Brush up on your history, mate. This ANZAC quiz is no walk in the park.

1. What does ANZAC stand for?
2. In what year did World War I start?
3. Where were the ANZAC forces based before going to Gallipoli?
4. When was poisonous gas first used by the Germans in World War I?
5. How many ANZACs were killed on the first day of the Gallipoli battle, 25 April 1915-to the nearest thousand?

6. When was the ‘Unknown Soldier’ buried in the Australian War Memorial?
7. Which two AFL teams contest the traditional ANZAC Day match at the MCG?
8. The Allied forces were at Gallipoli as part of a plan to control which strategic waterway?
9. Where was the main Allied landing on the Gallipoli peninsula on 25 April?
10. Who was the “man with the donkey”?
11. What is the symbol most commonly associated with ANZAC Day?
12. What Australian delicacy is mainly golden syrup and oatmeal with desiccated coconut as an option?
13. Who led the Turkish counter-attack at Chunuk Bair?
14. What does the red poppy symbolise?
15. Who directed the 1981 film ‘Gallipoli’?
16. What is the local Turkish name for Gallipoli?
17. What kind of plume did the soldiers of the Australian Light Horse wear in their slouch hats?
18. Which French village was liberated by Australian forces and holds an annual ANZAC Day service in gratitude?
19. What game did the Australian Soldiers famously play in front of the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt?
20. How many Victoria Cross awards were awarded to Australian soldiers during the Battle of Lone Pine?

Bous question: A famous statue at Gallipoli shows a soldier carrying a wounded man. What nationalities are the carrier and the carried, and where are they going? Answer in Quiz #15.

Answers: 1.Australian New Zealand Army Corps 2.1914 3.Egypt 4. At the battle of Neuve Chapelle in October 1914 5.2000 6.11th November 1993 7.Collingwood & Essendon 8.The Dardanelles 9.ANZAC Cove 10.John Simpson Kirkpatrick 11.Red poppy 12.ANZAC biscuits 13.Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 14.Remembrance 15.Peter Weir 16.Gelibolu 17.Emu plumes 18.Villers Bretonneux 19.Australian Rules football 20.Seven

Bonus question answer (from Quiz #13): The largest chocolate egg weighed 7200 kg.