Military & Weaponry - 1 point
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
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| Military service | Labelled ‘the world’s smallest army’ and dressed in Renaissance clothing, in which country does the honour guard known as the Swiss Guard operate? | Vatican City | 2024/12/19 |
| Weaponry | The 1873 model of what firearm was marketed as ‘The Gun that Won the West’, with over 700,000 units produced in the five decades before it was discontinued in 1923? | Winchester Rifle *The exact model is the Winchester Model 1873 lever-action rifle. | 2024/12/19 |
Military & Weaponry - 3 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| US | Who are the three men to have been given the rank 'General of the Armies' - a position higher than the five-star General of the Army or Fleet Admiral - by the US military? | 1. George Washington 2. John J. Pershing 3. Ulysses S. Grant | 2024/12/23 |
Military & Weaponry - 4 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
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| US | In order to place its leaders at the same rank as its World War II allies and therefore erase problems of Americans commanding overseas officers in superior positions, December 1944 saw the US promote which four men to the position of General of the Army, a five-star position not used since 1888? | 1. George C. Marshall 2. Douglas MacArthur 3. Dwight D. Eisenhower 4. Henry H. ‘Hap’ Arnold | 2024/12/27 |