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Great Battles

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Great Battles game quiz
"For anyone who loves military history. It's almost all pre-20th century and European."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



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 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?
    Indirect attack
    Oblique attack
    Double envelopment
    Feigned retreat


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


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 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
    Charles XII was shot and wounded prior to the battle
    Russian artillery were superior
    deep fog prevented proper communication between the center and left flank


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?
    arquebus
    crossbow
    longbow
    cannon


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 Alexandria
    The Battle of Salamis
    The Battle of Pharsalus
    The Battle of Actium


12. What was the first battle in European history where firearms (arquebuses) played the decisive role?
    The Battle of Pavia
    The Battle of Breitenfeld
    The Battle of Ghent
    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?
    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 Turenne
    Eugene of Savoy
    Marshal Villars
    Marshal de Saxe


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
    Arthur Wellesley
    John Churchill
    Benjamin Disraeli


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: (Two Words)

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