The Memorial Day Quiz Answers

Q 1. Which flowers are typically associated with Memorial Day?

Option 

1. Yellow roses
2. Red poppies
3. Violets
4. White peonies

Q 2. Which state was the first to officially recognize Memorial Day?

Option

1. Pennsylvania
2. New York
3. Massachusetts
4. Delaware

Q 3. At 3 p.m. local time on Memorial Day, Americans should have a moment of silence, or, listen to which song?

Option 

1. The Star Spangled Banner
2. God Bless the USA
3. Taps
4. The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Q 4. Which state was the first to secede from the United States?

Option 

1. Texas
2. Georgia
3. Mississippi
4. South Carolina

Q 5. What was the name of the battle which began the Civil War?

Option 

1. First Battle of Bull Run
2. Battle of Shiloh
3. Battle of Gettysburg
4. Battle of Fort Sumter

Q 6. Where did Robert E. Lee surrender in 1865?

Option 

1. Vicksburg
2. Shiloh
3. Manassas
4. Appomattox

Q 7. Who was president when the Civil War began?

Option 

1. Thomas Jefferson
2. John Quincy Adams
3. James Buchanan
4. Abraham Lincoln

Q 8. Which word is missing from the Gettysburg Address?
 

Option 

1. Independence
2. Love
3. Faith
4. Liberty

Q 9. Which Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery at the end of the Civil War?

Option 

1. Twelfth Amendment
2. Third Amendment
3. Nineteenth Amendment
4. Thirteenth Amendment

Q 10. How many enslaved people were freed as a result of the Civil War?
 
Option 

1. 90,000
2. 2 million
3. 400,000
4. 4 million