After which battle in 1469 was King Edward IV captured by the Earl of Warwick?
Answer
Battle of Edgecote Moor
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which son of Richard of York was killed at the Battle of Wakefield?
Answer
Edmund, Earl of Rutland
Which battle in 1460 resulted in the Yorkist capture of King Henry VI?
Answer
Battle of Northampton
Which battle in 1471 saw the death of the Earl of Warwick, known as the Kingmaker?
Answer
Battle of Barnet
What animal was the personal badge of King Richard III?
Answer
white boar
Which battle in 1471 saw the death of Edward, Prince of Wales, son of Henry VI?
Answer
Battle of Tewkesbury
Which battle in 1461 was the largest and bloodiest of the War of the Roses?
Answer
Battle of Towton
Who was the French queen of Henry VI who led Lancastrian forces?
Answer
Margaret of Anjou
Who was the U.S. consul in Havana whose request led to the USS Maine being sent?
Answer
Fitzhugh Lee
On what date was the Treaty of Paris signed, ending the Spanish-American War?
Answer
December 10, 1898
Who commanded the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay?
Answer
Patricio Montojo
Which U.S. general led the invasion of Puerto Rico in July 1898?
Answer
Nelson A. Miles
On what date did the Battle of San Juan Hill take place?
Answer
July 1, 1898
What was the name of the Spanish diplomat whose insulting letter about President McKinley influenced the war?
Answer
Enrique Dupuy de Lôme
What was the term used to describe the sensationalist newspaper reporting that stirred up war fever?
Answer
Yellow journalism
Which Spanish general surrendered the city of Manila to the U.S. in August 1898?
Answer
Fermín Jáudenes
Who was the U.S. admiral who commanded the North Atlantic Squadron during the war?
Answer
William T. Sampson
What city was besieged by U.S. and Cuban forces leading to the Spanish surrender in Cuba?
Answer
Santiago de Cuba
Which amendment later gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs?
Answer
Platt Amendment
What Filipino leader fought alongside the U.S. against Spain?
Answer
Emilio Aguinaldo
How many days did the Spanish-American War officially last?
Answer
109 days
What was the decisive land battle of the war in Cuba?
Answer
Battle of San Juan Hill
Which Spanish general was known for his brutal reconcentration policy in Cuba?
Answer
Valeriano Weyler
On what date did the U.S. declare war on Spain?
Answer
April 25, 1898
What congressional resolution stated the U.S. had no intention of annexing Cuba?
Answer
Teller Amendment
Who commanded the Spanish fleet at the Battle of Santiago de Cuba?
Answer
Pascual Cervera
Which Byzantine emperor issued the Corpus Juris Civilis?
Answer
Justinian I
Which Germanic tribe sacked Rome in 410 AD?
Answer
Visigoths
Which chronicler wrote 'Historia Regum Britanniae'?
Answer
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Which battle in 1453 ended the Hundred Years' War?
Answer
Battle of Castillon
Which pope called for the Fourth Crusade in 1202?
Answer
Pope Innocent III
Which medieval university was founded in Oxford around 1096?
Answer
University of Oxford
Which Byzantine emperor was known as 'the Bulgar Slayer'?
Answer
Basil II
Which treaty divided the Carolingian Empire in 843?
Answer
Treaty of Verdun
Which Islamic caliphate ruled much of Spain in the 10th century?
Answer
Caliphate of Córdoba
Which religious order was founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209?
Answer
Franciscans
Which dynasty ruled the Holy Roman Empire during the 12th and 13th centuries?
Answer
Hohenstaufen