Armed Forces Quiz 1: multiple choice
6 of the 20 questions have four options to choose from; the others stay as normal questions, because no fair wrong answers could be found for them. Tap an option to see if you are right.
1. In which year was the Royal Air Force formed, as the world's first independent air force?
2. Which branch of the British armed forces is known as "the Senior Service"?
The Royal Navy
3. What nickname is given to members of the Royal Marines, from the leather collars once worn by marines?
Bootnecks
4. Which Scots Guards officer founded the SAS in 1941?
David Stirling
5. What do the letters SBS stand for in the British special forces?
Special Boat Service
6. According to tradition, Victoria Crosses are cast from the bronze of guns captured in which war?
7. How many Victoria Crosses were awarded for the defence of Rorke's Drift in 1879?
8. What is the name of the curved knife carried by Gurkha soldiers?
The kukri
9. What is the name of the Royal Navy's largest ever warship, an aircraft carrier commissioned in 2017?
HMS Queen Elizabeth
10. Which aircraft have the Red Arrows flown since 1980?
11. In which Devon town is the Royal Navy's officer training college?
12. In which US state is West Point, the US Military Academy?
13. What is the motto of the US Marine Corps, meaning "always faithful"?
Semper Fidelis
14. The Royal Navy rank of Admiral of the Fleet is equivalent to which British Army rank?
Field Marshal
15. A lieutenant in the Royal Navy is equivalent to which rank in the British Army?
Captain
16. British soldiers were nicknamed "Tommies" after a sample name used on army forms. What was the full name?
Tommy Atkins
17. Which fighter plane shot down more enemy aircraft in the Battle of Britain, the Spitfire or the Hurricane?
The Hurricane
18. What is the name of Germany's armed forces, founded in 1955?
The Bundeswehr
19. Which small army has guarded the pope since 1506?
The Swiss Guard (the Pontifical Swiss Guard)
20. Which king founded the Royal Hospital Chelsea for old soldiers, the "Chelsea Pensioners"?
Charles II
ANSWERS
1. B 1918
2. The Royal Navy
3. Bootnecks
4. David Stirling
5. Special Boat Service
6. D The Crimean War
7. A 11
8. The kukri
9. HMS Queen Elizabeth
10. B The BAE Systems Hawk
11. C Dartmouth
12. C New York
13. Semper Fidelis
14. Field Marshal
15. Captain
16. Tommy Atkins
17. The Hurricane
18. The Bundeswehr
19. The Swiss Guard (the Pontifical Swiss Guard)
20. Charles II