Q 01/05

Apache leader Geronimo rode on horseback in which US president's 1905 inaugural parade?

A) William McKinley

B) Theodore Roosevelt

C) Woodrow Wilson

D) William Howard Taft

Answer · why

B) Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt had the old warrior ride down Pennsylvania Avenue beside five chiefs. Days later he refused Geronimo's plea to let the Chiricahua r...

Q 02/05

Which US Army troops adopted the name of Apache leader Geronimo as their battle cry in 1940?

A) Paratroopers

B) Tank crews

C) Artillery gunners

D) Combat engineers

Answer · why

A) Paratroopers

Paratroopers at Fort Benning are said to have taken up the shout after a private watched a Western about Geronimo the night before a jump. It spread t...

Q 03/05

In 2011, US forces used the name of Apache leader Geronimo as a code word in the raid on whom?

A) Saddam Hussein

B) Muammar Gaddafi

C) Osama bin Laden

D) Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Answer · why

C) Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden was reported dead with the radio call "Geronimo EKIA", meaning enemy killed in action. Officials in the Situation Room later confirmed...

Q 04/05

The US Army's AH-64 Apache, named for the tribe in 1981, is which kind of military aircraft?

A) Reconnaissance drone

B) Fighter jet

C) Stealth bomber

D) Attack helicopter

Answer · why

D) Attack helicopter

Attack helicopter names follow a US Army tradition of honoring Native American tribes. The Apache was developed to replace the AH-1 Cobra.

Q 05/05

Apache is an Athabaskan language, closely related to the language of which larger Southwestern tribe?

A) Hopi

B) Navajo

C) Comanche

D) Zuni

Answer · why

B) Navajo

Navajo and the Apache languages form the southern branch of the family. Most other Athabaskan languages are spoken far to the north, in Alaska and wes...