Q 01/05

At the Battle of Monmouth, which weather hazard killed dozens of soldiers who were never hit by enemy fire?

A) Extreme heat

B) Dense fog

C) Flash flooding

D) Violent hail

Answer · why

A) Extreme heat

Extreme heat dogged the whole campaign: the British alone reported 59 men dead of fatigue after the battle. An 1854 reenactment was called off for the...

Q 02/05

Which legendary heroine of the Battle of Monmouth is most often identified as Mary Ludwig Hays?

A) Betsy Ross

B) Nancy Hart

C) Molly Pitcher

D) Deborah Sampson

Answer · why

C) Molly Pitcher

Molly Pitcher is probably a blend of several women seen on the field that day. Her name now graces a turnpike service area, a highway and a thoroughbr...

Q 03/05

Which Broadway musical covers Charles Lee's retreat at the Battle of Monmouth in the song "Stay Alive"?

A) Ragtime

B) Hamilton

C) 1776

D) Carousel

Answer · why

B) Hamilton

Hamilton paints Lee as a fool who is replaced mid-battle. In reality Washington let him stay and command the rearguard, and Lee was among the last off...

Q 04/05

In the legend of the Battle of Monmouth, whose place at a cannon did water-carrier Mary Hays take?

A) Her older brother's

B) Her uncle's

C) Her captain's

D) Her husband's

Answer · why

D) Her husband's

Her husband's post fell empty when William Hays collapsed, so she swabbed and loaded in his place. Despite the legend he was not killed: he survived t...

Q 05/05

In which state was the Battle of Monmouth fought as the British army marched overland to the coast?

A) New Jersey

B) Delaware

C) Maryland

D) Connecticut

Answer · why

A) New Jersey

New Jersey's Monmouth County was already split by a vicious local civil war between Patriots and Loyalists, and an estimated half of its families suff...