| Year | Description | Battle | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 CE to 1945 CE | Last major German offensive in WWII, fought in the Ardennes, caught the Allies by surprise but was ultimately repelled | Battle of the Bulge | 85%
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| 480 BCE | Battle famous for the last stand of the 300 Spartans, defending against the Persians in a mountain pass | Battle of Thermopylae | 55%
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| 331 BCE | Decisive defeat of Darius III by Alexander the Great, leading to Achaemenid Empire's fall | Battle of Gaugamela | 50%
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| 1066 CE | Defeat and death of Norwegian Viking invaders of England, Harald Hardrada and Tostig Godwinson, by King Harold Godwinson | Battle of Stamford Bridge | 50%
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| 732 CE | Defeat of the Umayyad Caliphate by Charles Martel, a Frank, marking the high tide of the Caliphate in Europe | Battle of Tours | 50%
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| 1900 CE | Defeat of Boxer and Qing forces in a treaty city by the Eight-Nation Alliance, rescuing foreigners and opening the way for the Battle of Peking | Battle of Tientsin | 40%
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| 1896 CE | Decisive victory for the Ethiopian Empire of Menelik II against the Kingdom of Italy, securing Ethiopian independence | Battle of Adwa | 35%
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| 1298 CE | Part of First War of Scottish Independence; William Wallace defeated by Edward I of England with death of Andrew Moray | Battle of Falkirk | 35%
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| 1944 CE | Costly Allied victory against Italy in WWII, near Rome, involving a hilltop abbey | Battle of Monte Cassino | 35%
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| 1532 CE | Capture of Sapa Inca Atahualpa and massacre of those around him by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro | Battle of Cajamarca | 30%
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| 1645 CE | Major Royalist defeat by the Parliamentarians in the First English Civil War that ended Charles I's chances at recovering the throne | Battle of Naseby | 30%
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| 1600 CE | Decisive battle won by Tokugawa Ieyasu, resulting in the unification of Japan under the Tokugawa shogunate | Battle of Sekigahara | 30%
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| 2011 CE | Final battle of the Libyan Civil War, with Muammar Gaddafi captured and killed | Battle of Sirte | 15%
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| 1854 CE | Controversial assault by Victoria Police and British Army on stockade erected by miners during the Australian gold rushes; identified with development of democracy in Australia | Battle of the Eureka Stockade | 10%
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| 1267 CE to 1273 CE | Battle won by the Mongols which ultimately broke the Song Dynasty, leading to Yuan Dynasty China | Battle of Xiangyang | 10%
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