Q 01/05

Opposing generals Richard Montgomery and Guy Carleton at Quebec in 1775 were both born in which country?

A) Scotland

B) Ireland

C) England

D) Wales

Answer · why

B) Ireland

Ireland produced both men: Montgomery was born near Dublin and Carleton in County Tyrone. Both treated the Canadiens with a tact their subordinates of...

Q 02/05

Which future US vice president was among the few to escape unhurt when Montgomery fell at Quebec in 1775?

A) Aaron Burr

B) Elbridge Gerry

C) George Clinton

D) Daniel Tompkins

Answer · why

A) Aaron Burr

Aaron Burr was a 19-year-old aide to the general, and is said to have tried to carry the body from the field before giving up.

Q 03/05

What motto did American soldiers wear on paper slips pinned to their hats while storming Quebec in 1775?

A) Don't Tread on Me

B) Join, or Die

C) Liberty or Death

D) An Appeal to Heaven

Answer · why

C) Liberty or Death

Liberty or Death was what the defenders read on the paper strips when they recovered the fallen attackers after the fighting stopped.

Q 04/05

The capital of which US state is named for Richard Montgomery, the American general killed at Quebec in 1775?

A) Georgia

B) Mississippi

C) Tennessee

D) Alabama

Answer · why

D) Alabama

Alabama's future capital took his name in 1819, and towns in New York, Vermont and Minnesota carry the fallen general's name too.

Q 05/05

Which disease swept through the American camp outside Quebec in early 1776 and helped break the siege?

A) Typhus

B) Scurvy

C) Smallpox

D) Yellow fever

Answer · why

C) Smallpox

Smallpox killed the American commander John Thomas during the retreat, and some soldiers tried to protect themselves by scratching infected matter und...