War Trivia Quiz Questions and Answers
What is the subject of the reference book, " Janes
Militaria "?
A: Ships Planes Guns etc
What middle eastern country had the guns of Naverone
installed?
A: Turkey
Operation Olympic was a WW2 invasion plan not used because
what country surrendered first?
A: Japan
What was the US signal in the Vietnam war to evacuate
Saigon?
A: Bing Crosby sang White
Christmas on the Radio
In the U.S. civil war, what
disease was incorrectly treated
by using ink injections?
A: Gonorrhea
What weapon stopped being used in the British Army in
1927?
A: The Lance
Who took over the Red Baron's squadron after he was shot
down?
A: Herman Goering
In WW2, in what city in France did the Germans surrender?
A: Reims
The word saboteur is derived from the French word sabot,
which means what?
A: Shoe
What was the name of the legless
fighter pilot in WWII?
A: Douglas Bader
George Armstrong Custer was court marshaled in 1867 for
what?
A: He struck a fellow officer
In October 1939 what British battleship was sunk by torpedo
with a loss of 800 lives?
A: Royal Oak
In 1849,where was the world's first air raid from hot air
balloons?
A: Venice
Who was the American pilot shot down over
Russia in
1960?
A: Francis Garry Powers
The Germans call a WWI sea battle the "Battle of Skagerrak", but what do they call it in the UK?
A: Battle of Jutland
The German word Blitzkrieg means what, as used in WWII?
A: Lightning
Persian soldiers were paid with what in 1900?
A: Donkeys
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the Mau Mau were
terrorists in what country?
A: Kenya
Ernest Swinton invented what weapon used in
1916?
A: Tank
