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1. The title of this quiz comes from Nathan Hale whose purported last words were "I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country." Hale was hanged as a spy during the American Revolution but what was he doing when he was caught? (Hint: Maybe he was trying not to visit a doctor.)
2. King Leonidas famously perished at the Battle of Thermopylae facing a numerically superior Persian force. Part of this Persian force was a unit given which everlasting name by Herodotus?
3. General Sherman of US Civil War fame shared his middle name with which Native American chief who died in the Battle of the Thames during the War of 1812?
4. Which great Confederate general and right hand man to General Lee was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863?
5. Richard Plantagenet died at the Battle of Wakefield in 1460 during which series of famous English Civil wars?
6. Admiral Nelson was killed during the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. This battle took place during which series of wars?
7. King Harald III of England defeated King Harold II of Norway at the Battle of Hastings before being defeated himself at the Battle of Stamford Bridge by William the Conqueror in 1066.
8. Davy Crockett was never one to shy away from confrontation. He famously died during which battle during the Texas War of Independence?
9. Which great Confederate cavalry officer died in the Battle of Yellow Tavern?
10. Which African-American was the first casualty of America's struggle for independence as a victim of the Boston Massacre?
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