Sub-Categories: U.S. Civil War Trivia, Vietnam War Trivia, World War I Trivia, World War II Trivia
General War Trivia Questions:
1) Which of the following wars claimed the lives of the most U.S. soldiers?
Choose Your Answer: A: U.S. Revolutionary War, B: U.S. Civil War, C: World War I, D: World War II
2) What conflict was known as "The War to End All Wars"?
Choose Your Answer: A: Peloponnesian War, B: Trojan War, C: World War I, D: World War II
3) What war lasted from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953?
Choose Your Answer: A: Irish Civil War, B: Vietnam War, C: World War II, D: Korean War
4) What conflict was instigated by Aristagoras of Miletus?
Choose Your Answer: A: Persian Wars, B: Peloponnesian War, C: Punic Wars, D: Third Macedonian War
5) The last execution in the Tower of London took place during what war?
Choose Your Answer: A: War of the Roses, B: Napoleonic Wars, C: World War I, D: World War II
6) Which of the following wars lasted the longest?
Choose Your Answer: A: The French and Indian War, B: The Seven Years' War, C: World War II, D: Mexican-American War
7) Which of the following leaders played prominent roles in both World War I and World War II?
Choose Your Answer: A: Nikita Khrushchev, B: Winston Churchill, C: Woodrow Wilson, D: Hideki Tojo
8) What Spartan king led a small army of 300 Spartans against a vastly superior Persian force in the Battle of Thermopylae?
Choose Your Answer: A: Cleomenes, B: Leonidas, C: Ephialtes, D: Xerxes
9) What naval battle between Mark Antony and Octavian is often said to mark the beginning of the Roman Empire?
Choose Your Answer: A: Battle of Actium, B: Battle of Agrigentum, C: Battle of the Lipari Islands, D: Battle of Mylae
10) In which battle did Chinese general Zhang Hongfan destroy the last fleet of the Southern Song Dynasty?
Choose Your Answer: A: Battle of Julu, B: Battle of Yingtian, C: Battle of Red Cliffs, D: Battle of Yamen