Trivia Quiz on 19th Century Warfare

1. Who took out a $5000 life insurance before dying in battle

A) Robert E. Lee

B) George Armstrong Custer

C) John Sedgwick

D) Albert Sidney Johnston

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2. What 19th century war between russia and england, turkey, britain and france, was named for a peninsula in the black sea

A) Napoleonic Wars

B) Crimean war

C) Russo-Turkish War (1877-1878)

D) Anglo-Afghan War (1839-1842)

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3. During which conflict did the battles of Alma and Inkermann take place

A) The Napoleonic Wars

B) The Franco-Prussian War

C) The crimean war

D) World War I

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4. What country lost the Crimean War

A) France

B) Britain

C) Ottoman Empire

D) Russia

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5. Final and decisive action of the Napoleonic Wars, that effectively ended French domination of Europe

A) Battle of Leipzig

B) Battle of waterloo

C) Battle of Austerlitz

D) Battle of Jena-Auerstedt

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6. During which war did the battles of The Modder River, Majuba and Magersfontein take place

A) World War I

B) The boer war

C) The Napoleonic Wars

D) The Crimean War

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7. What weapons did the indians use to defeat custer?

A) Henry repeating rifles

B) Bow and arrows

C) Enfield rifled muskets

D) Winchester Specials

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8. This country lost the largest percentage of its men in a single war (~70%).

A) Germany

B) Russia

C) Japan

D) Paraguay

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9. The Charge Of The Light Brigade Occured During Which War

A) World War I

B) Napoleonic Wars

C) American Civil War

D) Crimean

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10. What was the name of the first ironclad warship ever launched?

A) La Gloire

B) CSS Virginia

C) HMS Warrior

D) USS Monitor

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11. Which military battle took place in 1815?

A) Battle of Quatre Bras

B) Battle of Ligny

C) Waterloo

D) Battle of Austerlitz

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12. What did Henry Shrapnel invent?

A) The steam engine

B) The mechanical calculator

C) The exploding shell

D) The parachute

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13. How was the 1839-42 Anglo-Chinese war better known ?

A) The Opium War

B) The Taiping Rebellion

C) The Boxer Rebellion

D) The Sino-Japanese War

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14. Rorke's Drift was a battle in which war?

A) The Zulu War

B) The Second Boer War

C) The Crimean War

D) The Franco-Prussian War

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15. Which military battle took place in 1815

A) Battle of Hastings

B) Waterloo

C) Battle of Trafalgar

D) Battle of Gettysburg

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16. The Battle of Rorke's Drift in 1879 featured in which war?

A) Zulu War (or Zulu Wars)

B) First Boer War

C) Crimean War

D) Napoleonic Wars

E) Anglo-Afghan War

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17. What 19th century war between Russia and England, Turkey, Britain and France, was named after a peninsula in the Black Sea?

A) Crimean War

B) Peninsular War

C) Russo-Turkish War (1806–1812)

D) Anglo-Turkish War (1807–1809)

E) Great Northern War

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18. Who invented the exploding shell?

A) Alfred Nobel

B) William Congreve

C) Henry Shrapnel

D) Benjamin Robins

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19. During Which War Did The Charge Of The Light Brigade Occur?

A) The American Civil War

B) World War I

C) Napoleonic Wars

D) Crimean

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