About War

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1. Who wrote 'The Histories' about the Greco-Persian wars? Thucydides Plutarch Homer Herodotus

2. Which Irish province is partly within the United Kingdom? Ulster Munster Leinster Connacht

3. What did Stonewall Jackson have amputated? right leg left big toe nose left arm

4. This was the first major British victory of the Peninsular War: Corunna Vittoria Badajoz Talavera

5. Which Shakespeare play deals with the battle of Agincourt? King John King Henry V Troilus and Cressida King Henry IV (Part 2)

6. Who is America's most decorated combat veteran? George S. Patton Jr. Sergant Alvin York Audie Murphy Eddie Rickenbacker

7. During what war did the German Army capture Paris? Penninsular war Franco-Prussian War World War One Hundred Years War

8. What British Army unit did the Glengarry Light Infantry model itself after during the War of 1812? Coldstream Guards 11th Hussars 42nd Highlanders 95th Rifles

9. Speaking of the 11th Hussars, what was the nickname given to them because of their uniform? black-and-tans cherrypickers Red Shirts Black Brunswickers

10. While not strictly a war question, I have to ask: What position did Aaron Burr hold when he shot Alexander Hamilton? Speaker of the House of Representatives Secretary of State Vice President Secretary of the Treasury