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Battlefields and Commanders Trivia Quiz

Looking at wars from 1800 to 1945, match the opposing commanders to the battle or visa versa. Visiting ten of the best known battlefields all over the world, your main aim is to have fun. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by MrRadt. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
MrRadt

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
380,769

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
503

Last 3 plays: Guest 71 (8/10), Guest 204 (10/10), Guest 81 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. France, Vimy Ridge, 1917. Hint

General Sir Douglas Haig vs Count von Zeppelin

General Sir Ian Hamilton vs General Otto von Sanders

Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg vs General Robert Nivelle and General Sir Arthur Currie

Field Marshal Model vs Brigadier Lathbury

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Question 2 of 10

2. Tsar Alexander 1, Francis II of Austria and General Mikhail Illarionovitch Kutuzov vs the Grande Armee's Marshal Jean Lannes and Marshal Jean-Baptise Bessi�res. Hint

Austerlitz, 1805

Arnhem, 1944

Spioenkop, 1900

Gettysburg, 1863

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Question 3 of 10

3. General Lord Arthur Wellesley (Viscount Wellington) vs Marshal Auguste Fr�deric de Marmont. Hint

Verdun, 1916

Rorke's Drift, 1879

Salamanca, 1812

Shiloh, 1862

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Question 4 of 10

4. North Africa, El Alamein, 1942. Hint

Major John Darnell vs Chief Mkhosana

Field Marshal Karl von Rundstedt vs General Dwight D. Eisenhower

General Erwin Rommel vs Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery

General Irvin McDowell vs Colonel Wade Hampton

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Question 5 of 10

5. South Africa, Spioenkop, Natal, 1900. Hint

General Sir Redvers Buller vs General Louis Botha

Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte vs Field Marshal Gebhard von Blucher

Lord Chelmsford vs King Cetshwayo

General Robert E. Lee vs General Amrose Burnside

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Question 6 of 10

6. Virginia, North America. Manassas / First Bull Run, 1861. Hint

Admiral Isoruko Yamamoto vs Admiral Husband E. Kimmel

Major Henry Spalding vs General Ntshingwayo-ka-Mahole Khosa

General Feodor Buxhowden vs General Jean Rapp

General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson vs General Irvin McDowell

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Question 7 of 10

7. Crown Prince William of Germany and General Erich von Falkenhayn vs General Joseph Joffre and Major Sylvain-Eugene Raynal. Hint

Gallipoli, 1915

Paardeberg, 1900

Fort Faux, Verdun, 1916

Jena and Auerst�dt, 1806

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Question 8 of 10

8. Somme, 1916. Hint

General Guisepe di Stefanis vs General Herbert Lumsden

General Sir Douglas Haig vs General Erich von Falkenhayn

General Albert S. Johnston vs Brigadier General William Wallace

General Koos de la Rey vs General Robert Broadwood

9. Commander Mitsuo Fuchida, Lieutenant Commander Shigekazu Shimazaki, Admiral Isoruko Yamamoto and Vice Admiral Chuichi. Nagamo vs Rear Admiral Patrick Bellinger, Admiral Husband E. Kimmel and Lieutenant Commander Francis J. Thomas. Hint

Okinawa, 1945

Hastings, 1066

Majuba, 1881

Pearl Harbor, 1941

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Question 10 of 10

10. Field Marschal Walter Model, General Sepp Dietrich and General Hasso von Manteuffel vs General Omar Bradley, Lieutenant General Courtney Hodges and Lieutenant General George S. Patton. Hint

Antietam, 1862

Battle of Britain, 1940

Normandy, 1944

Wacht am Rhein, 1944

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. France, Vimy Ridge, 1917.

Answer: Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg vs General Robert Nivelle and General Sir Arthur Currie

Today a beautiful park surrounds the Canadian National Vimy Memorial at the site of the battle. German trenches and Canadian tunnels are also preserved.

2. Tsar Alexander 1, Francis II of Austria and General Mikhail Illarionovitch Kutuzov vs the Grande Armee's Marshal Jean Lannes and Marshal Jean-Baptise Bessi�res.

Answer: Austerlitz, 1805

The Austerlitz battlefield is relatively unspoiled. A memorial, installed in 1930, marks the site of Napoleon's headquarters. Napoleon commissioned the Arc de Triomphe to celebrate his victory, but it wasn't completed till 1836.

3. General Lord Arthur Wellesley (Viscount Wellington) vs Marshal Auguste Fr�deric de Marmont.

Answer: Salamanca, 1812

The old bridge at Salamanca, over which Wellington's baggage filed during the morning's move west and over which the victorious general rode later that day, can still be seen but is, sadly, falling into disrepair.

4. North Africa, El Alamein, 1942.

Answer: General Erwin Rommel vs Lieutenant-General Bernard Montgomery

Surely you got that one right! El Alamein, on the Mediterranean coast, lies about 66 miles west of Alexandria and 150 miles north-west of Cairo. The Axis forces were turned back here and never reached Cairo, the Nile or the Suez Canal.

5. South Africa, Spioenkop, Natal, 1900.

Answer: General Sir Redvers Buller vs General Louis Botha

Other famous participants at this battle was the young Mahatma Gandhi as leader of a Natal Indian Ambulance Corps and Winston Churchill as a correspondent for the London "Morning Post".

6. Virginia, North America. Manassas / First Bull Run, 1861.

Answer: General Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson vs General Irvin McDowell

On the slope behind Henry House, home of widow Mrs Carter is where Stonewall Jackson earned his nickname. A well preserved battlefield, with trails, an equestrian statue of Jackson and memorials to Colonel Bartow and General Bee are amongst the many interesting sights to see.

7. Crown Prince William of Germany and General Erich von Falkenhayn vs General Joseph Joffre and Major Sylvain-Eugene Raynal.

Answer: Fort Faux, Verdun, 1916

Another well preserved battlefield. Major Raynal was the commander of the stubborn garrison of Fort Faux and he was congratulated on his brave resistance by the Crown Prince himself, after they were forced to surrender.

8. Somme, 1916.

Answer: General Sir Douglas Haig vs General Erich von Falkenhayn

The Somme was a prolonged massacre, lasting from July to November 1916, with nearly 420,000 casualties. Not much can be said of the commanders, who it seems, fail to grasp the deadly efficiency of the machine-gun. Perhaps a spell fighting on the front lines would have done them a power of good.

Answer: Pearl Harbor, 1941

The sneaky victory that crippled American naval power in the Pacific temporarily, and brought America and her vast economic resources and industry into the war, led to Japan's ultimate defeat.

10. Field Marschal Walter Model, General Sepp Dietrich and General Hasso von Manteuffel vs General Omar Bradley, Lieutenant General Courtney Hodges and Lieutenant General George S. Patton.

Answer: Wacht am Rhein, 1944

This is of course, the German code name of what is better know as the "Battle of the Bulge". The last offensive launched by a desperate Wehrmacht led to McAuliffe's famous "Nuts" reply at Bastogne and the eventual defeat of Nazi Germany.

Source: Author MrRadt

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