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Cryptic Famous Battles Trivia Quiz

Use conventional cryptic clues to come up with the names of famous battles.

A multiple-choice quiz by cobb367. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
cobb367

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
210,523

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Impossible

Avg Score
3 / 10

Plays
619

Question 1 of 10

1. Wet lavatory.

Answer: (One word, 8 letters)

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Question 2 of 10

2. Latins confused degree holder.

Answer: (One word, 10 letters)

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Question 3 of 10

3. Drunk hits snag.

Answer: (One word, 8 letters)

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Question 4 of 10

4. A spirit hall.

Answer: (One word, 9 letters)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Bernhardt to audience: "Caesar wore this".

Answer: (One word, 8 letters)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Stick out, come down to earth.

Answer: (One word, 7 letters)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Large sausages.

Answer: (One word, 7 letters)

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Question 8 of 10

8. Against backward partner.

Answer: (One word, 8 letters)

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Question 9 of 10

9. Sweetly charitable Gwen understood.

Answer: (One word, 6 letters)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Nine hide, pub smashed.

Answer: (One word, 11 letters; or three words, 4,4,3 letters)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Wet lavatory.

Answer: Waterloo

Synonym for wet (water) + synonym for lavatory (loo). Waterloo was Napoleon's final, crushing defeat in 1815.

2. Latins confused degree holder.

Answer: Stalingrad

Latins confused (anagram of Stalin) + degree holder (grad). Stalingrad (1942-43) marked the turning of the tide on the Eastern Front between the forces of Hitler's Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union in World War II.

3. Drunk hits snag.

Answer: Hastings

Anagram of "hits snag". The Normans, led by William the Conquerer, defeated the Anglo-Saxons, led by Harold II, at Hastings in 1066.

4. A spirit hall.

Answer: Agincourt

A + synonym for spirit (gin) + synonym for hall (court). English forces under Henry V defeated a much larger French army at Agincourt in 1415.

5. Bernhardt to audience: "Caesar wore this".

Answer: Saratoga

Bernhardt to audience (sounds like Sarah) + Caesar wore this (toga). During the American Revolution, the defeat of a British army under General Burgoyne at Saratoga in 1777 provided the impetus for the French to join the American cause.

6. Stick out, come down to earth.

Answer: Jutland

Stick out (Jut) + come down to earth (land). British and German fleets fought the last major naval action of World War I in a bitter but inconclusive battle in the North Sea off of Jutland in 1916.

7. Large sausages.

Answer: Salamis

Synonym for large sausages. A Greek fleet led by Themistocles defeated the Persian navy in 480 B.C. off the island of Salamis, near Athens.

8. Against backward partner.

Answer: Antietam

Against (Anti) + backward partner (mate backwards). During the American Civil War in 1862, Union forces were unable to overwhelm Confederate positions along Antietam Creek in Maryland, but ended General Lee's invasion of the North, prompting Abraham Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.

9. Sweetly charitable Gwen understood.

Answer: Verdun

Sounds like Verdun, as in Gwen Verdon, star of Sweet Charity on Broadway. In World War I, French and German armies fought for months to a bloody standstill at Verdun in 1916.

10. Nine hide, pub smashed.

Answer: Dienbienphu

Anagram of "Nine hide pub". The Viet Minh forced the surrender of the French garrison at Dien Bien Phu in 1954, causing the end of French rule in Indochina.

Source: Author cobb367

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