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ANZAC Quiz
 What
is the origin of the acronym ANZAC?
Why,
in World War 1, did so many young
Australian men flock to enlistment
centres to join the AIF?
Where
is Gallipoli?
Who
was the “man with the donkey”?
When
did the first ANZACs land at ANZAC
Cove?
What
is the Victoria Cross?
Why
does Australia commemorate ANZAC Day
on 25 April?
Where
is the Tomb of the Unknown Australian
Soldier?
Who
was Albert Jacka?
When
did the ANZACs leave Gallipoli?
What
is the Menin Gate?
Why
do the veterans carry banners on ANZAC
Day?
Where
is Villers-Bretonneux?
Who
looks after the graves of the
Australian service men and women who
are buried in foreign countries?
When
did World War 1 end?
What
is the Spirit of ANZAC?
Why
is the red poppy a symbol of
sacrifice?
Where
did Australian nurses serve in World
War 1?
Who
wrote the poem In Flanders’
Fields?
When
is the Australian Flag flown at
half-mast?
What
are the words of the Ode?
Why
do some soldiers wear emu plumes in
their slouch hats?
Where
is the Australian War Memorial?
When
was poisonous gas first used by the
Germans in World War 1?
What
was the Australian Comforts Fund?
Why
did the ANZACs wear colour patches on
their uniforms?
Where
will you find the names of all
Australian service men and women who
have been killed in wars?
Who
was Kemal Ataturk?
What
is a Catafalque Party?
Why
were Australian soldiers called ‘Diggers’?
Why
do organisations like the ANZAC Day
Commemoration Committee of Queensland
and the Returned & Services League
of Australia believe that ANZAC should
always be written in upper case
letters?
What
was the AE2?
The
first Royal Australian Navy battle
occurred on 9 November 1914. What ship
was sunk by HMAS Sydney during that
battle?
What
was a Maurice Farman Shorthorn?
Did
the Royal Australian Air Force take
part in WW1?
What
is a ‘Waler’?
In
which country did the Australians do
their training before embarking on the
ships that transported them to
Gallipoli?
What
is the origin of the Rising Sun Badge?
What
were some of the names Simpson gave to
his donkeys?
What
was the name of the only Australian
pilot to be awarded a Victoria Cross
in WW1?
What
is Bully Beef?
How
many ANZACs were killed on the first
day of the Gallipoli battle, 25 April
1915?
When
was the ‘Unknown Soldier’ buried
in the Australian War Memorial? In
which war and where was he killed?
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