Normandy American Cemetery and Memorial - Quiz
A) Cimetière américain de Colleville-sur-Mer B) Cimetière militaire de Normandie C) Cimetière de la plage d'Omaha D) Cimetière américain de Saint Laurent
A) Saint Laurent B) Paris C) Bayeux D) Colleville-sur-Mer
A) All allied troops from World War I and World War II B) French resistance fighters from Operation Overlord C) American troops who died in the Normandy landings and Battle of Normandy D) British troops who died on Omaha Beach
A) 150.0 acres B) 200.5 acres C) 69.8 acres D) 172.5 acres
A) 172.5 ha B) 69.8 ha C) 85.1 ha D) 45.2 ha
A) 1,944 B) 6,070 C) 19,446 D) 9,389
A) The site of the former temporary battlefield cemetery of Saint Laurent B) The Bayeux war cemetery C) Omaha Beach itself D) A visitor center built in 2026
A) A statue of President Dwight D. Eisenhower B) An obelisk dedicated to the 607th Quartermaster Company C) Spirit of American Youth Rising from the Waves D) A bronze sculpture of Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid
A) René Coty B) Thomas C. Kinkaid C) Jean Ganeval D) Donald De Lue
A) A bronze statue B) A copper pillar C) A marble statue D) A granite monument
A) Flags are burned according to military tradition B) People gather to watch the American flags being lowered and folded C) The French flag is raised by military personnel D) Ceremonies honoring British servicemen take place
A) 1952 B) 1956 C) 1944 D) 2007
A) Department of Veterans Affairs B) French Government C) U.S. First Army D) American Battle Monuments Commission
A) One million B) One hundred thousand C) Two million D) Five hundred thousand
A) 2026 B) 1956 C) 2007 D) 1944
A) Repatriating the remains of fallen soldiers B) Selling tickets and guiding tours of Omaha Beach C) Managing the reservation system for French citizens D) Relating the global significance and meaning of Operation Overlord
A) To comply with French tax laws on extraterritoriality B) To transition management to the French State C) To avoid situations where visitors are refused entry due to overcrowding D) To reduce the yearly financial support from Congress
A) 607th Quartermaster Graves Registration Company of the U.S. First Army B) American Battle Monuments Commission C) Army Air Corps crews shot down over France D) U.S. Navy under Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid
A) Late 1944 B) July 19, 1956 C) June 8, 1944 D) June 6, 1944
A) July 19, 1956 B) 2007 C) June 8, 1944 D) June 6, 1944
A) Choose repatriation of the remains for burial in the USA or reburial in France B) Only repatriation to the USA C) Choose between the Bayeux war cemetery or England D) Only burial in geometric rows in Colleville-sur-Mer
A) For reburial in the Bayeux war cemetery B) Because they were accidentally buried in American soil C) To make room for American women who died in the war D) For repatriation to Great Britain
A) July 1956 B) Late 1944 C) 2007 D) June 1944
A) Colleville-sur-Mer permanent cemetery B) Omaha Beach memorial C) Bayeux war cemetery D) Saint Laurent temporary cemetery
A) French General Jean Ganeval B) Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid of the U.S. Navy C) President René Coty D) Donald De Lue
A) A representative of the ABMC B) Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid C) President Dwight D. Eisenhower D) French General Jean Ganeval
A) July 19, 1956 B) May 30, 2007 C) June 8, 1944 D) June 6, 1944
A) Full transfer of ownership and extraterritorial rights B) Temporary use until all veterans pass away C) A 99-year lease subject to French taxes D) A special concession for an unlimited duration, free of charge or tax
A) Only during official ceremonies B) No C) Only for U.S. military personnel D) Yes
A) The French State B) The United Nations C) The United States Federal Government D) The American Battle Monuments Commission
A) A division of the U.S. First Army B) A private non-profit organization funded by donations C) A small independent agency of the U.S. federal government D) A branch of the French Ministry of Defense
A) By leasing the land from the French State annually B) Through Congressional acts that provide yearly financial support C) Through visitor ticket sales and private endowments D) By exempting local French employees from taxes
