Great Battles

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1. Which was the last of Marlborough's four famous Continental victories? Malplaquet Ramillies Blenheim Oudenarde

2. The Battle of Königgrätz (Sadowa) was the decisive battle in what war? The Seven Years' War The Austro-Prussian War of 1866 The War of the Austrian Succession The Franco-Prussian War

3. The Battle of Leuthen was a shining example of what battlefield tactic? Oblique attack Double envelopment Indirect attack Feigned retreat

4. What Frankish ruler defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours? Clovis Pepin the Short Charles Martel Charlemagne

5. Which one of the following was *not* a major battle of the Hundred Years' War? The Battle of Anjou The Battle of Poitiers The Battle of Crecy The Battle of Agincourt

6. What was the name of Nelson's ship at Trafalgar? HMS Inflexible HMS Victory HMS Invincible HMS Dreadnought

7. The Swedes were defeated at the Battle of Poltava largely because? deep fog prevented proper communication between the center and left flank their Cossack allies deserted them prior to the battle Charles XII was shot and wounded prior to the battle Russian artillery were superior

8. What Crimean War battle was immortalized in Lord Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade'? The Battle of Sevastopol The Battle of the Prut The Battle of the Vistula The Battle of Balaclava

9. What weapon used by the English at Agincourt proved key to their victory? crossbow arquebus cannon longbow

10. The Mongol armies of the thirteenth century suffered their first major defeat at what battle? The Battle of the Indus The Battle of Ain Jalut The Battle of Liegnitz The Battle of Hattin

11. Cleopatra committed suicide by being bitten by an asp in the aftermath of what defeat? The Battle of Actium The Battle of Pharsalus The Battle of Alexandria The Battle of Salamis

12. What was the first battle in European history where firearms (arquebuses) played the decisive role? The Battle of Marsala The Battle of Ghent The Battle of Pavia The Battle of Breitenfeld

13. What happened to Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Chancellorsville? He was captured, tried, and executed by the United States Army He drowned trying to swim across the Rappahannock River He was mistakenly shot and mortally wounded by his own men He fell off his horse and died from the resulting wounds

14. The Battle of Cannae was a shining example of what battlefield tactic? Oblique attack Feigned retreat Indirect attack Double envelopment

15. What military theorist and social critic was also the author of the French victory at Fontenoy? Marshal de Saxe Marshal Villars Marshal Turenne Eugene of Savoy

16. Who commanded the Prussian forces at Waterloo? Clausewitz Blücher Moltke Bülow

17. What was the name of the British general at Waterloo? George Byron Benjamin Disraeli John Churchill Arthur Wellesley

18. Which of the following was *not* a battle in the Thirty Years' War? Lutzen Rocroi Rossbach Breitenfeld

19. What famous general was defeated at the Battle of El Alamein? Suleiman the Magnificent Saladin Belissarius Rommel

20. What was the name of the Roman general who defeated Hannibal at Zama? Answer: (Two Words)