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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Overrun.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the Battle of Mogadishu referred to often as in popular culture?
(a) Battle of the Bloody.
(b) The Knob Hill Conflict.
(c) Conflict of the Damned.
(d) Black Hawk Down.

2. What did Captain Mike Steele and his men place on the street to direct aircraft to their location in "Overrun"?
(a) GPS beacons.
(b) Mirrors.
(c) Bright orange panels.
(d) Burning debris.

3. Who was the pilot of the Super Six Four?
(a) Warrant Officer Mike Durant.
(b) Chief Warrant Officer Ray Frank.
(c) Master Sergeant Scott Fales.
(d) Technical Sergeant Tim Wilkinson.

4. What refers to a body of citizens enrolled for military service, and called out periodically for drill but serving full time only in emergencies?
(a) Militia.
(b) Coast Guard.
(c) Reserve.
(d) Battalion.

5. Sergeant Jeff Struecker got lost on the way to what location, where his men were to wait to collect the captured prisoners and transport them back to the base in "The Assault"?
(a) The Olympic Hotel.
(b) The mosque.
(c) The U.S. Embassy.
(d) The warlord's house.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a confused hand-to-hand fight or struggle among several people?

2. Alphabet was hit by an unexploded RPG which lodged itself where in "Black Hawk Down"?

3. What refers to a specially trained group of soldiers who must attend a special school focusing on both extreme physical and tactical training?

4. When did President George H.W. Bush order the U.S. Armed Forces to join the U.N. in a joint operation known as Operation Restore Hope, with the primary mission of restoring order in Somalia?

5. Less than two hours into the battle, the crippled Humvee convoy approached what location, preparing for another ambush as they made their way to the base in "Black Hawk Down"?

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