The Timelord Quiz - Medals and Flags - The Solution
Created | Updated Mar 21, 2002
Last week TIMELORD brought you a quiz on medals and flags. The winner with 9/10 was Madent. The only other entrant, Spook scored 100% - wrong. Never mind Spook - try again soon please. 
Q: Which medal is inscribed FOR COURAGE?
A: The DFC - Distinguished Flying
Cross.Q: How many times has the Stars and Stripes been changed?
A: 26. With each new
state a new star and stripe was added but this soon proved unworkable so
they returned to 13 stripes but added a new star for each state. Some, of
course, joined in groups.
Q: In which battle were the most Victoria Crosses won?
A: Rorke's Drift with 11
VC's (and a few Oscars!).
Q: Which is the only US state to still have the Union Jack on its own flag?
A: Hawaii.
Q: What is the name of the oldest National flag in the world?
A: The
Dannebrog, the Danish flag.
Q: From what were the Victoria Crosses first made?
A: The bronze cannons,
captured at the Siege of Sebastopol.
Q: Who was the first actor to win the Congressional Medal of Honour?
A: George M Cohan.
Q: Who won the Proficient Service Medallion at Gallitep?
A: Gul Darhe'el in
Deep Space Nine.
Q: Arthur Martin-Leake was the first person to win which honour?
A: The Victoria Cross and Bar.Q: What do the 5 rings on the Olympic Flag represent?
A: Africa, Americas, Asia, Australia, Europe.
