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See All Answers in TABLE CLICK HERE 1 of 16: Of the following naval engagements, which happened first?
A) Battle of Trafalgar (29%)
B) Battle of Cape St Vincent (51%)
C) Battle of the Nile (20%)
Answer : B
2 of 16: These are all nineteenth century military disasters. Which happened first?
A) Custer's Last Stand (30%)
B) Charge of the Light Brigade (38%)
C) The Alamo (52%)
Answer : C
3 of 16: The reign of Queen Victoria saw the British engaged in numerous 'little wars', as well as a few larger conflicts. Of the following, which happened earliest in that long reign?
A) Third China War (53%)
B) Third Afghan War (20%)
C) First Opium War (57%)
Answer : C
4 of 16: American forces also fought a number of smaller wars during the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Which of the following campaigns was the first?
A) Philippine Insurrection (30%)
B) Mexican-American War (46%)
C) Nicaraguan Campaign (24%)
Answer : B
5 of 16: Which of the following early twentieth century conflicts was the first?
A) Herero Rebellion (20%)
B) Boxer Rebellion (51%)
C) Russo-Japanese War (28%)
Answer : B
6 of 16: During WWI, which of these events happened (or started) first?
A) French Defence of Verdun (56%)
B) Canadian Capture of Vimy Ridge (48%)
C) British Offensive on the Somme (16%)
Answer : A
7 of 16: The First World War was conducted largely on land, but which of these naval actions was the earliest?
A) Dardanelles (28%)
B) Zeebrugge (36%)
C) Falkland Islands (55%)
Answer : C
8 of 16: World War One featured a number of 'sideshows' away from the Western Front. Which event connected with these lesser campaigns was the first chronologically?
A) Allenby Enters Jerusalem (47%)
B) Siege of Kut-el-Amara (27%)
C) German Troops Leave Windhoek (56%)
Answer : C
9 of 16: Which of the following WWI airmen was the first to die?
A) Oswald Boelcke (59%)
B) Manfred Von Richthofen (49%)
C) Frank Luke (22%)
Answer : A
10 of 16: During which battle were tanks first employed?
A) Battle of the Marne (22%)
B) Battle of the Aisne (36%)
C) Battle of the Somme (41%)
Answer : C
11 of 16: During which twentieth century conflict was the term 'Fifth Column' first used?
A) Spanish Civil War (51%)
B) Vietnam War (44%)
C) First World War (15%)
Answer : A
12 of 16: Which of the following WWII ships was the first to suffer its fate?
A) Graf Spee, Scuttled at Montevideo (32%)
B) HMS Royal Oak, Sunk at Scapa Flow (51%)
C) Bismarck, Sunk in the Atlantic (17%)
Answer : B
13 of 16: The Battle of Britain, taking the dates 10 July to 31 October 1940 as those of the Battle, can be considered as having five phases. Of the four types of attack listed, which typified the earliest phase?
A) Luftwaffe Attacks on Radar Stations and Ports (56%)
B) Luftwaffe Attacks on Shipping Off the British Coast (57%)
C) Luftwaffe Raids on RAF Airfields (6%)
Answer : B
14 of 16: Of the following Second World War 'operations', which happened first?
A) Operation Husky (10%)
B) Operation Torch (58%)
C) Operation Overlord (32%)
Answer : B
15 of 16: In the 'island-hopping' campaign in the Pacific, which was the first island to be retaken by US forces?
A) Okinawa (34%)
B) Tarawa (34%)
C) Guadalcanal (52%)
Answer : C
16 of 16: Of the following events associated with the Cold War or rebellion against Soviet domination, which came first?
A) Berlin Wall is Built (38%)
B) Cuban Missile Crisis (36%)
C) Hungarian Uprising (56%)
Answer : C

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SNO	ANSWER
1	B
2	C
3	C
4	B
5	B
6	A
7	C
8	C
9	A
10	C
11	A
12	B
13	B
14	B
15	C
16	C
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