What United States battleship was formally commissioned by Donald Trump in 2017, replacing the decommissioned USS Enterprise? It shares its name with the 38th President of the United States, who served on the light aircraft carrier Monterey in the Pacific theater of World War II?
Answer: USS Gerald Ford
99. The series of conflicts in Central America and the Caribbean between 1898 and 1934 that consisted of military occupation, police action, and intervention by the United States is generally known by the fruity name of the WHAT Wars?
Answer: Banana
100. From about the 12th century AD to the end of feudalism in the 1860s, what was the title of Japan's military dictators, also the title of a novel by James Clavell?
Answer: Shogun
101. Which famous special forces unit, whose motto is "Who Dares Wins" was founded by Scottish army officer David Stirling during World War II?
Answer: Special Air Service (SAS)
102. Between 1915 and 1934, U.S. Marines were part of an occupation of what Caribbean nation? The military was first sent there by Woodrow Wilson following the murder of the nation's dictator and other politically-driven murders led to widespread instability.
Answer: Haiti
103. The Battle of Isandlwana and the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, which both took place on 22 January 1879, were battles between the British Empire and which South African kingdom?
Answer: Zulu
104. What six-letter acronym names the precise and easily-moved-around rocket-launching system supplied by the U.S. to Ukraine, used with great success against Russia in the ongoing war?
Answer: HIMARS
105. According to Roman historian Suetonius, Julius Caesar stated “alea iacta est”, meaning “the die is cast” when crossing which river in northeastern Italy that inspired the name of a Jeep model?
Answer: The Rubicon
106. Although he had graduated from West Point and served with distinction in the Mexican–American War, this future President abruptly resigned his army commission in 1854 and returned to his family, living with them in poverty for seven years before re-enlisting. Who is he?
Answer: Ulysses S. Grant
107. British military presence in Singapore ended in what decade that gave us Electronic Battleship and Supertramp's "Goodbye Stranger"?
Answer: 1970s
108. The M4 tank, the most widely used tank by Allied forces during World War II, was named after what legendary American Civil War general?
Answer: William Tecumseh Sherman
109. Dwight Eisenhower popularized what term that describes the informal alliance between a nation's armed forces and its arms industry?
Answer: Military-industrial complex
110. What is the military rank of our morning speaker, Chaveso "Chevy" Cook?
Answer: Major
111. The khukuri is a forward-curving knife associated with which Nepalese people noted for their military capabilities?
Answer: Gurkha
112. The NATO Phonetic Alphabet associates each letter of the English alphabet with a distinct word, starting with Alfa, Bravo, and Charlie. Of the 26 words present, only two are a single syllable. One is “golf.” What is the other?
Answer: Mike
113. Iron Mike is the military name for what quad-busting exercise that’s essentially a really goofy knees-to-the-floor walk?
Answer: Lunge
114. In 1898, what US Navy ship sunk in Havana Harbor, becoming a catalyst for U.S. involvement in what became the Spanish-American War?
Answer: USS Maine
115. Arthur Martin-Leake, Noel Chavasse and Charles Upham are the only two-time winners of which military decoration, the highest awarded in Commonwealth countries?
Answer: The Victoria Cross
116. Guerra de las Malvinas is the Argentinian name for a 10-week conflict in 1982, which saw them invade and occupy several islands that were claimed by the United Kingdom. What is the English name for this war, which references the main island group being fought over?
Answer: The Falklands War
117. Which battle led to the bloodiest day (most Americans killed in a single day) in U.S. history? It's not Gettysburg, but was part of that same war.
Answer: Antietam
118. A French word for "undermining" is the source of what S-word for a combat engineer?
Answer: Sapper
119. The branch of a military that specializes in military justice and law is called JAG Corps. Also the elongated title of a long-running CBS courtroom drama, JAG is short for what three-word title?
Answer: Judge Advocate General
120. Fought in Tennessee and also known as Pittsburg Landing, what Civil War battle of April 6th and 7th, 1862, allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior?
Answer: Shiloh
121. In contrast to nationalism, which can be described as more peaceful patriotism, what policy describes using diplomatic or military force to extend a nation's power or control?
Answer: Imperialism
122. Benjamin O. Davis Sr., the first African-American man to become a general in the US Army, was a key figure in protecting the interests, morale, and rights of Black soldiers in the US Army during what 20th century conflict?
Answer: World War II
123. What “J” sultanate was in control of Singapore in 1819 when the British negotiated for their crown colony there? The name comes from a Persian word meaning “jewel.”
Answer: Johor
124. Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction was the old name of the New London service academy for which U.S. armed forces branch?
Answer: Coast Guard
125. What country house in Buckinghamshire, England became the principal site of Allied code-breaking efforts during World War II, most famously the breaking of the German Enigma machine's ciphers?
Answer: Bletchley Park
126. Popularized by modern Olympic founder, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, is what summer Olympic event designed to simulate the experience of a 19th-century cavalry soldier behind enemy lines: he must ride an unfamiliar horse, fight enemies with pistol and sword, swim, and run to return to his own soldiers?
Answer: Modern Pentathlon
127. The United Kingdom was the first country on which the U.S. formally declared war. What was the second?
Answer: Mexico
128. The U.S. Army artillery branch's insignia is a pair of crossed cannons. The Air Defense Artillery's insignia just plops what guessable pointy thing on top of crossed cannons?
