After Artemisium, toward which gulf did the Greek navy retreat?
Answer
Saronic Gulf
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which gate of the Thermopylae pass did Leonidas choose to defend?
Answer
Middle gate
Which peoples did Xerxes first send to take the Greek defenders prisoner?
Answer
Medes and Cissians
What was the name of the Greek alliance that fought against Persia in 480 BC?
Answer
Hellenic League
Who composed the famous epitaph for the Spartans at Thermopylae?
Answer
Simonides of Ceos
What is the name of the mountain near Thermopylae that overlooks the pass?
Answer
Mount Kallidromon
Which Arcadian city-state sent 120 hoplites to Thermopylae?
Answer
Orchomenos
How many days did the main battle at Thermopylae last?
Answer
Three days
The Battle of Thermopylae was part of which larger conflict?
Answer
Greco-Persian Wars
Through what seminary grounds was the Union I Corps driven on Gettysburg's first day?
Answer
Lutheran Seminary
Which road near Culp's Hill was vital for supplying the Union army?
Answer
Baltimore Pike
Which hill formed the right flank of the Union line at Gettysburg?
Answer
Culp's Hill
From which Virginia city did Lee's army begin moving north on June 3, 1863?
Answer
Fredericksburg
Which U.S. president replaced Joseph Hooker with George Meade before Gettysburg?
Answer
Abraham Lincoln
Which Union general led a cavalry charge at East Cavalry Field on July 3?
Answer
George Armstrong Custer
What cluster of trees was the aiming point for Pickett's Charge?
Answer
The Copse of Trees
Which Union general took command of the I Corps after John Reynolds was killed?
Answer
Abner Doubleday
Who commanded the 20th Maine at Little Round Top?
Answer
Joshua Chamberlain
Which Confederate general was Lee's second-in-command (First Corps commander) at Gettysburg?
Answer
James Longstreet
Which Union cavalry general delayed the Confederate advance on July 1?
Answer
John Buford
Which Confederate general was mortally wounded during Pickett's Charge?
Answer
Lewis Armistead
Which Union general was killed on the first day of the battle?
Answer
John F. Reynolds
What was the name of the solar wind experiment deployed by Apollo 11?
Answer
Solar Wind Composition experiment
Which company manufactured the TV camera that broadcast the first moonwalk?
Answer
Westinghouse
Who was the capcom for the Apollo 11 lunar landing?
Answer
Charlie Duke
Who was the flight director for the Apollo 11 landing?
Answer
Gene Kranz
Who was the backup lunar module pilot of Apollo 11?
Answer
Fred Haise
What device did Apollo 11 leave on the Moon to reflect lasers?
Answer
Retroreflector