HISTORY QUIZ NO. 17 GREAT BATTLES
Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 2:34 pm1. Which was the last of Marlborough's four famous Continental victories?
MALPLAQUAT
2. The Battle of Königgrätz (Sadowa) was the decisive battle in what war?
THE AUSTRO - PRUSSIAN WAR (1866)
3. The Battle of Leuthen was a shining example of what battlefield tactic?
OBLIQUE ATTACK
4. What Frankish ruler defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours?
CHARLES MARTEL
5. Which one of the following was *not* a major battle of the Hundred Years' War?
A The Battle of Crecy B The Battle of Agincourt C The Battle of Poitiers D The Battle of Anjou
D THE BATTLE OF ANJOU
6. What was the name of Nelson's ship at Trafalgar?
HMS VICTORY
7. The Swedes were defeated at the Battle of Poltava largely because?
CHARLES XII WAS SHOT PRIOR TO BATTLE
8. What Crimean War battle was immortalized in Lord Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade'?
BATTLE OF BALACLAVA
9. What weapon used by the English at Agincourt proved key to their victory?
LONGBOW
10. The Mongol armies of the thirteenth century suffered their first major defeat at what battle?
BATTLE OF AIN JALUT
11. Cleopatra committed suicide by being bitten by an asp in the aftermath of what defeat?
BATTLE OF ACTIUM
12. What was the first battle in European history where firearms (arquebuses) played the decisive role?
BATTLE OF PAUIA
13. What happened to Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
SHOT BY HIS OWN MEN
14. The Battle of Cannae was a shining example of what battlefield tactic?
DOUBLE ENVELOPMENT
15. What military theorist and social critic was also the author of the French victory at Fontenoy?
MARSHALL DE SAXE
16. Who commanded the Prussian forces at Waterloo?
BLUCHER
17. What was the name of the British general at Waterloo?
ARTHUE WELLESLEY
18. Which of the following was *not* a battle in the Thirty Years' War?
A Rocroi B Rossbach C Breitenfeld D Lutzen
B ROSSBACH
19. What famous general was defeated at the Battle of El Alamein
ROMMEL
20. What was the name of the Roman general who defeated Hannibal at Zama?
SCIPIO AFRICAUS
MALPLAQUAT
2. The Battle of Königgrätz (Sadowa) was the decisive battle in what war?
THE AUSTRO - PRUSSIAN WAR (1866)
3. The Battle of Leuthen was a shining example of what battlefield tactic?
OBLIQUE ATTACK
4. What Frankish ruler defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours?
CHARLES MARTEL
5. Which one of the following was *not* a major battle of the Hundred Years' War?
A The Battle of Crecy B The Battle of Agincourt C The Battle of Poitiers D The Battle of Anjou
D THE BATTLE OF ANJOU
6. What was the name of Nelson's ship at Trafalgar?
HMS VICTORY
7. The Swedes were defeated at the Battle of Poltava largely because?
CHARLES XII WAS SHOT PRIOR TO BATTLE
8. What Crimean War battle was immortalized in Lord Tennyson's 'Charge of the Light Brigade'?
BATTLE OF BALACLAVA
9. What weapon used by the English at Agincourt proved key to their victory?
LONGBOW
10. The Mongol armies of the thirteenth century suffered their first major defeat at what battle?
BATTLE OF AIN JALUT
11. Cleopatra committed suicide by being bitten by an asp in the aftermath of what defeat?
BATTLE OF ACTIUM
12. What was the first battle in European history where firearms (arquebuses) played the decisive role?
BATTLE OF PAUIA
13. What happened to Stonewall Jackson at the Battle of Chancellorsville?
SHOT BY HIS OWN MEN
14. The Battle of Cannae was a shining example of what battlefield tactic?
DOUBLE ENVELOPMENT
15. What military theorist and social critic was also the author of the French victory at Fontenoy?
MARSHALL DE SAXE
16. Who commanded the Prussian forces at Waterloo?
BLUCHER
17. What was the name of the British general at Waterloo?
ARTHUE WELLESLEY
18. Which of the following was *not* a battle in the Thirty Years' War?
A Rocroi B Rossbach C Breitenfeld D Lutzen
B ROSSBACH
19. What famous general was defeated at the Battle of El Alamein
ROMMEL
20. What was the name of the Roman general who defeated Hannibal at Zama?
SCIPIO AFRICAUS
