Which battle in 1429 was a major French victory after the relief of Orléans?
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Battle of Patay
99294 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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Which French king was crowned at Reims in 1429?
Answer
Charles VII
What was the name of the French queen who was regent during Charles VI's illness?
Answer
Isabeau of Bavaria
Which French duke was captured at Agincourt and imprisoned in England?
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Charles, Duke of Orléans
Which naval battle in 1340 gave the English control of the Channel?
Answer
Battle of Sluys
What was the nickname of Jean de Dunois?
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Bastard of Orléans
Which English king succeeded Richard II in 1399?
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Henry IV
Which French king died in 1380?
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Charles V
Which English duke served as regent for Henry VI in France?
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Duke of Bedford
What treaty in 1359 offered a peace plan rejected by the French?
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Treaty of London
Which English queen was the mother of Edward III and claimed the French throne?
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Isabella of France
What 1424 battle confirmed English control of northern France?
Answer
Battle of Verneuil
At which siege in 1430 was Joan of Arc captured?
Answer
Compiègne
What naval battle in 1372 destroyed English dominance at sea?
Answer
Battle of La Rochelle
Which 1450 battle completed the French reconquest of Normandy?
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Battle of Formigny
What battle in 1421 saw the death of Thomas, Duke of Clarence?
Answer
Battle of Baugé
Which French port did Henry V capture in 1415 after a siege?
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Harfleur
Which duke of Burgundy allied with England after the murder of John the Fearless?
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Philip the Good
Which French princess did Henry V marry in 1420?
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Catherine of Valois
Which French king suffered from mental illness during the war?
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Charles VI
Which French constable led a successful guerrilla campaign against the English in the 1370s?
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Bertrand du Guesclin
Which battle in 1429 saw a major French cavalry victory over the English?
Answer
Battle of Patay
What name is given to the French peasant uprising of 1358?
Answer
Jacquerie
What treaty in 1435 ended the Burgundian alliance with England?
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Treaty of Arras
Who was the French commander at the Battle of Agincourt?
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Charles d'Albret
What treaty in 1420 recognized Henry V as heir to the French throne?
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Treaty of Troyes
Which English prince was known as the Black Prince?
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Edward of Woodstock
Which English king claimed the French throne, starting the war?
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Edward III
Which treaty in 1360 ended the first phase of the Hundred Years' War?
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Treaty of Brétigny
Which US general replaced William Westmoreland as commander in Vietnam in 1968?
Answer
Creighton Abrams
What was the name of the US operation to bomb the Ho Chi Minh Trail from 1968 to 1972?
Answer
Operation Commando Hunt
Which 1965 battle was the first major engagement between US and North Vietnamese forces?
Answer
Battle of Ia Drang
Which 1968 event saw US soldiers kill hundreds of unarmed villagers in Quang Ngai province?
Answer
My Lai Massacre
Which 1971 document revealed the US government's pessimistic assessment of the war?
Answer
Pentagon Papers
What was the name of the secret US bombing campaign in Cambodia in 1969-1970?
Answer
Operation Menu
Which US general commanded US forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968?
Answer
William Westmoreland
Which US president initiated the policy of 'Vietnamization' to withdraw US troops?
Answer
Richard Nixon
Which battle in 1968 saw US Marines besieged at a combat base for 77 days?
Answer
Battle of Khe Sanh
Which November 1863 speech by Abraham Lincoln is only about two minutes long?
Answer
Gettysburg Address
Which Union general commanded the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign?
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George B. McClellan