Q 01/05

On which date was the Continental Army created, a date now celebrated as the Army's birthday?

A) April 19, 1775

B) June 14, 1775

C) July 4, 1776

D) September 17, 1787

Answer · why

B) June 14, 1775

The Continental Congress created the Continental Army on June 14, 1775, a day before naming Washington its commander. That makes the Army older than t...

Q 02/05

In which city did Washington resign his commission as commander-in-chief on December 23, 1783?

A) Philadelphia

B) New York

C) Annapolis

D) Mount Vernon

Answer · why

C) Annapolis

Washington resigned in Annapolis, where Congress was sitting in the Maryland State House on December 23, 1783. Most of the Continental Army had alread...

Q 03/05

What is the official motto of the United States Army?

A) Semper Fidelis

B) Aim High, Fly-Fight-Win

C) Honor, Courage, Commitment

D) This We'll Defend

Answer · why

D) This We'll Defend

'This We'll Defend' has been the Army motto since its 1778 seal, where a rattlesnake holds the scroll above a Roman cuirass and flags. Semper Fidelis ...

Q 04/05

The Army's official song grew out of a 1908 tune about which horse-drawn artillery wagons?

A) Limbers

B) Caissons

C) Tumbrels

D) Gun carriages

Answer · why

B) Caissons

The tune was 'The Caissons Go Rolling Along', written by Edmund L. Gruber in the Philippines in 1908; John Philip Sousa reworked it as the U.S. Field ...

Q 05/05

What is the nickname of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, which guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?

A) The Old Guard

B) The Iron Brigade

C) The Rock of the Marne

D) The Buffaloes

Answer · why

A) The Old Guard

The 3rd Infantry Regiment is The Old Guard, tracing its origins to the First American Regiment of 1784. It escorts the President, conducts Arlington f...