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The Great War (1914-1918)

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : World War I : The Great War (1914-1918)

Introduction:
"This is the very first quiz I ever wrote, but it has been revised many times since. These are some tough questions about World War One. Good Luck!"


1. It started the war: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Hapsburg Empire was shot and killed by this type of pistol:
    Smith and Wesson
    Winchester
    Colt
    Browning


2. Pope Pius X died only a few months into the war on August 20, 1914, who replaced him?
    Pope John Paul III
    Pope Peter VIII
    Pope Pius XI
    Pope Benedict XV


3. The feeling in Britain at the beginning of the war was that:
    'It's going to be the Greatest war mankind has ever seen'
    'It'll all be over by Christmas'
    'It'll be over as soon as America joins the war'
    'We're going to get creamed'


4. The 'Red Baron', Baron Manfred von Richthofen, undoubtedly the greatest ace of WWI, shot down how many planes?
    60
    90
    70
    80


5. This British nurse was executed by the Germans:
    Edith Cavell
    Sylvia Pankhurst
    Mata Hari
    Elizabeth Garrett Anderson


6. On December 20, 1915, the Allies retreated from which important piece of ground?
    Ypres
    Verdun
    Somme
    Gallipoli


7. The greatest naval battle of WWI was the Battle of Jutland between British and German fleets. How many ships were sunk there?
    21
    25
    14
    10


8. The first country to declare war on Germany after the US entered the war was:
    Panama
    Uruguay
    Peru
    Cuba


9. The US entered the war on April 6, 1917, when did the US troops fire their first shots in the war?
    June 27th, 1917
    April 19th, 1917
    October 27th, 1917
    August 20th, 1917


10. Which of the following was new to World War One?
    Tanks
    Aerial bombing of civilians
    All of these
    Mustard gas


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