Q 01/05

How many member states does NATO have following its 2024 enlargement?

A) 30

B) 34

C) 36

D) 32

Answer · why

D) 32

Thirty are in Europe and two, the United States and Canada, in North America.

Q 02/05

The North Atlantic Treaty was signed in 1949 while which city was under a Soviet blockade?

A) Vienna

B) Berlin

C) Budapest

D) Bucharest

Answer · why

B) Berlin

The Soviets lifted the Berlin Blockade that May, five weeks after the signing, once British and American planes had spent almost a year flying in food...

Q 03/05

In which city was the North Atlantic Treaty signed?

A) Ottawa

B) New York

C) Washington

D) Philadelphia

Answer · why

C) Washington

Washington hosted the signing, and by that October the United States had approved a military aid program to build up the new allies' defences.

Q 04/05

Which founding NATO member was ruled by a dictatorship when it signed the treaty in 1949?

A) Norway

B) Portugal

C) Denmark

D) The Netherlands

Answer · why

B) Portugal

Portugal was under Salazar's dictatorship, but US negotiators wanted it in because its Azores islands helped bridge the ocean between America and Euro...

Q 05/05

As of 2025, NATO's Article 5 has been invoked only once, in response to what?

A) The Lockerbie bombing

B) The Beirut barracks bombing

C) The September 11 attacks

D) The Cuban Missile Crisis

Answer · why

C) The September 11 attacks

The September 11 attacks brought NATO's only Article 5 invocation, and NATO radar planes then spent months patrolling the skies over the United States...