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Famous Battles: Multiple Choice
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| # | Question | % correct |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | The 480 BC battle where a small Greek force, led by 300 Spartans, held a pass against the Persians was at what? | 74% |
| 02 | The 1066 battle in which William the Conqueror defeated the English was the Battle of what? | 61% |
| 03 | Hannibal's celebrated double-envelopment of a Roman army in 216 BC took place at which battle? | 43% |
| 04 | The 490 BC Athenian victory over Persia, which gave a long-distance race its name, was at what? | 70% |
| 05 | The 1942–43 turning-point battle on the Eastern Front of World War II was fought at which city? | 57% |
| 06 | Alexander the Great decisively defeated Darius III in 331 BC at which battle? | 43% |
| 07 | The 1453 fall of which city ended the Byzantine Empire? | 30% |
| 08 | The 1805 naval battle where Nelson destroyed the Franco-Spanish fleet was at what? | 30% |
| 09 | The 1863 turning-point battle of the American Civil War was fought at what? | 30% |
| 10 | Napoleon was finally defeated in 1815 at which battle? | 30% |
| 11 | The 31 BC naval battle where Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra was at what? | 17% |
| 12 | The 1415 battle where English longbowmen crushed a larger French army was at what? | 17% |
| 13 | The 1571 naval battle where a Christian alliance shattered the Ottoman fleet was at what? | 17% |
| 14 | The 1781 siege where Cornwallis surrendered, effectively ending the American Revolution, was at what? | 26% |
| 15 | The 9 AD ambush that annihilated three Roman legions in Germany was the Battle of the what? | 17% |
| 16 | The 1836 Texas siege whose defenders died to the last man was the Battle of the what? | 26% |
| 17 | The longest battle of World War I, a months-long French–German bloodbath in 1916, was at what? | 9% |
| 18 | The 732 battle where Charles Martel halted a Muslim advance into Frankish lands was at what? | 9% |
| 19 | The 1709 battle where Peter the Great's Russia crushed the Swedish empire was at what? | 26% |
| 20 | The 1879 battle where a Zulu army overwhelmed a British column was at what? | 17% |
| 21 | The 1242 "Battle on the Ice," where Alexander Nevsky beat the Teutonic Knights, was fought on which frozen lake? | 9% |
| 22 | Days before Hastings in 1066, King Harold defeated a Norwegian invasion at which battle? | 9% |
| 23 | The 1260 battle where the Egyptian Mamluks halted the Mongol advance was at what? | 26% |
| 24 | An early Hundred Years' War triumph for English longbows came in 1346 at which battle? | 13% |
| 25 | The 1521 conquest of which Aztec capital by Cortés ended the empire? | 13% |
| 26 | The 1854 "Charge of the Light Brigade" took place during which Crimean War battle? | 13% |
| 27 | The 1525 battle where Spanish forces captured King Francis I of France was at what? | 9% |
| 28 | The 1898 battle where British machine guns destroyed a Mahdist army in Sudan was at what? | 13% |
| 29 | The 1879 defense in which a tiny British garrison held off thousands of Zulus, earning 11 Victoria Crosses, was at what? | 4% |
| 30 | The 1683 battle that broke the Ottoman siege of which city marked the empire's high-water mark in Europe? | 9% |
| 31 | What was the codename for the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy? | 17% |
| 32 | The 1941 surprise attack that brought the U.S. into WWII was on which naval base? | 26% |
| 33 | In 1588, an English fleet defeated the "Invincible Armada" sent by which country? | 17% |
| 34 | The 1942 turning-point naval battle in the Pacific Theater of WWII was the Battle of what? | 13% |
| 35 | What was the name of the last major German offensive on the Western Front in WWII, fought in the winter of 1944-45? | 39% |
| 36 | The 1940 air campaign in which the Royal Air Force defended the UK against the Luftwaffe was the Battle of what? | 39% |
| 37 | The first battles of the American Revolutionary War were fought at which two towns? | 13% |
| 38 | The 1775 battle where colonists inflicted heavy casualties on the British from a fortified position outside Boston was the Battle of what? | 17% |
| 39 | What 1805 battle, also known as the "Battle of the Three Emperors," is considered Napoleon's tactical masterpiece? | 13% |
| 40 | The decisive 480 BC naval battle where a Greek fleet defeated a much larger Persian fleet was the Battle of what? | 26% |
| 41 | In 378 AD, a Roman army was crushed and the Emperor Valens was killed by Gothic cavalry at which battle? | 13% |
| 42 | Which 1071 Seljuk Turk victory over the Byzantines opened up Anatolia for Turkish settlement? | 9% |
| 43 | The bloodiest single day of the Napoleonic Wars took place during the 1812 invasion of Russia at which battle? | 13% |
| 44 | The 1954 siege and battle that resulted in a decisive French defeat and the end of their rule in Indochina was at what? | 4% |
| 45 | What early WWI battle in 1914 resulted in the near-total destruction of a Russian army by German forces? | 30% |
| 46 | Which 1777 American victory convinced France to formally enter the Revolutionary War as a U.S. ally? | 13% |
| 47 | The 1942 British victory in North Africa that decisively halted the Axis advance was the Second Battle of what? | 4% |
| 48 | Which 1757 victory for Robert Clive established British East India Company dominance in India? | 9% |
| 49 | The 1905 naval battle where Japan's fleet annihilated Russia's, effectively ending the Russo-Japanese War, was at what? | 4% |
| 50 | Which 1863 Civil War battle is considered Robert E. Lee's tactical masterpiece, though it cost him the life of "Stonewall" Jackson? | 22% |
| 51 | In 48 BC, Julius Caesar decisively defeated the larger army of his rival Pompey the Great at which battle? | 13% |
| 52 | The 1526 battle where Suleiman the Magnificent's Ottoman army crushed the Kingdom of Hungary was at what? | 4% |
| 53 | King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden introduced revolutionary new tactics at which major Protestant victory of the Thirty Years' War in 1631? | 9% |
| 54 | At which 1759 battle on the Plains of Abraham did both the British and French commanding generals (Wolfe and Montcalm) die? | 9% |
| 55 | An Ethiopian army under Emperor Menelik II secured their nation's independence by defeating an Italian invasion at which 1896 battle? | 13% |
| 56 | The Union capture of which Mississippi River fortress city in July 1863 was a major strategic blow to the Confederacy? | 4% |
| 57 | The final battle of the First Boer War in 1881, a humiliating defeat for the British army, was fought at what? | 9% |
| 58 | At which 1187 battle did Saladin annihilate a large Crusader army, leading to his recapture of Jerusalem? | 9% |
| 59 | The largest naval battle in history, fought in the Philippines in 1944, was the Battle of what? | 9% |
| 60 | The Duke of Marlborough's great victory over the French in 1704, a turning point in the War of the Spanish Succession, was the Battle of what? | 13% |
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