The Ultimate Wars Quiz

If you know your Greek history, you know that the war was also the work of Aphrodite, Athena and Hera.

Genghis Khan made the Mongols a powerful force in the 1200s.

Do not mess with Queen Boudicca, who burned the Roman settlements of London and St. Albans and killed tens of thousands of Romans.

Although America wouldn't intervene until the '60s, the conflict began decades earlier.

Although some would argue that World War I — and thus the archduke's death — also spawned World War II.

About two percent of the country's 1860 population had died by war's end.

Nope, it's no trick — there was steady warfare from 1792 to 1815 that is part of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Democratic protests led to the overthrow and eventual death of Qaddafi.

The resolution gave the president authority to stop any armed attack, by any means necessary.

Argentina invaded the Falklands after years of conflict about Britain's right to seize them.

The Central Powers were primarily Germany, Austria-Hungary and Turkey.

Key watched the stars and stripes wave over Fort McHenry after a long siege.

Germany's last attempt at breaking Allied lines took place during a miserable winter month from December 1944 to January 1945.

Although Truman was there for the outset of the war, Eisenhower was at the helm when the conflict ended in 1953.

Cornwallis led the British against those pesky American upstarts.

Muslim power had conquered quite a bit of the Christian world in the 11th century, and Christians set out to stop it.

The War of 1812 was fought about maritime rights, and the treaty basically said everything should stay the same as it was before the war.

McClellan was pretty much a terrible general for the Union and was on the wrong side of history when he made it clear he thought Abraham Lincoln was a buffoon.

Nearly 1,200 civilian passengers were killed by a German sub in 1915.

There were a lot of facets to the Seven Years' War, and the American arm was the French and Indian War.

Truman didn't like MacArthur's style.

Things didn't go so well for Philip, and the armada failed.

Germany bombed Britain from July through September 1940, but were ultimately unsuccessful against Britain's Royal Air Force.

The Brits actually won the battle, but it sparked major American zeal.

The majority Hutu population led a months-long genocide that killed nearly 800,000 civilians.

Confederate Stonewall Jackson held his ground during the First Battle of Bull Run.

Chinese and Japanese troops fired on each other in 1937, beginning the war.

Although black troops had served in other wars, the Emancipation Proclamation made their participation legal.

Those supporting the Parliamentary party were called Roundheads because of their short haircuts; the Cavaliers (the royalists) favored curly wigs.

Teddy Roosevelt and his cavalry fought in Cuba.