Set 1:
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1. Who was the US Army physican who headed the "Yellow Fever" research project in the 1890s?
2. The first US Infantry ground combat unit committed to Vietnam, came ashore at what
place, 8 March 1965?
3. Later in the year of what war, on 21 October 1967, was the Israeli destroyer "Eilat"
sunk by Egyptian missile boats?
4. Of what material was the Luftwaffe aviator's jacket made?
5. What is the designation of the British Alvis-built, tracked, armoured, anti-armoured
personnel carrier vehicle?
Set 2:
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1. What rabid anti-communist senator, known as "Tail-Gunner Joe", served
in the US Marines?
2. What World War I American flying unit had more "aces" than any other?
3. What huge Jan.1915 naval battle took place between the German and
British fleet units?
4. What is the color of the ribbon for the "Hero of the Soviet Union" medal?
5. What was unusual in the operation of the World War I "Davis Gun", an
aircraft gun invented by US Navy Commander Davis?
Set 3:
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1. Who did Queen Elizabeth I appoint to replace the Earl of Essex in his
attempt to subdue the Irish?
2. In 1834-1841, US Army, Navy and Marine units fought a bitter war with
what Floridian Indian tribes?
3. What action, taken by the 1st Parachute Regt. (1 REP) of the French
Foreign Legion, 22 Apr 1960, caused it to be disbanded in disgrace?
4. The "Mannerheim Cross" was, until a few years ago, the highest award
for valour of what Scandinavian country?
5. What is the production successor to the British "Chieftain" tank?
Set 4:
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1. Who was General Eisenhower's Chief of Staff for the 1944 Normandy Invasion?
2. What NATO nation is the only country in the world whose air force
is larger than its army?
3. Despite earlier experiences and after elaborate preparation, US forces
assaulted what Aleutian island only to discover that the Japanese had
pulled out weeks before?
4. A white eagle descending on a blood-red outline of Corregidor island,
became the insignia of what heroic World War II US Army airborne regiment?
5. What was the fabulous broadsword carried by legendary King Arthur?
Set 5:
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1. Who commanded the US 82nd Airborne Div for Operation "Market-Garden"?
2. Where is Britain's main officer academy located?
3. What war, named for a part of the human anatomy, was fought in the
eastern US from 1739-1748.
4. Which British regiments practice the custom of the "eating of the leek"?
5. The orange-coloured magazine on the new AKS and AKD Soviet assault rifles
is made of what material?
Set 6:
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1. What World War II US Navy admiral said: "Hit hard, hit first,
hit often."?
2. The 1st Canadian Parachute Bn. of World War II is the forerunner
of what present Canadian regiment?
3. From what island in the Marianas were US aircraft launched to
carry ou the A-bomb attacks on Japan?
4. With what US military corps does the British Royal Welch Fusiliers
(23rd of Foot) maintain musical affiliations?
5. What World War II US-made single-shot partisan's pistol, actually
tool longer to load than to produce (7 1/2 seconds)?
Set 7:
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1. What high ranking North Vietnamese was a graduate of the Soviet
General Staff Academy?
2. What is the "Senior Service" of the US armed forces?
3. In July 1937, Japanese and Chinese troops clashed at the Marco
Polo Bridge, outside what Chinese city?
4. "Gunny" is what E-7 US Marine Corps rank?
5. What does "AUG" mean in designating the new Steyr produced assault
rifle of Austria?
Set 8:
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1. What field marshal surrendered the German forces at Stalingrad?
2. The "VECHEKA" (or "CHEKA"), the secret assassinatoin/espionage
bureau of what nation, was created 19 Dec 1917?
3. What Japanese city suffered the worst firebombing in history,
10 May 1945?
4. What do US Navy sailors affectionately call their round white caps?
5. What was the name of the World War II German heavy tank destroyer,
Jadpanzer IV?
Set 9:
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1. What inept Mexican general of the US-Mexican War lost a lge while fighting
the French in 1838?
2. Fort Lewis, Washington, was named for what American explorer?
3. What was significant about the Austro-Hungarian Aviatik B-1 aircraft,
shot down 5 Oct 1914?
4. "Pro Patria" ("For Country") is the motto of what Canadian infantry regiment?
