War Games Trivia Quiz

Answer: 116 years

1337-1453. Actual fighting took place for 81 years and there were several long periods of peace.

Answer: Honduras

Honduras declared war on July 1, 1918, four months before the end of actual hostilities, although the war did not officially end until the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919.

Answer: 1969

The two countries were to play a three-game elimination match to determine qualification for the 1970 World Cup. Football was not the actual reason for the "war". The underlying cause was economic and political differences between the two countries.
For an in-depth analysis see: www.marrder.com/htw/special/fiction/soccerl.htm or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_War

Answer: Palmetto Hill, Texas

May 1865, a month after Lee's surrender at Appomatox Court House.

Answer: China

Soviet Union - 23.9-26.6 million; China - 10-20 million; Germany - 6.8-8.8 million; U.K. - 450,000.

No exact figures can ever be determined since civilian casualty figures are generally not as accurately documented or recorded as those of military ones.

Answer: Mata Hari

Lord Haw-Haw is the most well-known. Both he and Axis Sally broadcast from Germany during the Second World War, while Tokyo Rose was the name given to one of several women operating in a similar capacity from Tokyo.
Mata Hari was born in the Netherlands. Her real name Gertrude Zell. While living in France during the First World War she was accused of and tried for spying for Germany and executed by firing squad in 1917.

Answer: pilum

Caligae were his military boots, galea was his helmet and gladius his sword.

Answer: The Royal Oak

They hid in the branches of the tree all day even watching the Cromwellian army pass by. Charles was restored to the throne on the death of Cromwell's son, and even as late as the 19th century his birthday was celebrated as a public holiday, doors and windows of houses being decorated with acorns and oak leaves.

Answer: Victoria Cross

Since the Korean War in the 1950s only fourteen VCs have been awarded and since its inception in 1856 a total of 1,357.

Answer: 38 minutes

The world's shortest war! On the death of the ruling Sultan his nephew seized power in a coup. The British Colonial administarion running the country favoured a royal cousin of the Sultan and ordered the nephew to give up the throne, which he refused to do.

The British dispatched 5 warships to the harbour and also landed 900 marines. The British ultimatum ran out at 9.02am on the 27th August and the Royal Navy ships opened fire on the palace. Shelling stopped at 9.40am. after severe destruction and the loss of some 500 lives by the "defenders".