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Quiz about Great Quotes from Military Figures

Great Quotes from Military Figures Quiz

Military Quotations

A multiple-choice quiz by Charlemagne. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Charlemagne

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
14,621

Updated
Jul 18 25

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
1940

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which military figure said: 'Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires.' Hint

Julius Caesar

Alexander the Great

Napoleon

Hitler

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which military figure said: 'Find the enemy and shoot him down, anything else is nonsense.' Hint

Marshall Foche

Alvin York

Jimmy Doolittle

M. Baron von Richthofen

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which military figure said: 'What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight-its the size of the fight in the dog.' Hint

Erwin Rommel

Douglas Macarthur

Dwight Eisenhower

Mark Clark

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which military figure said: 'You may be whatever you resolve to be.' Hint

Thomas J.(Stonewall) Jackson

J.E.B. Stuart

Robert E. Lee

Pete Longstreet

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which military figure said: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few".

Answer: (One Word - last name only)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which military figure said: 'One man with courage makes a majority.' Hint

Andrew Jackson

Ethan Allen

George Washington

Benedict Arnold

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which military figure said: 'I came. I saw. I conquered.' Hint

Jack Pershing

Napoleon

Julius Caesar

Genghis Khan

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which military figure said: 'An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions led by a deer.' Hint

Phillip II

Napoleon

Alexander the Great

Julius Caesar

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which military figure said: '...to secure for Germany the land...to accomplish...by the might of a victorious sword.'

Answer: (Last name only)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which military figure said: 'To unify Germany by blood and iron...'

Answer: (One Word(last name only...careful spelling!))

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which military figure said: 'Between a battle lost and a battle won, the distance is immense and there stand empires.'

Answer: Napoleon

2. Which military figure said: 'Find the enemy and shoot him down, anything else is nonsense.'

Answer: M. Baron von Richthofen

The Red Baron, Germany's WWI flying ace.

3. Which military figure said: 'What counts is not necessarily the size of the dog in the fight-its the size of the fight in the dog.'

Answer: Dwight Eisenhower

4. Which military figure said: 'You may be whatever you resolve to be.'

Answer: Thomas J.(Stonewall) Jackson

The West Point graduate and VMI professor who earned fame in the American Civil War. This quote is displayed at the Virginia Military Institute where Jackson was an unpopular professor of mathematics and artillery.

5. Which military figure said: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few".

Answer: Churchill

Churchill's remark about the debt owed the Royal Air Force by the British people for the defense of Britain.

6. Which military figure said: 'One man with courage makes a majority.'

Answer: Andrew Jackson

7. Which military figure said: 'I came. I saw. I conquered.'

Answer: Julius Caesar

8. Which military figure said: 'An army of deer led by a lion is more to be feared than an army of lions led by a deer.'

Answer: Phillip II

9. Which military figure said: '...to secure for Germany the land...to accomplish...by the might of a victorious sword.'

Answer: Hitler

10. Which military figure said: 'To unify Germany by blood and iron...'

Answer: Bismarck

Source: Author Charlemagne

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