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In what American state was the Battle of the Alamo fought?

Your Correct Answer: Texas

The Battle of the Alamo was fought in 1836 in what is now the Texas city of San Antonio.

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What was the Peloponnesian War named for?

Your Correct Answer: a place

The Peloponnesian War is named for the Peloponnesus, the peninsula on which Sparta is located.

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Who won the Battle of Trafalgar?

Your Answer: France

Correct Answer: Great Britain

The French lost to Admiral Nelson, the British military leader, in the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805.

QUESTION 4

Where was the bayonet invented?

Your Correct Answer: Bayonne, France

The bayonet takes its name from the French city of Bayonne, where it was invented about 1650.

QUESTION 5

Who invented the weapon called the revolver?

Your Correct Answer: Samuel Colt

Samuel Colt invented the revolver in 1835.

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What war was also called The Great War?

Your Correct Answer: World War I

For many years World War I was known as the Great War and the War to End All Wars because it was the most extensive conict the world
had ever seen up to that time.

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In what country did the bombing of Guernica take place?

Your Correct Answer: Spain

Guernica, a Basque city in Spain, was bombed by German allies of Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War.

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Which war did historian Bruce Catton chronicle?

Your Correct Answer: American Civil War

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Bruce Catton was a famed historian of the American Civil War.
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At which battle did the iconic raising of the American ag by U.S. Marines occur?

Your Correct Answer: Iwo Jima

The ag raising depicted today on the Marine Corps Memorial in Washington, D.C., occurred on the island of Iwo Jima during World War II.

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