Statistics for War of 1812 Trivia

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Clue	Answer	% Correct
U.S. president who declared war on Britain	James Madison	79%
City burned by British raiders in retaliation	Washington D.C.	75%
Biggest American victory (and one fought a month after the end of the war)	Battle of New Orleans	64%
American pro-war politicians	War Hawks	52%
City the British couldn't capture, inspiring "The Star-Spangled Banner"	Baltimore	47%
Famous Shawnee chief	Tecumseh	45%
City burned by American raiders in 1813	York	41%
City in Belgium where the peace treaty was signed on Christmas Eve, 1814	Ghent	40%
British policy of conscripting deserters off American ships, considered a major cause of the war	Impressment	39%
Fort that the U.S. surrendered without a fight	Detroit	31%
Most Famous British general	Isaac Brock	22%
Battle where he died	Moraviantown/Thames	18%
Battle where he died	Queenston Heights	14%
Woman who walked 20 miles to warn of an American attack	Laura Secord	12%
Bloodiest battle of the war	Lundy's Lane	9%
Thomas Jefferson: "The acquisition of Canada this year, as far as the neighborhood of Quebec, will be ...	a mere matter of marching."	6%