BST MARINE CORPS KNOWLEDGE TEST 2023 WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
THE YEAR THE USMC BECAME A REGULAR BRANCH OF OUR COUNTRY'S
SERVICE.
NOVEMBER 10, 1775
THE MAN WHO ESTABLISHED THE USMC.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL NICHOLAS
THE USMC WAS ESTABLISHED HERE.
TUN TAVERN, PA
PROPRIETOR OF TUN TAVERN.
PEG MULLEN, ROBERT MULLLEN'S WIFE.
FIRST MARINE CORPS RECRUITER.
ROBERT MULLEN
THE YEAR THE MARINE CORPS WAS FORMED.
JULY 11, 1798
SYMBOL OF THE USMC.
EAGLE, GLOBE, AND ANCHOR
RECOGNIZES OUR NATION.
THE EAGLE
RECOGNIZES OUR WORLD WIDE SERVICE.
THE GLOBE
RECOGNIZES OUR NAVAL TRADITIONS.
THE ANCHOR
THE YEAR THE USMC SYMBOL WAS ADOPTED.
1868
MAN WHO ADOPTED THE USMC SYMBOL.
BRIG. GENERAL JACOB ZEALIN
THE TERM LEATHERNECK CAME FROM WHERE?
THE MARINES WHO WORE A LEATHER STRAP TO PROTECT THEIR NECK FROM
ENEMY SWORDS.
USMC MOTTO.
SEMPER FIDELIS
USMC MOTTO BEFORE SEMPER FIDELIS.
BY LAND, BY SEA
YEAR THE USMC WAS CHANGED TO SEMPER FIDELIS.
1880
WHERE MARINES GOT THE NICKNAME "DEVIL DOG" FROM.
BATTLE OF BELLEAU WOOD IN JUNE 1918
THE FIRST USMC AVIATOR.
A. A. CUNNINGHAM, IN 1912
FIRST WOMAN MARINE.
OPHA M. JOHNSON, AUGUST 13, 1918
FIRST MARINE HELO PILOT TO RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
MAJOR STEPHEN PLESS
,FIRST MARINE PILOT TO SHOOT DOWN AN ENEMY PLANE.
1ST LT. E. S. BREWER
MARINE WHO SERVED THE LONGEST TERM AS COMMANDANT.
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON
FIRST FEMALE MARINE WARRANT OFFICER.
CWO RUTH L. WOOD
FIRST MARINE OFFICER TO DIE IN BATTLE.
CAPTAIN JOHN FITZPATRICK
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON SERVED THIS MANY YEARS AS COMMANDANT.
38 YEARS
TIME YOU HAVE TO DAWN AND CLEAR THE GAS MASK.
15 SECONDS
THIS COMMANDANT INSTALLED THE OFFICE OF SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE
MARINE CORPS.
21ST COMMANDANT, GENEREL PATE, IN 1957
ON FEBRUARY 20, 1962, ONE OF THE MARINE CORPS FINEST PILOTS MANNED
THE FIRST CAPSULE TO ORBIT THE EARTH.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN GLEEN
THE YEAR THE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM WAS ADOPTED.
AUGUST 24, 1797
THE MAN WHO ADOPTED THE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM.
SECRETARY OF WAR JAMES MCHENRY
THE MAMELUKE SWORD WAS PRESENTED TO THIS MAN.
LT. PRESLEY N. O'BANNON
THE MAN WHO PRESENTED THE MAMELUKE SWORD TO LT. PRESLEY
O'BANNON.
PASHA OF TRIPOLI
THIS AMOUNT OF MARINES WERE KILLED ON THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA.
5,931 MARINES
THIS AMOUNT OF MARINES DIED ON THE FIRST DAY AT IWO JIMA.
2,500 MARINES
HOW MANY MARINES LEFT THE ISLAND ALIVE OF THE SIX AMERICANS
PICTURED RAISING THE FLAG OVER MT. SURIACHI?
THREE
THIS AMOUNT OF JAPANESE BECAME PRISONERS AT IWO JIMA.
FEWER THAN 200.
THE MAN WHO COINED THE PHRASE "UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON
VIRTUE".
FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ
THE MAN WHO SAID "THE RAISING OF THAT FLAG ON MT. SURIBACHI MEANS
A MARINE CORPS FOR THE NEXT 500 YEARS" ON THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY JAMES V. FORRESTAL
THE MAN WHO TOOK THE PICTURE OF THE FLAG RAISING ON MT. SURIBACHI.
JOE ROSENTHAL
AMOUNT OF MARINES WHO RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR DURING WWII.
81 MARINES
, AMOUNT OF MARINES WHO RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR THEIR
HEROIC ACTS ON THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA.
22 MARINES
THE LAST OFFENSIVE BATTLE OF WWII.
