Veterans Day Trivia Question and Answers
1.
What was the original name of Veterans Day?
Answer:
Armistice Day
2.
On what date is Veterans Day celebrated?
Answer:
November 11th
3.
What year did the United States enter World War I?
Answer:
1917
4.
What year did the United States enter World War II?
Answer:
1941
5.
What year did the United States enter the Korean War?
Answer:
1950
6.
What year did the United States enter the Vietnam War?
Answer:
1964
7.
What year did the United States enter the Gulf War?
Answer:
1991
8.
What year did the United States enter the War in Afghanistan?
Answer:
2001
9.
What year did the United States enter the War in Iraq?
Answer:
2003
10.
What is the name of the national memorial to veterans in Washington D.C.?
Answer:
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial
11.
What is the largest military branch in the United States?
Answer:
The Army
12.
What is the smallest military branch in the United States?
Answer:
The Space Force
13.
What is the highest military rank in the United States?
Answer:
General of the Army or Admiral of the Navy
14.
What is the name of the military decoration awarded to those who are killed or wounded in action?
Answer:
Purple Heart
15.
What is the name of the military medal awarded for distinguished service?
Answer:
Medal of Honor
16.
What is the name of the military award given for valor in combat?
Answer:
Silver Star
17.
What is the name of the military award given for meritorious service?
Answer:
Legion of Merit
18.
What is the name of the military award given for outstanding achievement?
Answer:
Distinguished Flying Cross
19.
What is the name of the military award given for heroic or meritorious achievement in ground combat?
Answer:
Bronze Star
20.
What is the name of the military award given for meritorious service in a combat zone?
Answer:
Combat Action Badge
21.
What is the name of the military award given for service in a combat zone?
Answer:
Good Conduct Medal
22.
What is the name of the military award given for service in a foreign country?
Answer:
Overseas Service Ribbon
23.
What is the name of the military award given for service in a hazardous duty area?
Answer:
Hazardous Duty Ribbon
24.
What is the name of the military award given for service in a hostile fire area?
Answer:
Hostile Fire Medal
25.
What is the name of the military award given for service in a nuclear weapons area?
Answer:
Nuclear Deterrence Operations Service Medal
26.
What is the name of the military award given for service in a medical unit?
Answer:
Medical Badge
27.
What is the name of the military award given for service in a legal unit?
Answer:
Judge Advocate General's Corps Badge
28.
What is the name of the military award given for service in a chaplain unit?
Answer:
Chaplain's Assistant Badge
29.
What is the name of the military award given for service in a band unit?
Answer:
Army Band Badge
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