5. What man-pack anti-aircraft missile is carried by US Army and Marine infantry?
Set 10:
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1. What German general described the 8th Aug 1918 Canadian/Australian/British
offensive as "the Black Day of the German Army"?
2. What did the Rhodesian Army troops call the communist FRELIMO insurgents
of Mozambique?
3. What 1944 French battle was the last time that defence of a medieval fortress
played a decisive role against a mechanized army?
4. What popular American movie star's name was given to the inflatable life
vest used in World War II?
5. What World War I British multi-role Avro bi-plane was made in greater numbers
than any other aircraft prior to World War II?
Set 11:
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1. What British statesman, soldier, writer, etc. said: "Russia is an enigma,
wrapped up in mystery, and punctuated by a question mark."?
2. The US Army's 1st Ranger Bn. s located at what Georgia air base?
3. What town was the British 1st Airborne Div. tasked to capture during
Operation "Market-Garden"?
4. While most Commonwealth regiments stand when drinking the sovereign's
health, why doesn't the Royal Navy?
5. The "Tampell" is what Mideast nation's 120mm mortar?
Set 12:
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1. What Mongol war leader amused himself by building pyramids of human heads?
2. What regiment was formed by combining the British 1st (Royal) Dragoons and
the 4th Dragoon Guards ("Blue Horse")?
3. What battle did the Duke of Wellington refer to as "the nearest run thing
you saw in your life"?
4. What emblem is found on the wing, fuselage and tail section of West German
aircraft?
5. What gave the "brown" colour to the robust and reliable "Brown Bess" musket
issued for many years to British soldiers?
Set 13:
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1. What supposed inventor of baseball commanded the Union guns at Ft.Sumter in
response to the Confederate bombardment?
2. What nation was originally responsible for creating and funding the
Palestinian Liberation organization?
3. In what Mideast war did France become involved, 1 Nov 1954?
4. 7 Nov 1950 is the Marine Corps birthday of what Asian Pacific nation?
5. What calibre ammunition is fired from the French MAT-49 submachine gun?
Set 14:
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1. By what name was the Vietnamese communist revolutionary leader,
"Nguyen Ai Quoc", better known?
2. The acronym 'STANAVFORLANT' designates what multi-national
organization's Naval command?
3. To what conflict did an American president refer when he said:
"We still seek no wider war."?
4. "They shall not pass!" was the rallying cry of French soldiers in
what 1916 World War I battle?
5. What armaments company produced the first rim-fired metal
cartridge (commercial) in 1857?
Set 15:
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1. What was unique about World War II Japanese pilot Nobu Fujita?
2. Which unit had the highest kill ratio of all of Rhodesia's forces
in that recent war?
3. How long did the Roman seige of Masada last, beginning in 71 AD?
4. What German decoration has a French inscription on it?
5. What rifle was the first regular issue for the British Army Rifle
regiments?
Set 16:
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1. What position did Winston Churchill occupy when he engineered the disastrous
World War I Gallipoli campaign?
2. "Komsomol" is the militarized youth wing of what nation's communist party?
3. In Sept 1941, German forces surrounded what city and inflicted over 550,000
casualties?
4. What is the popular name for the US military's LCE aluminum frame backpack?
5. What is the magazine capacity of the US military's M1911A .45 cal auto-pistol?
Set 17:
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1. Who succeeded General William Westmoreland as US Commander in Vietnam?
2. What is the first "high-technology light division" in the US Army?
3. What World War I naval battle largely gave control of the seas to the
British, although they had actually lost more ships?
4. In the days of sail, what draconian punishment involved pulling the
miscreant under the hull of the vessel?
5. What were the World War II British built artifical harbours, towed to
Normandy for "Overlord", known as?
Set 18:
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1. What Russian general, considered to be the 'father' of Soviet armoured
forces, was shot in the pre World War II Stalinist purges?
2. During the Malaysian "Emergency", the British Special Air Service utilized
trackers from what tribe of Borneo headhunters?
3. In what 17 July 1689 battle were British troops, using plug bayonets, overwhelmed
by Scottish swordsmen?
4. The 4th Regiment of what US service burned their colours rather than surrender them
when the Japanese overran the Philippines in World War II?
5. By what name was the World War II US built B-24 bomber known?
Set 19:
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1. What hero of the Mexican War was the Union General of the Army at the outset of
the US Civil War?
