Statistics for The First World War by year - 1916

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Date	Hint	Answer	% Correct
9th January	The Gallipoli campaign ends in a victory for this state	Ottoman Empire	88%
21st February	This battle begins on the Western Front on hills north of Verdun-sur-Meuse	Battle of Verdun	74%
10th May	Germany, once again, suspends this unrestircted type of warfare	Submarine Warfare	70%
1st March	This unrestircted warfare is resumed by Germany after 6 months suspension	Submarine Warfare	68%
17th January	This country capitulates after an offensive made against it by Austria-Hungary	Montenegro	62%
27th August	This country enters the war, her army is defeated in a few weeks	Romania	60%
27th August	Italy declares war on this country	Germany	54%
29th April	The first seige of Kut ends, after these forces surrender to the Ottomans	British Forces	52%
10th June	This holy city in Arabia becomes under siege	Medina	52%
27th August	The Conquest of Romania begins by these powers	The Central Powers	52%
24th October	The French recapture Fort Douaumont near this city in eastern France	Verdun	52%
27th January	This is introduced in the United Kingdom by the Military Service Act	Conscription	50%
28th February	This West African colony of the German Empire surrenders to the Allies	German Cameroon	48%
4th July	Arabs capture this city as a result of the corresponding battle for it	Mecca	40%
9th March	Germany declares war on this country	Portugal	36%
6th Sepember	These powers create a unified command	The Central Powers	36%
1st July	One of largest battles of the war begins in northern France	Battle of the Somme	32%
7th December	This man replaces Asquith as Prime Minister in the United Kingdom	David Lloyd George	30%
11th January	This island in the Ionian Sea becomes occupied by the Allies	Corfu	22%
5th June	The HMS Hampshire is sunk and this face of British patriotism is lost	Lord Kitchener	20%
3rd December	This battle ends, staging a phase in the conquest of Romania	Battle of Bucharest	18%
21st November	This ship of the White Star Line sinks after hitting a German mine	HMHS Britannic	16%
21st November	Francis Joseph I of Austria and Hungary dies and is succeeded by this man	Charles I	14%
27th December	The Battle of Magdhaba begins in this peninsula	Sinai Peninsula	14%
6th December	Germany occupies Bucharest, the Romanian capital is moved to this city	Iasi	6%
1st December	The Allies begin the capture of this port in Saudi Arabia	Yanbu	2%
29th December	These offensive operations come to an end with a Russian victory	The Christmas Battles	0%