Q 01/05

Which Swiss businessman co-founded the Red Cross after witnessing the aftermath of a battle in 1859?

A) Gustave Moynier

B) Henry Dunant

C) Louis Appia

D) Guillaume-Henri Dufour

Answer · why

B) Henry Dunant

He was on his way to petition Napoleon III about a business venture in Algeria when he stumbled onto the carnage.

Q 02/05

The 1859 battle whose wounded inspired the Red Cross was fought near which Italian town?

A) Custoza

B) Magenta

C) Marengo

D) Solferino

Answer · why

D) Solferino

It was the last major battle in history in which every army was personally commanded by its monarch.

Q 03/05

What was the title of the 1862 book in which Dunant proposed a neutral relief society for the wounded?

A) An Appeal to Europe

B) The Wounded of Lombardy

C) A Memory of Solferino

D) Notes from the Battlefield

Answer · why

C) A Memory of Solferino

He published it with his own money; Geneva lawyer Gustave Moynier read it and put it before the Geneva Society for Public Welfare.

Q 04/05

Roughly what share of the ICRC's staff today are not Swiss citizens?

A) About 35%

B) About 5%

C) About 60%

D) About 90%

Answer · why

A) About 35%

The committee itself is based in Geneva and its governing members are Swiss.

Q 05/05

In what year was the international movement founded, seven years before the British Red Cross?

A) 1848

B) 1863

C) 1871

D) 1901

Answer · why

B) 1863

The founding conference resolutions called for national relief societies, neutrality for the wounded and a common protective sign.