OKINAWA
AMOUNT OF KAMIKAZE PLANES WHO WERE SENT AGAINST OUR FLEET AT
OKINAWA.
APPROXIMATELY 1,900
ON AUGUST 9, 1945 THE SECOND A-BOMB WAS RELEASED ON THIS CITY.
NAGASAKI
AMOUNT OF JAPANESE WHO WERE KILLED FROM THE A-BOMB DROPPED ON
NAGASAKI.
APPROXIMATELY 40,000
ON AUGUST 9, 1945 THE B-29 "ENOLA GAY" RELEASED THE FIRST A-BOMB ON
THIS CITY.
HIROSHIMA
AMOUNT OF JAPANESE WHO WERE KILLED FROM THE A-BOMB DROPPED ON
HIROSHIMA.
APPROXIMATELY 70,000
WHO STATED "I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM VISITING THE MARINES AT THE
FRONT, AND THERE IS NOT A FINER FIGHTING ORGANIZATION IN THE
WORLD"?
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED ON THIS BATTLESHIP.
U.S.S. MISSOURI
WHO STATED " SO THEY'VE GOT US SURROUNDED, GOOD, NOW WE CAN FIRE
IN ANY DIRECTION. THE BASTARDS WON'T GET AWAY THIS TIME!"?
COLONEL CHESTY PULLER
WHY WERE REPLACEMENT MARINES SENT TO PICKLE MEADOWS,
CALIFORNIA BEFORE GOING TO INTO THE KOREAN WAR?
COLD WEATHER TRAINING
AMOUNT OF MARINES WHO WERE TAKEN PRISONER DURING THE KOREAN
WAR.
227 MARINES
AMOUNT OF LANDINGS ON FOREIGN SHORES MARINES HAVE CARRIED OUT.
300
WHAT IS SEMPER FI LATIN FOR?
ALWAYS FAITHFUL
THE MARINE CORPS MASCOT, AN ENGLISH BULLDOG NAMED CHESTY, IS
NAMED AFTER THIS MAN.
LEWIS B. PULLER
CORPORAL IRA H. HAYES IS REMEMBERED FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE
FAMOUS FLAG RAISING HERE.
MT. SURIBACHI
THE NAME OF THE FORT THAT WAS TAKEN WITHOUT A SHOT.
FORT MONTAQUE
COMPLETE SOLUTION
THE YEAR THE USMC BECAME A REGULAR BRANCH OF OUR COUNTRY'S
SERVICE.
NOVEMBER 10, 1775
THE MAN WHO ESTABLISHED THE USMC.
CAPTAIN SAMUEL NICHOLAS
THE USMC WAS ESTABLISHED HERE.
TUN TAVERN, PA
PROPRIETOR OF TUN TAVERN.
PEG MULLEN, ROBERT MULLLEN'S WIFE.
FIRST MARINE CORPS RECRUITER.
ROBERT MULLEN
THE YEAR THE MARINE CORPS WAS FORMED.
JULY 11, 1798
SYMBOL OF THE USMC.
EAGLE, GLOBE, AND ANCHOR
RECOGNIZES OUR NATION.
THE EAGLE
RECOGNIZES OUR WORLD WIDE SERVICE.
THE GLOBE
RECOGNIZES OUR NAVAL TRADITIONS.
THE ANCHOR
THE YEAR THE USMC SYMBOL WAS ADOPTED.
1868
MAN WHO ADOPTED THE USMC SYMBOL.
BRIG. GENERAL JACOB ZEALIN
THE TERM LEATHERNECK CAME FROM WHERE?
THE MARINES WHO WORE A LEATHER STRAP TO PROTECT THEIR NECK FROM
ENEMY SWORDS.
USMC MOTTO.
SEMPER FIDELIS
USMC MOTTO BEFORE SEMPER FIDELIS.
BY LAND, BY SEA
YEAR THE USMC WAS CHANGED TO SEMPER FIDELIS.
1880
WHERE MARINES GOT THE NICKNAME "DEVIL DOG" FROM.
BATTLE OF BELLEAU WOOD IN JUNE 1918
THE FIRST USMC AVIATOR.
A. A. CUNNINGHAM, IN 1912
FIRST WOMAN MARINE.
OPHA M. JOHNSON, AUGUST 13, 1918
FIRST MARINE HELO PILOT TO RECEIVE THE MEDAL OF HONOR.
MAJOR STEPHEN PLESS
,FIRST MARINE PILOT TO SHOOT DOWN AN ENEMY PLANE.
1ST LT. E. S. BREWER
MARINE WHO SERVED THE LONGEST TERM AS COMMANDANT.
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON
FIRST FEMALE MARINE WARRANT OFFICER.
CWO RUTH L. WOOD
FIRST MARINE OFFICER TO DIE IN BATTLE.
