Australians at War

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Do this short general knowledge quiz and at the end, we will give you a mark out of 20.

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1) DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, THE TERM DUST OFF WAS A CODEWORD FOR-

		cleaning up after a battle
		engaging the enemy
		a helicopter medical evacuation

2) AUSTRALIAN PEACEKEEPERS HAVE NOT SERVED IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTRY?

		Rwanda
		Chad
		East Timor

3) THE BOMBING OF WHICH AUSTRALIAN CITY SAW THE RETURN OF ALL RAN SHIPS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN THEATRE, AS WELL AS THE 6TH AND 7TH DIVISIONS, TO DEFEND AUSTRALIA?

		Canberra
		Darwin
		Sydney

4) DURING WWI, IF A MAN GOT A WHITE FEATHER IN THE MAIL IT MEANT

		he had caught the eye of a young girl who was proposing marriage
		he was to come to the recruitment offices for a medical examination
		people thought he was a coward for not enlisting

5) WHAT DOES SYMBOLOGY MEAN?

		is the art of reading symbols on a map
		an instrument played by someone in the army band
		war games or simulation

6) ON THE EVENING OF 22 APRIL 1951, CHINESE FORCES ATTACKED AND FORCED SOUTH KOREAN AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS INTO RETREAT; OTHER UN TROOPS, INCLUDING AUSTRALIANS, WERE ORDERED TO HALT THE ATTACK. THIS BECAME KNOWN AS :-

		The Battle of the Bulge
		The Battle of the Apple Orchard
		The Battle of Kapyong

7) WHEN 3 JAPANESE SUBMARINES SNUCK INTO SYDNEY HARBOUR DURING WORLD WAR TWO, THEIR MISSION WAS TO:

		Be a landing party for the Japanese army waiting to invade
		To torpedo the heavily armoured USS Chicago
		To damage local morale by destroying Harrys Cafe De Wheels pie cart

8) THE DISCOVERY OF WHAT VALUABLE COMMODITIES IN THE 1880S INTENSIFIED RIVALRY BETWEEN THE BRITISH AND THE BOERS?

		Childhood cricket stars
		Coal and gemstones
		Gold and diamonds

9) BECAUSE OF THE RUGGED SOUTH AFRICAN TERRAIN, AUSTRALIAN TROOPS FIGHTING IN THE BOER WAR OFTEN RODE ON

		camels
		horses
		donkeys

10) AT THE ONSET OF THE BOER WAR, WHICH AUSTRALIAN COLONY WAS FIRST TO OFFER TROOPS?

		Queensland
		New South Wales
		Victoria

11) AT LEAST 600 AUSTRALIANS DIED IN THE BOER WAR. ABOUT HALF OF THEM DIED FROM . . .

		frost bite
		starvation
		disease

12) AUSTRALIAN SUPPORT FOR SOUTH VIETNAM IN THE EARLY 1960S WAS IN KEEPING WITH THE POLICIES OF THE UNITED STATES, TO STEM THE SPREAD OF

		Capitalism
		Catholicism
		Communism

13) DURING THE VIETNAM WAR, THE INJURED WERE USUALLY EVACUATED BY

		Helicopter
		Boat
		Four wheel drive

14) THE MAJOR OFFENSIVE BY THE VIET CONG AND NORTH VIETNAMESE ARMY, LAUNCHED DURING THE VIETNAMESE LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY PERIOD WAS KNOWN AS:

		The battle of Khe Sahn
		The Tet Offensive
		Battle of Long Tan

15) AT HOME, WHAT ISSUES DIVIDED THE NATION IN BOTH 1916 AND 1917?

		Referendums on conscription
		Whether women would be conscripted into the Army
		When cricket tours would be continued to England

16) DURING WORLD WAR ONE, AUSTRALIANS DEPARTED BY SHIP FOR THE GALLIPOLI PENINSULA, TOGETHER WITH TROOPS FROM

		America and Canada
		New Zealand, Britain and France
		India and South Africa

17) FROM A POPULATION OF FEWER THAN FIVE MILLION, HOW MANY MEN ENLISTED TO SERVE AUSTRALIA DURING WORLD WAR 1?

		100,000
		200,000
		300,000

18) WHICH CONFLICT, KNOWN AS THE 'SECRET WAR' IS CONSIDERED THE LONGEST CONTINUOUS MILITARY COMMITMENT IN AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY

		The Emergency in Malaya
		World War I
		Vietnam War

19) WHICH CONFLICT IS DESCRIBED AS 'A SMALL UNDECLARED WAR ON AUSTRALIA'S DOORSTEP?'

		Vietnam
		The confrontation in Indonesia
		Korea

20) AUSTRALIA HAS HAD PEACEKEEPERS IN THE FIELD WITH THE UNITED NATIONS FOR OVER 50 YEARS. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT THAT AUSTRALIANS ARE MADE AVAILABLE FOR SUCH OPERATIONS?

		It gives our military personnel something to do.
		It's a responsibility that comes from being a world citizen
		It tells the world we are a military power to be reckoned with.