Serving the Cause

1. In what U.S. war did African-Americans first serve?

2. What figure does the U.S. Department of Defense cite as the number of African-Americans who served in that war in the preceding question?

3. Gen. George Washington established the Badge of Military Merit in 1782. By what name is that award now known?

4. Who was the first military Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff?

5. Name the giant gorilla and the legendary skyscraper he scaled in a famed motion picture.

6. What was the popular air military group formed by Lt. Gen. Claire Chennault in Asia during World War II?

7. Name the Chinese leader who fled from the Chinese mainland and established what is now known as the Republic of China on Taiwan.

8. What is the common name for the religious organization known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

9. Which famous American's name is the most commonly used as the name of a county in the most number of U.S. states?

10. What is the term for areas in Louisiana usually known as counties in other states?

Answers

1. African-Americans aided the U.S cause of the Revolutionary War, according to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).

2. The DoD states approximately 5,000 African-Americans enlisted in the Revolutionary War.

3. The military award is known as the Purple Heart.

4. General of the Army Omar N. Bradley was appointed the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in 1949.

5. "King Kong" was the oversized ape who scaled the Empire State Building on film.

6. Chennault organized and led the "Flying Tigers."

7. Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek was the original leader of "Free China."

8. This religious organization and its members are popularly known as "The Mormons."

9. George Washington is the name of 31 counties in the United States, according to the 2007 World Almanac and Book of Facts.

10. Areas termed as counties in most states are called parishes in Louisiana. And one of these odes bear Washington's name.

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