Understanding the Role of a Major General Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

Carl Fredrik Johannes Bødtker, a military officer whose highest rank was Major General, presided over the Norwegian Order of Freemasons.

Union forces under Major General William T. Sherman set the South Carolina State House (detail pictured) on fire during the burning of Columbia in 1865.

Hugh Stockwell rose from the rank of Major to that of Major General in fewer than five years.

brothers Johan and Werner Christie both obtained the rank of Major General in the Royal Norwegian Air Force.

the British officer Henry Lindsay Bethune became a Major General in the Persian Army of Mohammad Shah and received the Order of the Lion and the Sun for his services.

in World War II, David M. Jones, later a U.S. Air Force Major General, participated in events that formed the basis for two Hollywood movies: Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo and The Great Escape.

retired Major General Charles D. Metcalf is the current Director of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, the world’s oldest and largest military aviation museum.

Prince Rupert's white poodle Boye was given the rank of Sergeant-Major-General, and was believed by some to be the Devil in disguise.

Lt. General Charles Roadman II (pictured), the son of U.S. Air Force flight surgeon and command pilot Major General Charles Roadman, was the Air Force's 16th Surgeon General.

French Major General René Cogny, who later commanded French forces during the First Indochina War, was captured in June 1940 by the German army, and had to escape by crawling naked through a drainpipe.

Major General Douglas Alexander Graham was once rescued by Victoria Cross recipient Henry May.

Major General George F. Hopkinson was the only British airborne general to be killed during the Second World War.

Major General Robert Lee Howze (pictured) once threatened to dismiss an entire class from the United States Military Academy.

Filipino Major General Jovito Palparan is credited with reducing communist insurgencies on the island of Samar by 80 percent.

Understanding the Role of a Major General

1 In the ________, a major general commands a division of 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers and is capable of fully independent field operation.

2 In the old ________, the major general was called a Generalmajor.

3 The third Judge Advocate General of the show ________ (1995-2005) is a Major General: Major General Gordon "Biff" Cresswell USMC portrayed by David Andrews.

4 A Major General is a high-ranking officer, normally subordinate to the rank of Lieutenant General and senior to the rank of Brigadier General or ________ (depending on nationality).

5 In the ________ there are 4 Major Generals, each commanding a Brigade.

6 In the anime movie ________ II: The Sentinels, the lead character, Rick Hunter, holds the rank of Major General.

7 It is equivalent to Contra-Almirante (Rear-Admiral) in the ________.

8 Major General or Major-General is a ________ used in many countries.

9 In countries that do not maintain the rank of ________, including many in Eastern Europe and many others in the Commonwealth, Major General is the lowest of the General Officer ranks.

10 In the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1, the commanding officer of Stargate Command from seasons 1 to 7 is Major General George Hammond (played by ________).

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