HISTORY QUIZ NO. 17 GREAT BATTLES

[magpie in the 80's]

1. 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

[redandblack]

19 Rommel

[godoubleblues]

Q8 - Battle of Balaclava

[Kahuna]

6/ Victory
9/ Longbow
13/ Shot by his own side
16/ Blucher
17/ Wellington

[magpie in the 80's]

19 Rommel

CORRECT RAB

[magpie in the 80's]

Q8 - Battle of Balaclava

CORRECT GDB

[magpie in the 80's]

6/ Victory
9/ Longbow
13/ Shot by his own side
16/ Blucher
17/ Wellington.....INCORRECT

ALL OTHERS CORRECT K

[magpie in the 80's]

HEAPS OF Q'S HERE TO ANSWER

[JAS]

Q14 Only army tactic I know by name is the 'pincer movement' my lot would just bomb the carp out of them

Q20 Scipio Africanus

Regards
JAS

[magpie in the 80's]

Q14 Only army tactic I know by name is the 'pincer movement' my lot would just bomb the carp out of them ........incorrect

Q20 Scipio Africanus...........correct

Regards
JAS

[Leaping Lindner]

2 - Franco Prussian War
3 - Strategic withdrawl for want of a better way of explaining it.
17 - I can think of two Hill and Picton

[magpie in the 80's]

2 - Franco Prussian War.....CLOSE ENOUGH
3 - Strategic withdrawl for want of a better way of explaining it.....IT ACTUALLY HAS A NAME
17 - I can think of two Hill and Picton........INCORRECT

[magpie in the 80's]

STILL 12 Q'S TO ANSWER HERE

[magpie in the 80's]

LAST DAYS FOR THIS QUIZ

[magpie in the 80's]

1. 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

QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.

END OF QUIZ