Test your NATO IQ

In 2018, newest Ally Montenegro commemorated its first ‘Ally-versary’. How many NATO Allies are there?

The new NATO Strategic Direction South Hub, or ‘the Hub’, became fully operational in 2018. In which NATO country is the Hub located?

NATO moved across the boulevard to its green new Brussels Headquarters in 2018. Where was NATO headquartered in 1965?

In April 2018, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said of which valued partner that, although the country is “far from here, you are one of NATO’s closest partners. We share the same values: democracy, human rights and the rule of law. By working together, we make a stronger contribution to international security.”

In 2018, NATO’s Science for Peace and Security Programme celebrated its 60th anniversary. How many Nobel Prize winners from NATO countries have been associated with the programme?

In 2018, NATO Allies tested their ability to defend our populations and territories, deter potential adversaries and work together with partners in NATO's biggest exercise in recent years, Exercise Trident Juncture 18, hosted by Ally Norway. How many exercises – of any kind – were conducted by NATO commanders in 1953?

In 2018, a couple of pairs of bespoke NATO socks lit up sock Instagram. What chic accessory was presented at a meeting of the North Atlantic Council in December 1956?

In 2018, NATO’s Euro-Atlantic Disaster Response Coordination Centre, or EADRCC, marked its 20th anniversary. The EADRCC is about improving nations’ resilience against the worst and coordinating relief for catastrophes. Which article of NATO’s founding document, the Washington Treaty, guides civil preparedness?

By the end of 2018, one of NATO’s four enhanced Forward Presence battlegroups included troops from nine Allied nations. Which battlegroup was it? Hint: A ceremony welcoming the newest Allied nation to the battlegroup was held in December at Camp Ādaži.

In 2018, NATO personnel on missions and exercises in the northern part of the Alliance enjoyed the spectacle of aurora borealis, or the northern lights. Of the following choices, Allies from which you can see the northern lights include all but: