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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Black Hawk Down.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to a group of people, as a clique, set, society, or party, especially as united by some common trait, characteristic, or interest?
(a) Clan.
(b) Flock.
(c) Pod.
(d) Gang.

2. How far had Private First Class Todd Blackburn fallen from the helicopter in "The Assault"?
(a) 70 feet.
(b) 475 feet.
(c) 30 feet.
(d) 150 feet.

3. Staff Sergeant Matt Eversmann's previous leader was sent home and the man's replacement was taken out of commission by what in "The Assault"?
(a) A heart attack.
(b) An aneurysm.
(c) A seizure.
(d) A broken leg.

4. Who was shot in the back when the Humvee convoy stopped to recover the injured in "Black Hawk Down"?
(a) Private Anton Berendsen.
(b) Sergeant Joyce.
(c) Sergeant Scott Galentine.
(d) Master Sergeant Gary Gordon.

5. The Americans had assumed that what shot from the ground could never bring down a helicopter as large and powerful as a Black Hawk?
(a) Rifles.
(b) RPGs.
(c) Flares.
(d) Pistols.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to a specially trained team designed to go into a battlefield and rescue injured soldiers?

2. A week before the mission that brought Rangers, Delta operators, and SEALs into Mogadishu on October 3, a Black Hawk helicopter was shot down over Mogadishu by what?

3. Who was the pilot of the Super Six Four?

4. Sergeant Tim 'Griz' Martin and Private Adalberto Rodriguez were injured when a grenade hit which Humvee in the column as the convey continued to make its way to the first crash site in "Black Hawk Down"?

5. Who was run over when the disoriented Humvee driver did not see his body where it had been blown into the street in "Black Hawk Down"?

(see the answer key)

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