Statistics for American "General" Knowledge

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	Hint	Answer	% Correct
American Revolution	Led the Continental Army from 1775-1783	George Washington	96%
World War II	Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe, 1943-1945	Dwight D. Eisenhower	88%
American Revolution	Defected to the British in 1780, making his name synonymous with treason to Americans	Benedict Arnold	83%
Civil War	Top Confederate general, ended the war by surrendering at Appomattox	Robert E. Lee	79%
World War II	Known for fast-moving, aggressive tactics and profanity-laden speeches to his troops	George S. Patton	75%
World War II	Accepted the surrender of Japanese forces in 1945	Douglas MacArthur	71%
War of 1812	Won the Battle of New Orleans after a peace treaty had been signed, but before word of it reached the United States	Andrew Jackson	67%
Civil War	Renowned Confederate general who died after being wounded in a friendly fire incident	Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson	67%
Civil War	Union general known for accepting only unconditional surrender, and final leader of the Union army	Ulysses S. Grant	67%
Civil War	Union cavalry commander who was later killed along with most of his unit in a battle with Native Americans at the Little Bighorn River	George Armstrong Custer	58%
Civil War	Union general known for capturing Atlanta and engaging in scorched-earth tactics against the Confederacy	William Tecumseh Sherman	58%
World War II	Reorganized the US Army for World War II and helped develop a postwar economic recovery plan for Europe	George Marshall	54%
American Revolution	French aristocrat who joined the Continental Army and served with distinction	Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette	50%
World War I	Commanded Allied Expeditionary Forces, later served as mentor to many prominent generals of World War II	John J. Pershing	38%
Mexican-American War	Defeated Santa Anna's forces at Buena Vista despite being outnumbered, and was convinced to run for President after the war	Zachary Taylor	33%
Civil War	Union general remembered for being reluctant to commit troops and engage the enemy. Later a failed Presidential candidate in 1864	George B. McClellan	29%
Vietnam War	Commander of US forces in Vietnam, 1968-1972, has a tank named after him	Creighton Abrams	21%
Vietnam War	Commander of US forces in Vietnam, 1964-1968	William Westmoreland	21%
Iraq War	Commanded multinational forces from 2003-2008. Later forced to resign as CIA Director after leaking classified information during an extramarital affair	David Petraeus	17%
War of 1812, Mexican-American War, Civil War	Served longer as a general than any other person in American history	Winfield Scott	8%