Answer: Missile
129. The Srebrenica massacre of 1995, during which more than 8,000 people were killed, is named for a town in which country?
Answer: Bosnia and Herzegovina
130. The fictional character James Bond holds what rank in the Royal Navy that is immediately junior to captain?
Answer: Commander
131. What 1916 “V” battle of World War I was the longest battle of that conflict, taking place on the Western Front in France?
Answer: Battle Of Verdun
132. By what two-word, alcohol-based name is Australia’s first and only military coup known? This military coup took place in 1808.
Answer: Rum Rebellion
133. TA-50 military lockers are widely purchased and used by what department of the U.S. government?
Answer: Department of Defense
134. What “D” foreign policy technique involves amassing enough military force to intimidate another state out of a potential action? Examples include the presence of US armaments dissuading Soviet expansion during the Cold War.
Answer: Deterrence
135. China, India, and the U.S. have the three biggest active militaries in the world, but which country with the fourth largest military overall has the largest active military per capita, with roughly 1 in 20 people in active service?
Answer: North Korea
136. What "Army" of protestors, who gathered in Washington D.C. in 1932, took its name from the military service payments they were promised, but weren't meant to collect until 1945?
Answer: Bonus Army
137. What embroidered cloth, nearly 70 meters long, depicts the events leading to the Norman conquest of England, culminating in the 1066 Battle of Hastings?
Answer: Bayeux Tapestry
138. The extreme mental and physical stress on young German soldiers in World War I is a theme in what 1929 novel by Erich Maria Remarque, who served in the war in real life?
Answer: All Quiet on the Western Front
139. Shades of Green is a Disney World resort that caters to members of what specialized profession?
Answer: Armed Forces / Military
140. Operation Urgent Fury was the codename for the American invasion of which island nation, formerly a British colony, in 1983?
Answer: Grenada
141. In 1952, which European country became the third nuclear power in the world when it conducted successful nuclear weapons testing on the Montebello Islands?
Answer: United Kingdom
142. Well before he was President, Lincoln stated his opposition against which war by stating "military glory—that attractive rainbow, that rises in showers of blood"?
Answer: Mexican-American War
143. New Zealand sent forces to join the Commonwealth military during the guerrilla war known as the "Emergency" fought in what country from 1948 to 1960?
Answer: Malaya / Malaysia
144. Originally intended to honor veterans of World War One's Gallipoli campaign, what national day of remembrance is celebrated in the Southern Hemisphere on April 25?
Answer: ANZAC Day
145. Passwords have commonly been involved in military use for centuries. In the opening of the Battle of Normandy, U.S. paratroopers would use the password "flash" which was required to be answered by what related "counterpassword?"
Answer: Thunder
146. The term “fifth column”, meaning a group of people who attempt to undermine a larger group from within, originates from which European conflict of the 1930s?
Answer: Spanish Civil War
147. Which term describes military code words that don’t hide or secure information; rather, they’re meant to help communicate a complex message in just a few words? Examples include “ceasefire,” “fish,” and “locked.”
Answer: Brevity
148. Remembered as the most shocking event of the Vietnam War, what name was given to the 1968 murder of hundreds of South Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops?
Answer: My Lai Massacre
149. What is the three-word name of the fortification introduced to England by the Normans comprising a raised area of ground termed a motte surrounded by a walled courtyard and a ditch?
Answer: Motte and bailey
150. With a surname meaning 'black head', who was the United States Army general who led all coalition forces in the Gulf War?
Answer: Norman Schwarzkopf
151. The Battle of Bunker Hill in Boston was one of the turning points of the American Revolutionary War. Today, you can visit the monument as well as climb the 221-foot granite obelisk which honors the fallen soldiers. Within 20 steps, how many steps does it take to climb to the top?
Answer: 294 (274 - 314 Accepted)
152. Which battle, named after the largest island of the Solomon Islands, is considered the first major land offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan?
Answer: Battle of Guadalcanal
153. Before writing sci-fi classics like "Stranger in a Strange Land" and "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress," what author served in the U.S. Navy from 1929 to 1934 and was a civilian engineer during World War II?
Answer: Robert A. Heinlein
154. The shortest war in history took place in 1896. It ended after just 38 minutes when which African archipelago surrendered to the British Empire?
Answer: Zanzibar
155. Also called the Great War (Guerra Grande), which war from 1868 to 1878 was the first of three that Cuba fought for its independence from Spain?
Answer: Ten Years' War
156. What 1862 Civil War battle marked the "high water mark" for the Confederacy in the Western Theater after the Union Army of the Ohio (under Buell) won a tactical victory over the Confederate Army of Mississippi (under Bragg) in the largest battle in Kentucky history?
Answer: Perryville
157. In 1862 during the American Civil War, the Battle of Iuka was fought in which southeastern state?
Answer: Mississippi
158. In 1912, Bulgaria, Greece, and Serbia declared war on the Ottoman Empire. They fought The First Balkan War along with which country in Southeast Europe that was a monarchy at the time, as noted by “Kingdom of” before its name?
Answer: Montenegro
159. The 1618 Defenestration of Prague marked the beginning of what religious conflict within the Holy Roman Empire?
Answer: Thirty Years' War
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