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The Hundred Days Trivia Quiz

A clash of the titans in Napoleon's Europe.

A multiple-choice quiz by deadmeat. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
deadmeat

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
22,848

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4826

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of Napoleon's former Marshals promised to return the Emperor to King Louis in 'an iron cage'? Hint

Jerome

Ney

Murat

St Cyr

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of his most able Marshals did Napoleon leave defending Paris with 200,000 men ? Hint

Soult

Ney

Davout

Grouchy

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which aristocratic cavalry commander gained a marshal's baton and commanded Napoleon's right wing during the "Hundred Days"? Hint

Murat

Pajol

Bessieries

Grouchy

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Question 4 of 10

4. The Prussian Army in Belgium was commanded by: Hint

Gneisenau

Blucher

Ziethen

Thelemann

5. At a crucial point in the battle of Ligny, Vandamme gave the Emperor Napoleon alarming news: an enemy column of 20,000 to 30,000 troops was two and half miles to the rear approaching Fleurus! Who did this eventually turn out to be? Hint

Duke of Wellington

Duke of Brunswick

Prince of Orange

D'Erlon

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Question 6 of 10

6. The Allied armies were attacked by Marshal Ney and the French left wing. Where? Hint

Quatre-Bras

Marbais

Nivelle

Tilly

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Question 7 of 10

7. At Waterloo, Wellington used his tactic of drawing up his forces slightly to the rear of the slope at: Hint

Mont St Caire

Wavre

Namur

Mont St Jean

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of Wellington's eccentric commanders, famed for his top hat and civilian clothes, was killed at Waterloo ? Hint

Kemp

Hill

Picton

Alten

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of Wellington's cavalry commanders famously lost a leg during the Battle of Waterloo, commenting 'I appear to have lost my leg'? Hint

Alten

Ponsonby

Uxbridge

Hill

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name of the farmhouse where the victorious Wellington and Blucher met after the battle? Hint

La Belle Alliance

Hougoumont

Le Haye Sainte

Rossomme

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of Napoleon's former Marshals promised to return the Emperor to King Louis in 'an iron cage'?

Answer: Ney

Napoleon once described Ney as 'ignorant of my projects as the last joined drummer boy', yet he still made him Commander of the Army's left wing at Waterloo.

2. Which of his most able Marshals did Napoleon leave defending Paris with 200,000 men ?

Answer: Davout

Davout protested, 'But Sire, if you are victor, Paris will be yours and if you are beaten, neither I nor any one else can do anything for you'.

3. Which aristocratic cavalry commander gained a marshal's baton and commanded Napoleon's right wing during the "Hundred Days"?

Answer: Grouchy

Grouchy, though a skilled cavalry commander, had never previously even commandered a corps let alone an army wing.

4. The Prussian Army in Belgium was commanded by:

Answer: Blucher

Blucher was 73 years old at the time, but still hale and hearty.

Answer: D'Erlon

Napoleon ordered the Young Guard to prepare to meet the enemy column. The insuing delay and confusion possibly cost Napoleon a decisive victory at Ligny.

6. The Allied armies were attacked by Marshal Ney and the French left wing. Where?

Answer: Quatre-Bras

Ney's hestitancy and failure to press his advantage at Quatre-Bras may well have cost Napoleon dearly.

7. At Waterloo, Wellington used his tactic of drawing up his forces slightly to the rear of the slope at:

Answer: Mont St Jean

Wellington had previously surveyed the area and decided it was the best place to halt Napoleon.

8. Which of Wellington's eccentric commanders, famed for his top hat and civilian clothes, was killed at Waterloo ?

Answer: Picton

Picton died leading his men in a fixed bayonette melee on the Wavre Road.

9. Which of Wellington's cavalry commanders famously lost a leg during the Battle of Waterloo, commenting 'I appear to have lost my leg'?

Answer: Uxbridge

Wellington, who disliked Uxbridge, apparently replied only, 'So you have'.

10. What was the name of the farmhouse where the victorious Wellington and Blucher met after the battle?

Answer: La Belle Alliance

This is rather apt, and it was the name given by the Prussians to the Battle of Waterloo. Berlin has its Belle-Alliance-Platz at the point where Wilhelmstrasse, Friedrichstrasse and Lindenstrasse meet.

Source: Author deadmeat

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