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

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

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? Charles Martel Charlemagne Pepin the Short Clovis

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 Dreadnought HMS Inflexible HMS Victory HMS Invincible

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 Balaclava The Battle of the Vistula The Battle of Sevastopol The Battle of the Prut

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

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 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? 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? Marshal Turenne Marshal de Saxe Marshal Villars Eugene of Savoy

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

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

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

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

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