Anzac Day: A Sacred Quiz

Answer: Australian and New Zealand Army Corps

On 25 April every year Australians remember Anzac Day. It is Australia's day of mourning as it is a sacred day. The day has the same significance in New Zealand, Australia's friend and partner in the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli in the fighting in 1915.

Answer: False

Anzac Day marks the anniversary of fighting by Australian and New Zealand forces against the enemies during the First World War, not the Second World War. The soldiers in those forces quickly became known as Anzacs.

Of course, Australia and New Zealand also fought in WWII but not as Anzacs.

Answer: Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the USA

Along with the Allies (Britain, France and Russia, Italy, Japan, and the USA [from 1917]), Australia was fighting against the Central Powers (Germany, Turkey [then known as the Ottoman Empire], Austria-Hungary).

Answer: Gallipoli

As part of the larger British Empire, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps - the ANZACs - were brought in from training in Egypt to take part in the war. The ANZACs were made up of groups called the 1st Australian Division and the New Zealand and Australian Division. On 25 April 1915, the ANZACs landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula.

Answer: Turkey

The Anzacs faced a well prepared army (Ottoman Empire) with a well trained army. Thousands of Australian and New Zealand men died in the hours and days once they landed on the shores of Gallipoli. The beach would eventually come to be known as Anzac Cove.

Answer: True

Australians and New Zealanders recognise 25 April as a national holiday as it is such an important date in our history. Services are held at dawn, the time that the Anzacs landed at Gallipoli, across the nation. Later in the day ex-servicemen and women meet and join in marches through the major cities and many smaller centres.
Ceremonies are also held at war memorials around the country. It is a day when Australians and New Zealanders reflect on the many different meanings of war. I'm sure we all like the world as place where we can be safe rather than a place of uncertainity.

Answer: The Last Post

The Last Post is the trumpet or bugle call sounded at 10 pm each night to inform soldiers that they should be inside their quarters for the night. The Last Post can also be sounded at military funerals and commemorative services ... "to indicate that the soldier has completed his life's work and has entered into his rest."

Answer: Dawn Service

The Dawn Service observed on Anzac Day has its origins in an operational routine which is still observed by the Australian Army today. In the morning was normally the best time to attack the enemy as they find it harder to see looking into the grey of the early morning, everyone had to keep their eyes open. Soldiers in defensive positions were woken up in the dark, before dawn, so that they were awake, alert and ready to shoot any attackers.

Answer: Red poppies

During the First World War, the red poppies were one of the first plants that sprouted in northern France and Belgium. It was said that the poppies got its red colour from the blood of the soldiers that fought for their country.

Answer: True

Anzac Day became a day on which to remember the lives of Australians lost in that war as well, as remembering all the Australians killed in all the military operations in which Australia has been involved.
Anzac Day was first remembered at the Australian War Memorial in 1942, but due to the fears of being bombed by the Japanese, it was a small affair and was neither a march nor a memorial service. Anzac Day has been annually remembered at the Australian War Memorial ever since.