Veterans Day PBS Quiz

How many war veterans are there in the United States?

• 17 million

• 19 million

• 27 million

• 32 million

Veterans Day was originally known as

• Armistice Day

• Flag Day

• Remembrance Day

• Soldiers Day

Veterans Day is celebrated on November 11 because

• That is when the Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War 1, was signed.

• President Woodrow Wilson picked that day from a list of recommendations submitted by the heads of major veterans service organizations

• Congress wanted the holiday to fall between Labor Day and Thanksgiving

• None of the above

Who first proposed that Armistice Day be renamed Veterans Day?

• Dwight D Eisenhower

• Alvin J King

• Douglas MacArthur

• Harry S Truman

Veterans Day officially acquired its correct name in

• 1954

• 1956

• 1958

• 1960

What floor is a symbol of Veterans Day?

• Forget-me-not

• Lily

• Poppy

• Rose

The motto of the Department of Veterans Affairs is "To care for him who shall have borne the battle." Who originally wrote these words?

• Smedley Darlington Butler

• Abraham Lincoln

• Walt Whitman

• Woodrow Wilson

What patriotic song debuted in its current form on an Armistice Day broadcast in 1938?

• "America, The Beautiful," by Katharine Lee Bates

• "God Bless America," by Irving Berlin

• "Spirit of the U.S.A." by E.T. Paull

• "The Yankee Doodle Boy," by George M. Cohan

What percentage of all veterans voted in the 2008 presidential election?

• 41 percent

• 51 percent

• 61 percent

• 71 percent

How many of the 46 U.S presidents have been veterans?

• 25

• 28

• 31

• 34