2. Lord Cardigan commanded what British cavalry brigade at Balaclava?
3. US troops fought continually in the "Ho Bo Woods" of what Southeast Asian nation?
4. A red, white and blue lanyard was worn by what World War II combined Canadian-American
airborne commando unit?
5. The Russian Degtyarev DP light machine gun is fed by what device?
Set 20:
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1. Gerhard Barkhorn is the 2nd highest scoring ace of all time, with
excess of how many victories?
2. Tadeuz Andrzej Koscuiszko planned and built the 18th century defences
of what US Army installation in Virginia?
3. On 9 Sept 1939, aircraft from what British carrier forced down and
captured the first German plane downed in World War II?
4. The aircraft runway on Roi Island at Kwajalein Atoll, inspired the
emblem design for waht World War II US Marine Corps division?
5. What is the name of the new Soviet Mi-28 attack helicopter?
Set 21:
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1. Who succeeded General Raoul Salan as Chief of Staff of the French Expeditionary
Forces in Indo-China, during Dien Bien Phu?
2. What five sided building in Washington D.C. houses the Joint Chiefs of Staff, military
branch headquarters, etc.?
3. Operation "Galvanic" was the 1943 invasion of what japanese held atoll?
4. The red stripe on the blue trousers of US Marine NCOs and officers commemorates what
action in the US/Mexican War?
5. What small medieval multi-point weapon, when scattered in numbers, will lame horses
or puncture truck tires?
Set 22:
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1. What US officer was treacherously bayoneted to death by Chinese communist
troops on the Hsuchow railroad tracks, 25 August 1945? His name is used
as the title of an American rightist organization.
2. The "Luc Long Duc Biet" was the South Vietnamese equivalent of what
elite US Army unit?
3. On 24 June 1340, England's Edward III destroyed the seapower of what
European nation at Sluys?
4. At what ancient Herodian mountaintop fortress do Israeli paratroops recite
their graduation oath?
5. What medieval hand-held ballistic weapon was condemned by the Church at the
Lateran Council of 1139?
Set 23:
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1. What was the name of Hitler's top female test pilot?
2. In 1942, what race was generally admitted into the US Marines?
3. On 21 May 1982, 3 Commando Brigade Royal Marines, made an
opposed landing on what South Atlantic islands?
4. What place in France was mad American soil, to commemorate the
sacrifice of US Marines fighting there in World War I?
5. What was used in wheel-lock firearms to produce an ignition spark?
Set 24:
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1. What Chinese leader wrote "Thoughts on Guerrilla Warfare"?
2. On 22 Feb 1967, what US Army paratroop brigade made the only
mass combat jump of the Vietnam War's American phase?
3. Between what two neighbouring countries did the short and
ludicrous "Pig War" take place?
4. What British Highland Regt. does not display battle honours from
the American Revolutionary War on its colours, because they
considered it "unseemly" to have fought "kith and kin"?
5. What British made VSTOL fighter plane has been adopted by
the US Marines
Set 25:
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1. What British aviator commanded the Allied air forces
for the 1944 Normandy invasion?
2. Britain's Army Air Corps pilot training center is
located at what base?
3. "Bando" is the knife-wielding art of what British and
Indian Army ethnic soldiers?
4. What US Army Cavalry regiemtn is known as "The Gray Owens"?
5. What were the shredded pieces of aluminum, dropped by Allied
aircraft in World War II to confuse enemy radar?
Set 26:
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1. What US Marine Scout-Sniper officer was the first to
hit Betio beach at Tarawa in 1943?
2. Ogbourne St.George, England, was the D-Day
staging area for what US Army airborne division?
3. Every combat serviceman of what World War II
Allied nation was a volunteer?
4. What two weapons are depicted on the World War II
German General Assault Badge?
5. What is the long belt-knife or short-sword carried by
Scottish troops?
Set 27:
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1. Army officer and future US President William Henry
Harrison, acquired what name from his Indian
fighting days?
2. Mehmet Ali Agca was used by what communist nation's
intelligence unit in a papal assassination attempt?
3. Operation "Corporate" was the British effort to
recapture what islands a few years ago?
4. How many types of discharges are there in the US
military?
5. US citizen Morse is generally credited with inventing
what type of brass drawn cartridge case in 1858?
Set 28:
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1. What Arab leader attacked Malta against the Knights of
St.John of Jerusalem, in 1565?
