The Daily Debrief
Tuesday, November 10, 2026
General · Easy
People shout "Geronimo!" when leaping off something high. This tradition started in 1940 with which group of soldiers?
The answer is C: Army paratroopers
An Army paratrooper named Aubrey Eberhardt, testing parachutes at Fort Benning in 1940, promised to yell "Geronimo" on his jump to prove he was not scared. The whole platoon adopted it, and the shout spread far beyond the Army.
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