Memorial Day Quiz To Test Your Basic Knowledge
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Questions and Answers
- 1.Memorial Day was created in honor of the fallen soldiers of which war?
- A.
Revolutionary War
- B.
World War I
- C.
Civil War
- D.
World WarII
- 2.Waterloo, New York, is the official birthplace of Memorial Day.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.Memorial Day is regarded as the unofficial start of which season?
- A.
Summer
- B.
Spring
- C.
Fall
- D.
Rainy Season
- 4.What time is the National Moment of Remembrance observed on Memorial Day?
- A.
Noon
- B.
3 p.m.
- C.
5 p.m.
- D.
6 am
- 5.Decoration Day, the commemorative holiday that eventually was renamed Memorial Day, was officially established in what year?
- A.
1868
- B.
1887
- C.
1902
- D.
1917
- 6.Which of these memorials to the fallen was the first to be established on Washington’s National Mall?
- A.
National World War II Memorial
- B.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- C.
Korean War Veterans Memorial
- D.
Vietnam Women’s Memorial
- 7.Which U.S. senator introduced a bill to restore Memorial Day to its original date of May 30?
- A.
Bob Dole
- B.
John Glenn
- C.
Daniel Inouye
- 8.In what war were American soldiers widely called "doughboys?
- A.
Revolutionary War
- B.
World War I
- C.
World War II
- D.
Civil War
- 9.Five Forks was the last important battle in what war?
- A.
Civil War
- B.
Revolutionary War
- C.
War of 1812
- 10.The Big Hole National Battlefield commemorates soldiers who fought and died in what war?
- A.
The Civil War
- B.
French and Indian War
- C.
The Nez Perc War
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