What was the original formal name of the Indianapolis 500 when the race began in 1911?
Answer
International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race
96 Memorial Day Trivia Questions with Answers
96 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
What is the official name of Washington, D.C.’s annual Memorial Day parade?
Answer
National Memorial Day Parade
Which memorial in Washington, D.C., honors American servicewomen who served in the Vietnam War?
Answer
Vietnam Women's Memorial
Which Washington, D.C., memorial honors U.S. Marines who died in all wars?
Answer
Marine Corps War Memorial
What is the name of the memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring U.S. service members killed in the Korean War?
Answer
Korean War Veterans Memorial
What is the traditional name for Alabama’s state observance honoring Confederate dead, held in April?
Answer
Confederate Memorial Day
Which U.S. memorial is shaped like a large black granite wall inscribed with Vietnam War names?
Answer
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Which U.S. city is home to the National Memorial Day Parade held along Constitution Avenue?
Answer
Washington, D.C.
Which U.S. president dedicated the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., in 2004?
Answer
George W. Bush
What is the name of the U.S. military cemetery where the World War I Unknown Soldier is buried?
Answer
Arlington National Cemetery
Which U.S. Army regiment is responsible for guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Memorial Day?
Answer
3rd Infantry Regiment
Which organization officially adopted the red poppy as its memorial flower in the United States in 1920?
Answer
The American Legion
Under U.S. flag protocol, what happens to the flag at noon on Memorial Day?
Answer
It is raised to full-staff
What is the traditional military name for the ceremony of placing a wreath at a memorial on Memorial Day?
Answer
Wreath-laying ceremony
What type of flag display is commonly used at U.S. military cemeteries on Memorial Day?
Answer
Flags on graves
Which historic Washington, D.C., venue hosts the National Memorial Day Concert each year?
Answer
West lawn of the U.S. Capitol
What is the name of the Memorial Day ceremony held at Arlington National Cemetery’s Memorial Amphitheater?
Answer
National Memorial Day Observance
Which Civil War bugler first performed the melody that became “Taps”?
Answer
Oliver Willcox Norton
Which U.S. president signed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act that moved Memorial Day to a Monday?
Answer
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which federal agency administers the National Cemetery Administration, responsible for many U.S. veterans’ cemeteries used on Memorial Day?
Answer
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
What is the name of the large U.S. military cemetery where Memorial Day ceremonies are held near Washington, D.C.?
Answer
Arlington National Cemetery
Which war most directly prompted the creation of the U.S. holiday that became Memorial Day?
Answer
The American Civil War
Which U.S. city hosted a major May 1, 1865 ceremony that is often described as an early Memorial Day observance?
Answer
Charleston, South Carolina
Who delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of Gettysburg National Cemetery?
Answer
Abraham Lincoln
Which national cemetery was dedicated in 1863 after the Battle of Gettysburg?
Answer
Gettysburg National Cemetery
Which U.S. war memorial in Washington, D.C., features 19 stainless-steel service members in a battlefield formation?
Answer
Korean War Veterans Memorial
Which U.S. military memorial in Washington, D.C., lists the names of more than 58,000 Vietnam War dead?
Answer
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
What is the name of the national cemetery in Hawaii that hosts major Memorial Day ceremonies?
Answer
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
Which U.S. veterans’ organization issued the 1868 order that launched the first national Decoration Day?
Answer
Grand Army of the Republic
What one-minute observance is associated with the National Moment of Remembrance on Memorial Day?
Answer
A moment of silence