2. "Hoplites" were foot soldiers of what ancient Mediterranean
country of city-states?
3. In what World War II Pacific island battle did the US Marines
(2nd Marine Raiders) first use scout dogs?
4. What was the "chota-peg" enjoyed by the Indian Army's
British officers near day's end?
5. What was World War II Germany's most successful series
fighter aircraft design?
Set 29:
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1. What American Navy hero, after defeating the British,
said: "We have met the enemy and they are ours."?
2. What type of unit is a "MASH"?
3. Operation "Husky" was the World War II Allied invasion
of what Mediterranean island?
4. Because of a very early German connection, Britain's
14th/20th King's Hussars wear what Prussian device as
a cap badge?
5. What "suprise weapon" was first used against the Romans
(by Pyrus of Eprius) near Lucania, in 318 BC?
Set 30:
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1. What 17th century British Stuart king established a
permanent professional army?
2. The "Atlas", tested 17 Dec 1957, was the first ICBM
of what NATO nation?
3. What island, invaded 19 Feb 1945 by US Marines, was
known to the Japanese as "Sulphur Island"?
4. What does the Gurkha war-cry "Ayoo Gurkhali!" mean?
5. What European nation produces the "Armbrust 300"
anti-armour weapon, having minimal blast, noise and
flash signature?
Set 31:
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1. Who commanded the US Navy aircraft carrier force at the June 1942 Battle of Midway?
2. On what field fortification in 1945, did Winston Churchill invite several generals
to "urinate on the great West Wall of Germany"?
3. In April 1943, a "Swallow" team of British and Norwegian commandos destroyed the
German's heavy water facility at Norsk Hydro, in what country?
4. What major weapons system was depicted on the World War 1 German Naval Zeppelin Badge?
5. The flame-thrower equipped US Navy monitor boats used in Vietnam were known by
what name?
Set 32:
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1. What two time Medal of Honour winner lead the US Army's 27th Infantry ("Wolfhounds")
into their baptism of fire, 2 May 1902, at Bayan, Philippines?
2. Where in California is the largest nuclear powered attack submarine base on the
West Coast?
3. What was the 4 Aug 1964 incident, in which the USS "Maddox" and "Turner Joy" were
attacked by North Vietnamese gunboats?
4. The French para-frogman's qualification badge consists of wings, anchor and two of
what type of sea creature?
5. What nation has just launched the new "Slava" class heavy cruisers?
Set 33:
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1. On 25 Jul 1943, what Axis leader was removed from power by the Fascist Grand Council?
2. The World War II super-secret "X-troops", #10 Inter-Allied Commando, was composed
mostly of Europeans of what religion?
3. During what war did German U-boat U-220 lay mines in Canada's St.John's harbour
entrance?
4. Colonel Merril B. Twining designed (in World War II) the emblem of what US Marine division?
5. What is the long, spear-like weapon carried by cavalry?
Set 34:
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1. What ex Soviet Army general now heads the KGB?
2. The "Dajnavna Sigurnost" is the secret service of what Balkan nation?
3. At what place in 48 BC did Julius Caesar defeat and kill Pompey?
4. What is an "airdale" in US military terms?
5. The early 20th century "Hino" 7.65mm auto-pistol, of what Asian nation,
is of true "blow-forward" design?
Set 35:
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1. What US Civil War Confederate general was also known
as "Old Ace of Spades"?
2. What is the Soviet equivalent, roughly, to the US's CIA?
3. What island campaign earned US Marines more Medals of Honor
than any other operation of World War II?
4. What is the woven design (originally a small piece of rope)
on top of US Marine Corps officer's dress headgear?
5. What Case-built knife was preferred and most commonly carried
by members of the World War II US/Canadian 1st Special Service Force?
1. Major Walter Reed
2. Da Nang
3. Six Day War
4. leather
5. "Scimitar"
1. Senator Joseph McCarthy
2. 94th Aero Sqdn.
3. Battle of Dogger Bank
4. red
5. recoiless gun
1. Charles Blount
2. Seminoles
3. mutiny
4. Finland
5. "Challenger"
1. General Walter Bedell Smith
2. Canada
3. Kiska
4. 503rd Parachute Infantry
5. "Excalibur"
1. General Maxwell Taylor
2. Sandhurst
3. War of Jenkin's Ear
4. Welsh
5. plastic
1. Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.
