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100

Memorial Day was a response to the loss of American lives in this war

What is the Civil War?

100

This American Flag is flown this way on Memorial Day

What is at half-mast until noon?

100

The branch of soldiers who fight on land

What is the army?

100

M.I.A. stands for

What is 'missing in action?'

100

This is the difference between the purpose of Memorial Day vs Veterans Day

What is honoring those who have died in service vs honoring all those who have served in the military (living and deceased)?

200

The original name of Memorial Day

What is Decoration Day?

200

This song is played on the bugle at soldiers' funerals and on Memorial Day

What is Taps?

200

The branches of soldiers who fight on the water

What are the Navy, Coast Guard, and Marines?

200

P.O.W. stands for

What is 'prisoner of war?'

200

This sporting event is traditionally held on Memorial Day weekend

What is the Indianapolis 500?

300

The longest war in which U.S. soldiers fought

What is Afghanistan?

300

This flower is traditionally worn in honor of Memorial Day

What is the poppy?

300

The branch of soldiers who fly

What is the Air Force?

300

K.I.A. stands for

What is 'killed in action?'

300

This is the cemetery the president gives a speech on at Memorial Day

What is Arlington National Cemetery?

400

Memorial Day became recognized as a national holiday in this year

What is 1971?

400

These items are typically left on graves of fallen servicemen

Flowers, flags, mementos, coins

400

This elected official serves as the commander-in-chief

What is the American President?

400

This is the term for a deceased soldier(s)

What is 'The Fallen?'

400

This esteemed medal for valor was first created during the Civil War

What is The Medal of Honor?

500

This many total Americans died in the Civil War

What is about 620,000?

500

This is the time Americans stop what they are doing to remember the servicemen who died

What is 3:00 p.m.?

500

This idiom states that the freedoms enjoys by citizen are only possible through risks taken and sacrifices made by the military

What is 'freedom is not free?'

500

This is what a soldier gives when they die in war (euphemism)

What is the 'last full measure of devotion?'

500

This poem inspired the tradition of wearing and planting poppy blossoms for Memorial Day

What is "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae?