1. Which treaty ended the War of 1812?
2. In what country did the Battle of Waterloo take place?
3. Which of these was not a battle fought in World War II?
4. Which leader was overthrown by the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003?
5. What was the world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier?
6. The D-Day invasion of June 6, 1944, took place in:
7. Which river did George Washington’s troops cross to engage in the Battle of Trenton?
8. Where did the abortive 1961 invasion of Cuba take place?
9. In what year was the Battle of Hastings fought?
10. Which of these is another name for World War I?
11. Where was the first Nazi concentration camp in Germany established?
12. Which peace treaty was signed at the end of World War I by the Allied and associated powers and Germany?
13. What was the final battle fought during the Hundred Days of Napoleon?
14. Which battle was fought between the Zulu and the Voortrekker Boers in South Africa in 1838?
15. Also called the Typhoon of Steel, one of the bloodiest battles fought in the Pacific Theater during World War II is better known as:
16. In which century did the Carnatic Wars take place?
17. What is the name of the series of international treaties created for the purpose of ameliorating the effects of war on soldiers and civilians?
18. Who devised the first systematic method for breaking messages encrypted by the Germans during World War II?
19. Who was sworn in as the U.S. Army chief of staff on September 1, 1939, the day Germany invaded Poland?
20. Name the military tactic used by the Germans during World war II to strike a quick and surprising blow at the enemy?
21. Who conceived the surprise attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor?
22. What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union during WW II?
23. Which was the first battle in naval history where not a single shot was exchanged by surface ships?
24. In what year did the French Wars of Religion begin?
25. What is the general term for a person who opposes bearing arms or who objects to any type of military training and service called?
26. Which battle during the Napoleonic Wars established British naval supremacy for more than 100 years?
27. War waged by states or their proxies through computers and computer networks is known as:
28. Which treaty ended the Thirty Years’ War?
29. The victory of the British East India Company in the Battle of Plassey, which marked the start of British rule in India, was fought in which year?
30. The Dos de Mayo Uprising in 1808 took place in which country?
31. Which battle marked the end of Napoleon’s power in Spain?
32. What was name of the Spanish fleet sent by King Philip II to invade England in 1588?
33. What was the German nighttime bombing against Britain during WW II called?
34. Which of these battles was instrumental in stopping the Japanese invasion in the Pacific?
35. Which is a military tactic was fully developed by the ancient Greeks?
36. What was the war fought between Pope Gregory XI and an Italian coalition headed by Florence called?
37. What was the series of wars fought between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne called?
38. What was the name of the telegram sent from Germany to Mexico in 1917 that contributed to the entry of the U.S. into World War I?
39. The First War of Independence in India is also known as:
40. Which holiday commemorates the soldiers who fought in the Gallipoli Campaign?
41. In which year did the War of Jenkins' Ear between Great Britain and Spain begin?
42. Which was the first rebellion in Australian history?
43. The Ottoman Empire captured Constantinople in which year?
44. What is the name for the sudden, violent overthrow of an existing government by a small group?
45. What was the name of the military strategy proposed by Union General Winfield Scott in the American Civil War?
46. What were Japanese pilots who flew suicide attacks into enemy warships during WW II called?
47. What is the name of the conspiracy by English Roman Catholics to blow up the Parliament and King James I?
48. In which battle did Napoleon Bonaparte get the nickname “The Little Corporal”?
49. In which state did the Battle of Monmouth take place during the American Revolution?
50. Which naval battle in World War II is known as “the greatest carrier battle of the war”?
51. What is the term used for describing the first six months of World War II?
52. How many Punic Wars were fought between the Roman Republic and the Carthaginian empire?
53. In which year did the Seven Years' War start?
54. Which was the largest Russian assault of World War I?
55. Which general implemented the Overland Campaign during the Civil War?
56. In which Belgian city was the Battle of Passchendaele fought?
57. Which treaty ended the Russo-Turkish War in 1812?
58. What was the name of the revolt by Polish Jews against deportation to the Treblinka extermination camp in 1943?
59. Which battle occurred at a mountain pass in Greece between the Greek forces led by the Spartan king Leonidas and the Persians led by King Xerxes I in 480 BCE?