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Question 1: The pre war British Army was trained and equipped to garrison and police the ________ and as became evident during the war was woefully unprepared and ill equipped for a war with multiple enemies on multiple fronts.
NauruBritish EmpireInformal EmpireBarbados

Question 2: In 1751 a numeral system was adopted, with each regiment gaining a number according to their rank in the order of precedence, so John Mordaunt's Regiment became the ________.
47th (Lancashire) Regiment of FootBritish ArmyUnited KingdomUnited States

Question 3: The 'first' army was the small volunteer force of 400,000 soldiers, over half of which were posted overseas to garrison the ________.
Informal EmpireNauruBarbadosBritish Empire

Question 4: The mechanisation process was finally completed in 1941 when the ________ abandoned their horses.
Royal Scots Greys8th King's Royal Irish Hussars17th Lancers2nd Dragoon Guards (Queen's Bays)

Question 5: Scotland was annexed into the ________ under the terms of the Tender of Union.
Commonwealth of EnglandCharles I of EnglandOliver CromwellCharles II of England

Question 6: British military and other forces eventually withdrew in 1948 and the ________ was established on 14 May.
IsraelArmeniaUnited StatesGreece

Question 7: The Army defeated the ________ against James, which was followed by harsh repression, especially in the West Country.
Glorious RevolutionSomersetMonmouth RebellionBristol

Question 8: An integral part of NATO's defences in the now divided Europe was the British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) in ________, the British Army's new overseas 'home' that replaced independent India.
German EmpireEast GermanyAllied-occupied GermanyWest Germany

Question 9: Another British occupation force was based in ________ in Turkey, and a number of British units fought against Turkish rebels during the Turkish War of Independence.
Byzantine EmpireConstantinopleHagia SophiaByzantine navy

Question 10: Nevertheless, the conflict tied up over 12,000 British troops on a continuous basis until the late 1990s and was ended with the ________ which detailed a path to a political solution to the conflict.
Northern IrelandBelfast AgreementSt Andrews AgreementNorthern Ireland Assembly
















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