Quiz  /  Name the African Battle Quiz

  • 1. 
    In which battle did the Ethiopians defeat the Italians in 1896?

  • Battle of Adwa
  • Battle of Isandlwana

  • 2. 
    In which battle did Major General Sir Herbert Kitchener defeat ʿAbd Allāh in 1898 and win Sudanese territory?

  • Battle of Omdurman
  • Battle of the Nile

  • 3. 
    In which battle did the Zulu and Boers meet in 1838?

  • Battle of Shela
  • Battle of Blood River

  • 4. 
    In which World War II battle did Allied forces meet Axis troops in the North African desert in 1942?

  • Battle of Leyte Gulf
  • Battle of el-Alamein

  • 5. 
    In which battle did the forces of Usman dan Fodio suffer a defeat in 1804 while warring against the kingdom of Gobir?

  • Battle of Tsuntua
  • Battle of Lagos

  • 6. 
    Which battles took place during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879?

  • Battles of Isandlwana and Rorke’s Drift
  • Battles of Welwel and Adwa

  • 7. 
    In which battle was the army of the Portuguese king Sebastian defeated by the forces of Saʿdī sultan of Morocco, ʿAbd al-Malik, in 1578?

  • Battle of Casablanca
  • Battle of the Three Kings

  • 8. 
    Which battle took place in 1899 during the South African War (1899–1902)? 

  • Battle of Modder River
  • Battle of Blood River

  • 9. 
    Which battle saw forces from Portugal and the Kongo Kingdom skirmishing over competing land claims in 1665?

  • Battle of Mbwila
  • Battle of Mbanza Kongo
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