Marine Corps History

Question 0

Marine corps motto

Answer 0

Semper Fidelis (means always faithful)

Question 1

Marine corps birthday

Answer 1

10 November 1775

Question 2

Marine corps colors

Answer 2

Scarlet and gold

Question 3

First commandant of the marine corps

Answer 3

Capital Samuel Nicholas

Question 4

First amphibious landing by marines

Answer 4

Providence Island in the Bahamas

Question 5

Most decorated marine

Answer 5

Lt. General Lewis “chesty” Puller

5 Navy Crosses

Question 6

The grand old man

Answer 6

General Archibald Henderson

Question 7

Marine corps mascot

Answer 7

English bulldog named “chesty”

Question 8

“Red stripe” on dress blues trousers

Answer 8

Signifies the bloodshed by NCOs and officers at the Battle of Chapultepec, Mexico
(Worn by E-4 and above)

Question 9

Lt. Presley O’ Bannon

Answer 9

First officer to receive the Mameluke Sword

Question 10

First two marines to earn two medals of honor each

Answer 10

Dan Daley and Smedly Butler

Question 11

First marine aviator

Answer 11

Lt. Alfred Cunningham

Question 12

First Female Marine

Answer 12

Otha M. Johnson

Enlisted in 1918

Question 13

First Marine recruiter

Answer 13

Captain Robert Mullen

Question 14

Birth place of the marine corps

Answer 14

Old tun tavern

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Question 15

Owner of old tun tavern

Answer 15

Robert Mullen

Question 16

Marine corps emblem

Answer 16

Eagle globe and anchor

Question 17

Nickname “devil dogs”

Answer 17

From the Germans during the battle of Belleau Wood