Q 01/05

On what date was the Battle of Trafalgar fought?

A) 21 October 1805

B) 18 June 1815

C) 1 August 1798

D) 2 April 1801

Answer · why

A) 21 October 1805

It came the day after Napoleon's land victory at Ulm, and he hid the news for over a month.

Q 02/05

Which two navies made up the combined fleet facing the Royal Navy?

A) French and Dutch

B) French and Spanish

C) Spanish and Portuguese

D) French and Danish

Answer · why

B) French and Spanish

Spain contributed 15 ships of the line and France 18.

Q 03/05

Which war was Trafalgar part of?

A) War of the First Coalition

B) Peninsular War

C) War of the Third Coalition

D) War of the Second Coalition

Answer · why

C) War of the Third Coalition

The coalition collapsed a few months later anyway after Austerlitz.

Q 04/05

Who commanded the combined Franco-Spanish fleet?

A) Honoré Ganteaume

B) Federico Gravina

C) François Rosily

D) Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

Answer · why

D) Pierre-Charles Villeneuve

He was captured with his flagship and later attended Nelson's funeral while on parole.

Q 05/05

From which Spanish port did the combined fleet sail three days before the battle?

A) Ferrol

B) Cartagena

C) Málaga

D) Cádiz

Answer · why

D) Cádiz

Only eleven allied ships made it back there, and just five were seaworthy.