Q 01/05

In which year was the Battle of the Little Bighorn fought?

A) 1866

B) 1876

C) 1886

D) 1890

Answer · why

B) 1876

It was the most significant action of the Great Sioux War of 1876.

Q 02/05

By what name do the Lakota and other Plains peoples know the battle?

A) The Greasy Grass

B) The Valley of Chieftains

C) Rosebud Creek

D) The Crow's Nest

Answer · why

A) The Greasy Grass

Contemporary participants also called the place the "Valley of Chieftains".

Q 03/05

Which U.S. Army regiment did Custer command at the Little Bighorn?

A) 2nd Cavalry

B) 3rd Cavalry

C) 5th Infantry

D) 7th Cavalry

Answer · why

D) 7th Cavalry

Five of the regiment's twelve companies were wiped out along with Custer himself.

Q 04/05

What was George Armstrong Custer's actual Army rank at the battle?

A) Lieutenant colonel

B) Brigadier general

C) Major general

D) Full colonel

Answer · why

A) Lieutenant colonel

He had been a brevet major general during the Civil War, which is why he was often called "General".

Q 05/05

In which present-day state is the battlefield?

A) Wyoming

B) Montana

C) South Dakota

D) Nebraska

Answer · why

B) Montana

It lay inside the Crow Indian Reservation in what was then Montana Territory.