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Wars and Battles with Funny Names


Quiz

  1. The First Opium War was fought from 1839 to 1842 between Britain and which country?
  2. What is the better-known name of the last major German offensive campaign on the Western Front during World War II?
  3. The Emu War was a wildlife management military operation undertaken in which country in the 1930s?
  4. The Battle of Ball's Bluff was an early battle in which war?
  5. What name was coined in 1858 by British historian Thomas Carlyle to refer to a British captain who had a body part severed by Spanish coast guards in 1731?
  6. What is the better-known name of the 1838-1839 conflict between Mexico and France that began after a French cook's shop was damaged?
  7. What is the better-known name of the 100 Hour War, a brief military conflict fought between El Salvador and Honduras in 1969?
  8. What term was coined by a British journalist in 1958 to describe a series of confrontations between the UK and Iceland?
  9. What was the name of the military engagement between British forces and the Boers on the 23rd and 24th of January 1900?
  10. The Wars of the Roses were a series of civil wars fought over control of the English throne during which century?
  11. What name was given to the war lasting 116 years from 1337 to 1453 between Britain and France?
  12. The Bishops' Wars were two separate conflicts fought in 1639 and 1640 between England and which other country?
  13. What name was given to the largely bloodless war of 1859 between the United States and the British Colony of Vancouver Island, after the shooting of a farm animal?
  14. The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an engagement during which war?
  15. The Spanish–Portuguese War of 1762 to 1763, also called the Fantastic War, was part of which larger conflict?

Answers

  1. China
  2. The Battle of the Bulge
  3. Australia
  4. American Civil War
  5. The War of Jenkins' Ear
  6. The Pastry War
  7. The Football War
  8. The Cod War
  9. The Battle of Spion Kop
  10. 15th century (from 1455 to 1487)
  11. The Hundred Years' War
  12. Scotland
  13. The Pig War
  14. The Falklands War
  15. The Seven Years' War