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World War I or Great War
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1. When did World War I begin?
1914 ✓
1945 ✓
1939 ✓
1918 ✓
2. What country declared war on Serbia at the very start of World War I?
Germany ✓
Bulgaria ✓
Italy ✓
Austro-Hungary ✓
3. What was the largest naval battle in World War I?
Battle of Gallipoli ✓
Battle of the Somme ✓
Battle of Jutland ✓
Battle of Ypres ✓
4. The United States joined World War I after what ship was sunk by a German submarine?
Queen Mary ✓
Merrimack ✓
Royal Iris ✓
Lusitania ✓
5. What were German submarines called during World War I?
A-Boats ✓
Y-Boats ✓
V-Boats ✓
U-Boats ✓
6. What secret military society was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria?
The Illuminati ✓
The Secret Night ✓
The Black Hand ✓
The Hashashin ✓
7. What poison gas was the first that was effectively used on the Western Front by Germans?
Nitrogene dioxide ✓
Chlorine ✓
Phosgene ✓
Carbon monoxide ✓
8. What disease caused 1/3 of total military deaths during World War I?
Smallpox ✓
Yellow fever ✓
Malaria ✓
Spanish flu ✓
9. What was the name of the first tank developed for World War I?
Big Bertha ✓
Little Willie ✓
Fat Man ✓
Long Tall Sally ✓
10. Which nation was not the part of the Triple Entente during World War I?
Russian Empire ✓
British Empire ✓
Austrian-Hungarian Empire ✓
France ✓
11. Who points an accusing finger of moral responsibility in a recruitment poster for the American forces during World War I?
Uncle Tom ✓
Uncle John ✓
Uncle Sam ✓
Uncle Ben ✓
12. Who fought in the Battle of Verdun in 1916?
Russia and Germany ✓
Austro-Hungary and Russia ✓
France and Austro-Hungary ✓
Germany and France ✓
13. Where was the famous Gallipoli Campaign take place in 1915?
Turkey ✓
Poland ✓
France ✓
Italy ✓
14. What was German plan to deliver a knock-out blow to the French and then turn all of its resources on Russia?
Blitzkrieg plan ✓
Schlieffen plan ✓
Von Moltke plan ✓
Hindenburg plan ✓
15. Who fought in the Battle of Tannenberg?
Germany and France ✓
France and Belgium ✓
Russia and Germany ✓
Belgium and Russia ✓
16. Who fought in the Battle of Galicia, also known as the Battle of Lemberg?
Serbia and Germany ✓
Russia and Austro-Hungary ✓
Germany and Russia ✓
Austro-Hungary and Serbia ✓
17. What ethnic group was largely exterminated in the Ottoman Empire during World War I?
Jews ✓
Greeks ✓
Poles ✓
Armenians ✓
18. Where did the most famous use of trench warfare take place during World War I?
Southern front ✓
Western front ✓
Eastern front ✓
Northern front ✓
19. What was the longest battle of the World War I that lasted more than 9 months?
Battle of the Somme ✓
Battle of Verdun ✓
Gallipoli campaign ✓
Battle of Jutland ✓
20. Which nation was not the part of the Central Powers during World War I?
Russian Empire ✓
Austrian-Hungarian Empire ✓
Ottoman Empire ✓
German Empire ✓
21. Who fought in the Battle of Cer in World War I?
Russia and Austro-Hungary ✓
Bulgaria and Russia ✓
Austro-Hungary and Serbia ✓
Serbia and Bulgaria ✓
22. To keep USA out of WWI, Germany promised to Mexico three US states to reconquer. Which one they did not promise?
Louisiana ✓
Texas ✓
Arizona ✓
New Mexico ✓
23. Which treaty Germany signed that ended Russia's participation in World War I?
Treaty of Utrecht ✓
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ✓
Treaty of Versailles ✓
Treaty of Trianon ✓
24. What army used "Big Bertha" howitzer for the first time in World War I?
Austria-Hungary ✓
France ✓
Germany ✓
Great Britain ✓
25. What event forced Britain to enter the World War I on the side of the Allied Powers?
Russia invaded Germany ✓
Russia and Germany allied ✓
Germany invaded Belgium ✓
Ferdinand's assassination ✓
26. What event caused Russia to make peace with Germany and leave the Allied Powers in World War I?
The death of Tsar Nicholas II ✓
Russian Revolution ✓
Defeat in the Battle of Tannenberg ✓
USA enters the war ✓
27. Which country did German foreign minister try to encourage to attack the USA?
Mexico ✓
Cuba ✓
Russia ✓
Canada ✓
28. Who intercepted a secret Zimmerman telegram sent from Germans to their ambassador?
Russia ✓
France ✓
Spain ✓
Britain ✓
29. The Battle of Tannenberg was fought in what modern-day country?
Germany ✓
Latvia ✓
Poland ✓
Austria ✓
30. Who fought Germany in the First Battle of the Marne and in the Battle of the Somme?
USA and France ✓
Russia and Belgium ✓
USA and Britain ✓
Britain and France ✓
31. What unique form of transportation did the French use to transport troops in the First Battle of the Marne?
Trains ✓
Horses ✓
Taxis ✓
Hot air balloons ✓
32. What became the Ottoman Empire after World War I?
Bulgaria ✓
Ukraine ✓
Turkey ✓
Israel ✓
33. What country lost the most lives in World War I?
Austria ✓
Germany ✓
Soviet Union ✓
France ✓
34. What was the name of the final attack of the Allies that helped to end World War I?
Operation Overlord ✓
Spring Offensive ✓
Hundred Days Offensive ✓
Western Front Offensive ✓
35. What international body was created at the end of WWI?
The United Nations ✓
NATO ✓
European Union ✓
The League of Nations ✓
36. What treaty marked the end of World War I?
Treaty of Versailles ✓
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk ✓
Treaty of Ghent ✓
Treaty of Utrecht ✓
2 Comments
FaroPor
+1
Level 60
Feb 4, 2021
That's a LOT of questions.
Nenadbs
+1
Level 53
Feb 4, 2021
Hope you liked it :)
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