Featured Quizzes
User Quizzes
Create Quiz
Data and Charts
Badges and Games
About JetPunk
JetPunk Shop
Dark Mode
All Quite Difficult on the Western Front
Can you answer 20 random questions about the Western Front of World War I? This is for experts, or those who want to learn!
Questions change every time!
Rate:
Last updated: March 8, 2024
You have not attempted this quiz yet.
More quiz info >>
| First submitted | March 8, 2024 |
| Times taken | 21 |
| Average score | 50.0% | Report this quiz | Report |
4:00
The quiz is paused. You have remaining.
Scoring
You scored / = %
This beats or equals
% of test takers
also scored 100%
The average score is
Your high score is
Your fastest time is
Keep scrolling down for answers and more stats ...
1.
What type of warfare broke out during the Race to the Sea in late 1914?
Guerilla
✓
Trench
✓
Attrition
✓
Blitzkrieg
✓
2.
Who became a Generalfeldmarschall of the Germany army in 1914 and played a primary role as leader of her military through the war?
Hindenburg
✓
Mackensen
✓
Moltke the Younger
✓
Falkenhayn
✓
3.
How were Germans trying to stop shipping to Britain?
Naval blockades
✓
Surface raiders
✓
Submarine warfare
✓
Aerial bombardment
✓
4.
On what city did Germany launch a blistering, 10-month attack in 1916?
Ypres
✓
Amiens
✓
Verdun
✓
Somme
✓
5.
What country joined the war in 1917?
Italy
✓
France
✓
United States
✓
Russia
✓
6.
What French general took command from the elderly Joffre during the Hundred Days Campaign?
General Mangin
✓
General Petain
✓
General Nivelle
✓
General Foch
✓
7.
What battle saw the most tanks ever used in a single World War I battle?
Passchendaele
✓
Ypres
✓
The Marne
✓
Cambrai
✓
8.
Poison gas causes relatively few casualties in the war.
False
✓
True
✓
9.
Which of the following was not typical in WWI trenches?
Periscopes
✓
SONAR
✓
Barbed wire
✓
Sandbags
✓
10.
What strategy did France rely upon in 1915 during both the Spring Offensive and the Autumn Offensive?
Trench Warfare
✓
Blitzkrieg
✓
Mass Breakthrough
✓
Attrition
✓
11.
What was the first decisive battle of the Hundred Days Campaign that began the German retreat, successful even without the Americans?
Battle of Amiens
✓
Battle of Verdun
✓
Battle of the Somme
✓
Battle of the Marne
✓
12.
Where did the Germans first use gas?
2nd Battle of Ypres
✓
Battle of the Somme
✓
Battle of Verdun
✓
Battle of Passchendaele
✓
13.
Who became Germany's first fighter ace of national celebrity, a pilot who had 40 victories and helped to train the Red Baron?
Johann Ludendorff
✓
Oswald Boelcke
✓
Richard von Richtofen
✓
Fokker Eindecker
✓
14.
Along what river did the French attack extensively attack to draw German forces away from the besieged Verdun?
The Aisne
✓
The Seine
✓
The Somme
✓
The Meuse
✓
15.
What was the first objective in the Schlieffen Plan?
Capture Brussels
✓
Siege of St. Petersburg
✓
Take Paris
✓
Invade Alsace-Lorraine
✓
16.
What country was most directly responsible for destroying the Hindenburg Line?
United Kingdom
✓
France
✓
Australia
✓
United States
✓
17.
What campaign defeated Germany once and for all?
Spring Offensive
✓
The Hundred Days Campaign
✓
Nivelle Offensive
✓
Kaiserschlacht
✓
18.
What country dropped out of the war in 1917?
France
✓
Russia
✓
Germany
✓
United Kingdom
✓
19.
Britain only joined the war because Germany declared war against it.
True
✓
False
✓
20.
What major defensive fortification did the Germans build at the end of 1916?
Siegfried Line
✓
Mannerheim Line
✓
Maginot Line
✓
Hindenburg Line
✓
New and Popular
Save Your Progress
Copyright H Brothers Inc, 2008–2024
Contact Us | Go To Top | View Mobile Site
Edit: oh her is referring to Germany, nevermind