Great Battles

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1. Which was the last of Marlborough's four famous Continental victories? Blenheim Malplaquet Ramillies 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? Indirect attack Oblique attack Double envelopment Feigned retreat

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

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

6. What was the name of Nelson's ship at Trafalgar? HMS Victory HMS Invincible HMS Inflexible 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 the Prut The Battle of Sevastopol The Battle of Balaclava The Battle of the Vistula

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

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

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 Ghent The Battle of Pavia The Battle of Breitenfeld The Battle of Marsala

13. What happened to Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Chancellorsville? 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 He was captured, tried, and executed by the United States Army

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

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? Blücher Moltke Clausewitz Bülow

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

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? Rommel Belissarius Suleiman the Magnificent Saladin

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