CAPTAIN JOHN FITZPATRICK
ARCHIBALD HENDERSON SERVED THIS MANY YEARS AS COMMANDANT.
38 YEARS
TIME YOU HAVE TO DAWN AND CLEAR THE GAS MASK.
15 SECONDS
THIS COMMANDANT INSTALLED THE OFFICE OF SERGEANT MAJOR OF THE
MARINE CORPS.
21ST COMMANDANT, GENEREL PATE, IN 1957
ON FEBRUARY 20, 1962, ONE OF THE MARINE CORPS FINEST PILOTS MANNED
THE FIRST CAPSULE TO ORBIT THE EARTH.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN GLEEN
THE YEAR THE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM WAS ADOPTED.
AUGUST 24, 1797
THE MAN WHO ADOPTED THE DRESS BLUE UNIFORM.
SECRETARY OF WAR JAMES MCHENRY
THE MAMELUKE SWORD WAS PRESENTED TO THIS MAN.
LT. PRESLEY N. O'BANNON
THE MAN WHO PRESENTED THE MAMELUKE SWORD TO LT. PRESLEY
O'BANNON.
PASHA OF TRIPOLI
THIS AMOUNT OF MARINES WERE KILLED ON THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA.
5,931 MARINES
THIS AMOUNT OF MARINES DIED ON THE FIRST DAY AT IWO JIMA.
2,500 MARINES
HOW MANY MARINES LEFT THE ISLAND ALIVE OF THE SIX AMERICANS
PICTURED RAISING THE FLAG OVER MT. SURIACHI?
THREE
THIS AMOUNT OF JAPANESE BECAME PRISONERS AT IWO JIMA.
FEWER THAN 200.
THE MAN WHO COINED THE PHRASE "UNCOMMON VALOR WAS A COMMON
VIRTUE".
FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ
THE MAN WHO SAID "THE RAISING OF THAT FLAG ON MT. SURIBACHI MEANS
A MARINE CORPS FOR THE NEXT 500 YEARS" ON THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA.
SECRETARY OF THE NAVY JAMES V. FORRESTAL
THE MAN WHO TOOK THE PICTURE OF THE FLAG RAISING ON MT. SURIBACHI.
JOE ROSENTHAL
AMOUNT OF MARINES WHO RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR DURING WWII.
81 MARINES
, AMOUNT OF MARINES WHO RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR THEIR
HEROIC ACTS ON THE ISLAND OF IWO JIMA.
22 MARINES
THE LAST OFFENSIVE BATTLE OF WWII.
OKINAWA
AMOUNT OF KAMIKAZE PLANES WHO WERE SENT AGAINST OUR FLEET AT
OKINAWA.
APPROXIMATELY 1,900
ON AUGUST 9, 1945 THE SECOND A-BOMB WAS RELEASED ON THIS CITY.
NAGASAKI
AMOUNT OF JAPANESE WHO WERE KILLED FROM THE A-BOMB DROPPED ON
NAGASAKI.
APPROXIMATELY 40,000
ON AUGUST 9, 1945 THE B-29 "ENOLA GAY" RELEASED THE FIRST A-BOMB ON
THIS CITY.
HIROSHIMA
AMOUNT OF JAPANESE WHO WERE KILLED FROM THE A-BOMB DROPPED ON
HIROSHIMA.
APPROXIMATELY 70,000
WHO STATED "I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM VISITING THE MARINES AT THE
FRONT, AND THERE IS NOT A FINER FIGHTING ORGANIZATION IN THE
WORLD"?
GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR
THE JAPANESE SURRENDERED ON THIS BATTLESHIP.
U.S.S. MISSOURI
WHO STATED " SO THEY'VE GOT US SURROUNDED, GOOD, NOW WE CAN FIRE
IN ANY DIRECTION. THE BASTARDS WON'T GET AWAY THIS TIME!"?
COLONEL CHESTY PULLER
WHY WERE REPLACEMENT MARINES SENT TO PICKLE MEADOWS,
CALIFORNIA BEFORE GOING TO INTO THE KOREAN WAR?
COLD WEATHER TRAINING
AMOUNT OF MARINES WHO WERE TAKEN PRISONER DURING THE KOREAN
WAR.
227 MARINES
AMOUNT OF LANDINGS ON FOREIGN SHORES MARINES HAVE CARRIED OUT.
300
WHAT IS SEMPER FI LATIN FOR?
ALWAYS FAITHFUL
THE MARINE CORPS MASCOT, AN ENGLISH BULLDOG NAMED CHESTY, IS
NAMED AFTER THIS MAN.
LEWIS B. PULLER
CORPORAL IRA H. HAYES IS REMEMBERED FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE
FAMOUS FLAG RAISING HERE.
MT. SURIBACHI
THE NAME OF THE FORT THAT WAS TAKEN WITHOUT A SHOT.
FORT MONTAQUE
