Q 01/05

The Battle of Waterloo ended 23 years of war that had begun in the wake of which upheaval?

A) The American Revolution

B) The French Revolution

C) The Glorious Revolution

D) The Jacobite Rising

Answer · why

B) The French Revolution

The French Revolution: the wars it set off ran almost unbroken from 1792 until 18 June 1815, and four days after the battle Napoleon gave up his thron...

Q 02/05

In which modern country does the battlefield of Waterloo lie?

A) France

B) Belgium

C) Netherlands

D) Luxembourg

Answer · why

B) Belgium

Belgium: no such country existed in 1815, and the ground Wellington defended changed hands again when the Belgians rose and won their own state 15 yea...

Q 03/05

Napoleon's escape from which island in 1815 led to Waterloo?

A) Corsica

B) Sardinia

C) Elba

D) Malta

Answer · why

C) Elba

Elba: he slipped away with some 1,000 men, was back in Paris within a month, and the allied powers formed a Seventh Coalition to bring him down.

Q 04/05

Who commanded the Prussian army at Waterloo?

A) Hans von Zieten

B) August Neidhardt von Gneisenau

C) Friedrich Wilhelm von Bülow

D) Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Answer · why

D) Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher: beaten two days earlier, the 72-year-old had promised to come to Wellington's aid, and his army was back in action with...

Q 05/05

The victor of Waterloo gave his name to a style of boot and to which country's capital city?

A) Australia

B) Canada

C) New Zealand

D) South Africa

Answer · why

C) New Zealand

New Zealand: its capital honours the Duke of Wellington, who took his own title from a small Somerset town and had his shoemaker cut down a cavalry bo...