Q.1
Which was the only major military campaign in the First World War on the Western Front in which the attacking forces sustained less casualties than the defenders?
  • The Somme
  • Passchendaele
  • Verdun
  • Loos
Q.2
Which of the following gases was used as a weapon on the Western Front between 1914 and 1918?
  • Sarin
  • Mustard Gas
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Methane
Q.3
Which nuclear-armed state tested its nuclear weapons at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific after the Second World War?
  • France
  • The United States
  • The Soviet Union
  • Great Britain
Q.4
Prime Minister Winston Churchill was famous for his oratory. In one 1940 speech he said, "Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few". To which group in the British armed forces was he referring?
  • The soldiers returning from the Dunkirk beaches
  • The "Dambuster" Squadron 617
  • RAF Fighter Command
  • The Home Guard
Q.5
Which British commander during the Great War was referred to by his critics as "the Butcher of the Somme"?
  • Sir John French
  • Rawlinson
  • Lord Kitchener
  • Haig
Q.6
Which method did Britain use to recruit troops at the beginning of the Great War?
  • Voluntary enlistment
  • Conscription
  • The Press Gang
  • The Draft
Q.7
Which kind of nuclear-armed missiles arrived at RAF Greenham Common during the 1980's?
  • Minuteman
  • Titan
  • Cruise
  • Patriot
Q.8
The USA and its British ally used the Polaris and Trident delivery systems to deliver a nuclear payload in the event of war. What kind of platform did these two systems use?
  • Bomber aircraft
  • Artillery shells
  • Submarines
  • Surface warships
Q.9
What kind of weapon was the German V2?
  • A rocket
  • A flying bomb
  • A torpedo boat
  • A bomber aircraft
Q.10
Which general commanded United Nations forces during the 1991 Gulf War?
  • Schwarzkopf
  • De La Billiere
  • Westmoreland
  • Colin Powell
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