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March 2010 Quiz

After his holiday cruising in the Gulf of Aden, the Quizmaster returns with ten new military history questions to beat you down!

1Of the following, who achieved the highest rank in the United States Army before joining the Confederacy?
2Which Jacobite leader was decapitated by a cannonball during the 1691 battle of Aughrim?
3The final Xhosa War ended in which year?
4In which battle was Koprulu Abdullah Pasa killed?
5What was the standard crew complement of an American M24 Chaffee light tank?
6The Moorish 'baydah' protected which part of the body?
7Who was captain of HMS Shannon when it defeated USS Chesapeake in 1813?
8In the world of Napoleonic artillery, 'traces' were generally constructed of which material?
9What is the real name of the 'Marco Polo Bridge', witness to the first incident in the 1937 Second Sino-Japanese War?
10Who was the last commander of the Austro-Hungarian fleet?

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