Pike Quiz: questions and answers

1. What is a pike?

A part of armor

A weapon

A type of cannon

2. Which material is the spearhead made of?

Iron or steel

Crystal or wood

Wood and steel

3. Due to the length of the pike, these were unmanageable in close combat. Which additional and shorter weapon did warriors use?

A sword

A katana

A pistol

4. What was the name of the spear formation used by the Scots?

A sword

A pike

A schiltron

5. According to Sir John Smythe, how many ways were there for two pike formations facing each other?

3 ways

4 ways

2 ways

6. When did the Flemings use their golden long spear to absorb the attack of French knights with goldendags?

1302

1339

1314

7. According to John Kersey in 1706, what was the size of the pike?

18 to 20 feet

4 to 6 feet

14 to 16 feet

8. In Ancient China infantrymen used a variety of long polearm weapons, what was the most popular?

Dagger-axe and Ji

Zweihander

Halberd

9. In which century was the decline of the pike in most of the European armies?

17th century

16th century

18th century

10. Who said in a letter that "every man must have a weapon of some kind, be it only a mace or pike"?

John F. Kennedy

Winston Churchill

Clement Attlee

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