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16 Quiz Questions on UK Military History

Here are 16 UK Military History Questions that are provided for your Quiz or Trivia Night at no cost. Scroll to the bottom to see the answers.





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The Battle of Ladysmith, Battle of Talana Hill, Battle of Colenso and Siege of Mafeking occurred during ... ?

The Peninsular War
The Napoleonic Wars
The Crimean War
The Great Boer War

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The Falklands war of 1982 was triggered by the Argentine occupation of the Falkland Islands and ... ?

The Haitian Islands
South Georgia
The Inglis Islands
Western Derp

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In 1982 the nuclear-powered submarine HMS Conqueror sunk the Argentine ship ... ? [B-------]

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Winston Churchill Served the entirety of World War I as a desk clerk in London. True or False ?

True
False

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Field Marshall Sir Douglas Haig led the British Army in ... ?

Operation Desert Fox
The Kosovo War
World War I
World War II

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During the 1991 Gulf war the main battle tank of the British army was ... ?

Leopard I
Leopard IV
Challenger I
Challenger IV

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Introduced in 1979 which multirole fighter plays a major role in the airforces of Britain, Italy, Germany and Saudi Arabia. Eventually it will to be replaced by the Typhoon and F-35 Lightning II.

Lightning
Galaxy
Strike Eagle
Tornado

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The last monarch to to die in combat was ... ?

Edward VI
Edward V
Richard III
Henry VII

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Britain declared war on Germany in ...

January 1939
September 1939
January 1940
September 1940

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The battle of 25th October 1415 in which an English army consisting largely of English and Welsh archers defeated a significantly larger French army of mounted nobles was ... ?

Battle of Agincourt
Battle of Waterloo
Battle of Blenheim
Battle of Hastings

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During the Battle of Taranto British carrier based planes destroyed the fleet of which country ?

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The Battle of Goose Green occurred in ... ?

1862
1922
1944
1982

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Who was the German commander at the Battle of El Alamein ?

Wilhelm Keitel
Heinrich Himmler
Erich von Manstein
Erwin Rommel

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In the Royal Navy what does SBS stand for ?

Stand By Ships
Secure Broadcast at Sea
Safety By Service
Special Boat Service

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Big Bertha was ... ?

the nickname for the first UK submarine
the nickname for the first UK jet bomber
the WWII nickname for Berlin
the nickname for a large German gun

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In Army slang to Bimble is to ... ?

Collapse from exhaustion
Leave a station without permission
Walk casually
Eat unapproved rations

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