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Great Battles
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"For anyone who loves military history. It's almost all pre-20th century and European."
1.
Which was the last of Marlborough's four famous Continental victories?
Malplaquet
Ramillies
Blenheim
Oudenarde
2.
The Battle of K?niggr?tz (Sadowa) was the decisive battle in what war?
The Austro-Prussian War of 1866
The War of the Austrian Succession
The Seven Years' War
The Franco-Prussian War
3.
The Battle of Leuthen was a shining example of what battlefield tactic?
Feigned retreat
Indirect attack
Oblique attack
Double envelopment
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 Crecy
The Battle of Agincourt
The Battle of Poitiers
The Battle of Anjou
6.
What was the name of Nelson's ship at Trafalgar?
HMS Inflexible
HMS Dreadnought
HMS Invincible
HMS Victory
7.
The Swedes were defeated at the Battle of Poltava largely because?
their Cossack allies deserted them prior to the battle
deep fog prevented proper communication between the center and left flank
Russian artillery were superior
Charles XII was shot and wounded prior to the battle
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?
crossbow
arquebus
cannon
longbow
10.
The Mongol armies of the thirteenth century suffered their first major defeat at what battle?
The Battle of Ain Jalut
The Battle of Liegnitz
The Battle of the Indus
The Battle of Hattin
11.
Cleopatra committed suicide by being bitten by an asp in the aftermath of what defeat?
The Battle of Alexandria
The Battle of Actium
The Battle of Pharsalus
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 captured, tried, and executed by the United States Army
He fell off his horse and died from the resulting wounds
He was mistakenly shot and mortally wounded by his own men
14.
The Battle of Cannae was a shining example of what battlefield tactic?
Feigned retreat
Oblique attack
Double envelopment
Indirect attack
15.
What military theorist and social critic was also the author of the French victory at Fontenoy?
Eugene of Savoy
Marshal Turenne
Marshal de Saxe
Marshal Villars
16.
Who commanded the Prussian forces at Waterloo?
Clausewitz
Bl?cher
Moltke
B?low
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?
Rossbach
Breitenfeld
Rocroi
Lutzen
19.
What famous general was defeated at the Battle of El Alamein?
Saladin
Suleiman the Magnificent
Rommel
Belissarius
20.
What was the name of the Roman general who defeated Hannibal at Zama?
Answer:
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