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Memorial Day Quiz

Description: Quiz about the Memorial Day.
Number of Questions: 10
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Memorial Day is considered to be the unofficial start of summer.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

In 1966, which town was declared the birthplace of Memorial Day?

  1. Austin, Texas

  2. Waterloo, New York

  3. St. Augustine, Florida

  4. Hurricane, Utah


Correct Option: B

When did Memorial Day become an official federal holiday?

  1. 1920

  2. 1957

  3. 1963

  4. 1971


Correct Option: D

Which future US president made a speech at Arlington National Cemetery on the first Decoration Day?

  1. Abraham Lincoln

  2. Andrew Jackson

  3. Alexander Hamilton

  4. James Garfield


Correct Option: D

Why is the poppy used as a symbol of veterans and remembrance?

  1. Poppies grew on the battlefields of WW1

  2. Red and black are symbolic colors of war

  3. Nurses placed poppies on soldiers' bodies in WW1

  4. It was inspired by the poem In Flanders Fields


Correct Option: A,D

Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: A

The end of which war changed who is honored on Memorial Day?

  1. WW2

  2. Korean War

  3. WW1

  4. Civil War


Correct Option: C

Who first called for a national day of remembrance for those who died during the Civil War?

  1. General John A. Logan

  2. Abraham Lincoln

  3. Andrew Johnson

  4. Ulysses S. Grant


Correct Option: A

Who is remembered on Memorial Day?

  1. American soldiers killed in WW1

  2. Everyone who has died serving in the US Armed Forces

  3. American soldiers killed in WW2

  4. Everyone who died fighting in the Civil War


Correct Option: B

When is Memorial Day observed in the United States?

  1. The last Monday in June

  2. The first Monday in May

  3. The last Monday in May

  4. The first Monday in June


Correct Option: C
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