A) Both the U.S. and French flags equally B) The U.S. flag C) The United Nations flag D) The French flag
A) The Bayeux war cemetery B) Omaha Beach and the English Channel C) The Saint Laurent battlefield D) Colleville-sur-Mer village
A) Presidents Dwight D. Eisenhower and René Coty B) British servicemen who died on Omaha Beach C) French resistance fighters and civilian volunteers D) Army Air Corps crews shot down over France and four American women
A) 1942 B) 1956 C) 1944 D) 2007
A) Nine B) Six C) Two D) Four
A) No, only some of them B) Only those who died in Normandy C) Yes, all of them D) Only those whose next of kin could not be found
A) The French Government B) The American Battle Monuments Commission C) The next of kin eligible to make decisions D) The U.S. First Army commanders
A) Burial in the Bayeux war cemetery B) Repatriation for permanent burial in the United States or internment at the closest overseas cemetery C) Burial at the Saint Laurent temporary site indefinitely D) Transfer of remains to a private French cemetery
A) Theodore Roosevelt Jr. B) General Lesley J. McNair C) His father D) His twin brother, Ludwig J. W. Pieper
A) White limestone B) Gray granite C) Sandstone D) White Lasa marble
A) 151 B) 20 C) 147 D) 304
A) 30 B) 45 C) 15 D) 2
A) 45 B) 2 C) 4 D) 30
A) A father and his son B) Two sisters C) An uncle and his nephew D) Two pairs of cousins
A) 45 B) 3 C) 2 D) 4
A) 20 B) 1,557 C) 147 D) 304
A) 147 B) 3 C) 4 D) 20
A) 1,557 B) 151 C) 9,388 D) 304
A) Jimmie W. Monteith B) Lesley J. McNair C) Quentin Roosevelt D) Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
A) Franklin D. Roosevelt B) Theodore Roosevelt C) Woodrow Wilson D) Abraham Lincoln
A) His uncle B) His father Theodore C) His brother Quentin D) His cousin
A) General B) Chaplain C) Medic D) Aviator
A) Theodore Roosevelt Jr. B) Lesley J. McNair C) Frank D. Peregory D) Jimmie W. Monteith
A) Band of Brothers B) The Longest Day C) Patton D) Saving Private Ryan
A) Quentin Tarantino B) George Lucas C) Steven Spielberg D) Francis Ford Coppola
A) Ludwig J. W. Pieper B) Quentin Roosevelt C) Jimmie W. Monteith D) Lesley J. McNair
A) Julius H. O. Pieper B) Robert Niland C) Frank D. Peregory D) Preston Niland
A) Five B) Three C) Twelve D) Ten
A) A rectangle B) A Latin cross C) A circle D) A star of David
A) The Chapel B) The Wall of the Missing C) The Memorial D) The entrance gate
A) It points directly towards Theodore Roosevelt's birthplace B) It is coincidental C) It was specifically requested by the US government D) French law required all allied cemeteries to face west
A) Donald De Lue B) Robert Foster C) Dwight D. Eisenhower D) Leon Kroll
A) 50-foot B) 32-foot C) 22-foot D) 15-foot
A) Leon Kroll B) Robert Foster C) Donald De Lue D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
A) 1944 B) 1960 C) 1953 D) 1945
A) 19 B) 489 C) 500,000 D) 1,557
A) Marianne B) St. Paul C) Columbia D) The Goddess of Peace
A) An angel B) Columbia C) A dove D) A red-capped Marianne figure
A) Outside on the chapel's wall B) On the Wall of the Missing C) On the chapel's roof D) Over the arches of the Memorial
A) On the chapel's roof B) On the altar in Pyrenean marble C) Outside on the chapel's wall D) Inside the Memorial loggia
A) Italian white marble B) Bronze C) Swedish black granite D) Pink granite
A) Swedish black granite B) Pink granite slab C) White marble D) Sandstone
A) 1998 B) 1977 C) 1969 D) 1944
A) Captain John Miller B) The Niland brothers C) The Sullivan brothers D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
A) Tom Hanks B) Robert Foster C) James Francis Ryan D) Mark Camphouse
A) The Sullivan brothers B) General Dwight D. Eisenhower C) The newsmen of June 6, 1944 D) The Niland brothers
A) Robert Foster B) Mark Camphouse C) Tom Hanks D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
A) Normandy Landings B) Taken by Force C) Symphonic Prelude D) Saving Private Ryan Soundtrack
A) The newsmen B) Scorpions C) The film crew D) The military band |
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