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It Happened In 1918 Trivia Quiz

Another in a series of quizzes about the years of the World War I era.

A multiple-choice quiz by cobb367. Estimated time: 5 mins.

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cobb367

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5 mins

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Multiple Choice

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206,163

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. On January 8, President Woodrow Wilson delivered a speech before Congress outlining his vision for postwar Europe. By what name did this speech come to be known?
Hint

The Arsenal of Democracy

The Rendezvous with Destiny

The Call for the League of Nations

The Fourteen Points

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Question 2 of 10

2. On January 27, "Tarzan of the Apes," first in a long line of Tarzan movies, premiered in New York. Elmo Lincoln played the played the first Tarzan, but who played the first Jane? Hint

Maureen O'Sullivan

Enid Markey

Mary Pickford

Theda Bara

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Question 3 of 10

3. On March 2, what is believed to be the first case of what became known as the "Spanish Flu" was reported in what location?
Hint

Shanghai, China

Abbeville, France

Fort Riley, Kansas

Valencia, Spain

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Question 4 of 10

4. On April 9, architect J�rn Utzon was born in Copenhagen. For what building is he best known?
Hint

Sydney Opera House

Centre Pompidou, Paris

Copenhagen Opera House

Swiss Re Headquarters, London

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Question 5 of 10

5. On April 21, Manfred von Richthofen, the famed "Red Baron," was shot down and killed, apparently by Captain Roy Brown. From what country did Brown hail?
Hint

United States

United Kingdom

Canada

South Africa

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Question 6 of 10

6. In June, American forces encountered a German advance at Belleau Wood. Urged to fall back by French officers, Marine Captain Lloyd Williams replied with what words?
Hint

"From Montezuma to the Marne, Marines always attack!"

"Semper fi!"

"Lafayette, we are here!"

"Retreat, hell! We just got here!"

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Question 7 of 10

7. On July 17, Tsar Nicholas II, his family, and members of his household were executed in the cellar of a house in what Russian locality? Hint

Tobolsk

Tsarskoe Selo

Petrograd

Yekaterinberg

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Question 8 of 10

8. On November 9, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated. In what country did he seek exile? Hint

Switzerland

Netherlands

Sweden

Argentina

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Question 9 of 10

9. On November 11, World War I ended when an armistice was signed near Compi�gne, France in what setting? Hint

No man's land between the trench lines

A railway car

General Foch's headquarters

A sidewalk caf�

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Question 10 of 10

10. During this year, "Eminent Victorians," a controversial biographical overview of figures such as Florence Nightingale and General Charles Gordon, was published. Who was its author? Hint

Ford Madox Ford

D. H. Lawrence

Virginia Wolff

Lytton Strachey

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. On January 8, President Woodrow Wilson delivered a speech before Congress outlining his vision for postwar Europe. By what name did this speech come to be known?

Answer: The Fourteen Points

Wilson laid out general principles and specific remedies for national self-determination. His 14th point, "A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike," was, in effect, a call for a league of nations. "Arsenal of Democracy" and "Rendezvous with Destiny" are the locutions of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

2. On January 27, "Tarzan of the Apes," first in a long line of Tarzan movies, premiered in New York. Elmo Lincoln played the played the first Tarzan, but who played the first Jane?

Answer: Enid Markey

Lincoln and Markey returned that year in "The Romance of Tarzan." Maureen O'Sullivan was Johnny Weissmuller's Jane in the 1930s. Mary Pickford and Theda Bara were popular screen actresses of the time, but they never appeared in a Tarzan picture.

3. On March 2, what is believed to be the first case of what became known as the "Spanish Flu" was reported in what location?

Answer: Fort Riley, Kansas

Over 500 soldiers fell ill in this initial outbreak. The flu returned in a much more virulent form in the fall of 1918, creating a worldwide pandemic that killed at least 25 million people, far more than those killed in World War I.

4. On April 9, architect J�rn Utzon was born in Copenhagen. For what building is he best known?

Answer: Sydney Opera House

By the time the Sydney Opera House had opened in 1973 after much travail and controversy, Utzon had withdrawn from the project. The Centre Pompidou, built in the 1970's, was designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers. The Copenhagen Opera House, designed by Henning Larsen, opened recently (2005), and the Swiss Re Headquarters, designed by Norman Foster, is a curious-looking newcomer to the London skyline.

5. On April 21, Manfred von Richthofen, the famed "Red Baron," was shot down and killed, apparently by Captain Roy Brown. From what country did Brown hail?

Answer: Canada

Roy Brown, who was born in Carleton Place, Ontario, was credited with the kill, but some maintain that Richthofen was hit by ground fire from Australian soldiers. The Red Baron had shot down 80 Allied planes before his demise.

6. In June, American forces encountered a German advance at Belleau Wood. Urged to fall back by French officers, Marine Captain Lloyd Williams replied with what words?

Answer: "Retreat, hell! We just got here!"

The American counter-attack at Belleau Wood was one of the first major actions involving the American Expeditionary Force in France. The fierce struggle was a costly experience for the Marines and Captain Williams did not survive the battle.

7. On July 17, Tsar Nicholas II, his family, and members of his household were executed in the cellar of a house in what Russian locality?

Answer: Yekaterinberg

After his abdication in the spring of 1917, the Tsar and his family were kept under house arrest by the provisional government at their palace in Tsarskoe Selo. They were moved to the Siberian town of Tobolsk that August, but later were taken to Yekaterinberg in the Urals, where they met their fate at the hands of the Bolsheviks the next summer.

8. On November 9, Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated. In what country did he seek exile?

Answer: Netherlands

Wilhelm lived in the Netherlands, which remained neutral in World War I, until his death in 1941.

9. On November 11, World War I ended when an armistice was signed near Compi�gne, France in what setting?

Answer: A railway car

The railway car was used again in 1940, when Hitler, having turned the tables on the French, forced them to capitulate there.

10. During this year, "Eminent Victorians," a controversial biographical overview of figures such as Florence Nightingale and General Charles Gordon, was published. Who was its author?

Answer: Lytton Strachey

Strachey's irreverent profiles of lives that had been held in high esteem by British society raised the ire of many readers, but his approach to biography fit well the ironic attitude that was to dominate British literature after the war.

Source: Author cobb367

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