2. Canadian Airborne Regt.
3. Tinian
4. US Marine Corps
5. "Liberator"
1. General Vo Nguyen Giap
2. Army
3. Peking
4. Gunnery Sergeant
5. "Armee Universal Gewehr" ("Army Universal Gun")
1. Feldmarschall Frederich Von Paulus
2. USSR
3. Tokyo
4. "dixie cup"
5. "Jagdtiger"
1. General Antonia Lopez de Santa Anna
2. Merriweather Lewis
3. First aircraft shot down in aerial combat
4. Royal Canadian Regt.
5. "Redeye"
1. General Erich Ludendorff
2. "Freddies"
3. Metz
4. "Mae-West"
5. Avro 504 series
1. Winston S. Churchill
2. Hunter Army Airfield
3. Arnhem
4. Because in days of sail, to stand in the Wardroom would entail knocking
one's head ont he ship's timbers.
5. Israel
1. Tamerlane
2. Blues and Royals
3. Waterloo
4. Black iron crosses
5. A thin film of uniform oxidation on the metalwork (rust)
1. Abner Boubleday
2. Egypt
3. Algerian War
4. Philippines
5. 9mm
1. Ho Chi Minh
2. NATO
3. Vietnam War
4. Verdun
5. Smith and Wesson
1. He was the only enemy pilot to bomb the continental United States.
2. Selous Scouts
3. two years
4. the "Blue Max" ("Pour Le Merite")
5. Baker rifle
1. First Lord of the Admiralty
2. USSR
3. Kiev
4. "Alice" pack
5. seven rounds
1. General Creighton Abrams
2. 9th Infantry Division
3. Jutland
4. keel-hauling
5. "Mulberries"
1. Marshal Mikhail Tukachevsky
2. Iban
3. Killiecrankie
4. US Marine Corps
5. "Liberator"
1. General Winfield S. Scott
2. Light Brigade
3. Vietnam
4. "Devil's Brigade" (1st Special Service Force)
5. drum magazine
1. 300 (he has 301)
2. West Point
3. HMS "Ark Royal"
4. 4th Marine Div.
5. "Havoc"
1. General Henri Navarre
2. Pentagon
3. Tarawa
4. assault on Chapultepec Castle
5. caltrop
1. Lieutenant John Birch
2. US Army Special Forces
3. France
4. Masada
5. crossbow
1. Hannah Reich
2. Negro
3. Falklands
4. Belleau Wood (Wood of the Marine Brigade)
5. flint
1. Mao-Tse Tsung
2. 173rd Airborne Brigade
3. Canada and US
4. the Black Watch (RHR)
5. AV-"Harrier"
1. Air Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallroy
2. Middle Wallop
3. Gurkhas
4. 7th US Cavalry
5. chaff
1. Lieutenant William Hawkins
2. 101st Airborne Div
3. Canada
4. bayonet and hand grenade
5. dirk
1. "Tippecanoe"
2. Bulgaria
3. Falklands
4. five
5. center-fired
1. Suleiman the Magnificent
2. Greece
3. Bougainville
4. a drink
5. FW-190
1. Captain Oliver Hazard Perry
2. "Mobile Army Surgical Hospital"
3. Sicily
4. eagle
5. war elephant
1. James II *
2. US
3. Iwo Jima
4. "The Gurkhas are upon you!"
5. West Germany
*1. Additional input: Parliament organized the first standing army to fight Charles I, James II father.
It was to be temporary when first formed (New Model Army) but under Cromwell's Protectorship became
permanent. The Cold Stream Guards originated from a regiment ordered to hold said Cold Stream from
Royalist opposition.
1. Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
2. Siegfried Line
3. Norway
4. Zeppelin
5. "Zippo boats"
1. Colonel Frank D. Baldwin
2. Point Loma (San Diego)
3. "Gulf of Tonkin Incident"
4. seahorse
5. USSR
1. Benito Mussolini
2. Jewish
3. World War II
4. 1st Marine Div
5. lance
1. Victor Chebrikov
2. Bulgaria
3. Pharsalus
4. aircrewman
5. Japan
1. General Robert E. Lee
2. KGB
3. Iwo Jima
4. "quatrefoil"
5. Case V-42