Question 1

What was the Miracle on the Marne?

Accepted Answer

French troops pushed the German’s back

Answer

British troops surrendered to the Germans

Answer

German troops successfully invaded France

Answer

Russian troops launched a surprise attack

Question 2

Where did the British Expeditionary Force lose 50,000 men defending against the Germans?

Accepted Answer

Ypres

Answer

Somme

Answer

Verdun

Answer

Marne

Question 3

What are deep ditches used in battle for cover against enemy gunfire?

Accepted Answer

Trenches

Answer

Foxholes

Answer

Bunkers

Answer

Tunnels

Question 4

What was “no man’s land?”

Accepted Answer

The barren and dangerous territory between opposing trenches

Answer

The area where fighting was forbidden

Answer

The territory controlled by neutral countries

Answer

The main battlefield area

Question 5

Who was the commander during the Battle of Verdun?

Accepted Answer

Henri Petain

Answer

John J. Pershing

Answer

Ferdinand Foch

Answer

Douglas Haig

Question 6

Approximately how many lives were lost during the Battle of Verdun?

Accepted Answer

~1,000,000

Answer

750,000

Answer

500,000

Answer

1,500,000

Question 7

What was the nickname for British soldiers?

Accepted Answer

Tommies

Answer

Chaps

Answer

Bobbies

Answer

Limeys

Question 8

Who became the virtual dictators of Germany during the last years of WWI?

Accepted Answer

Paul von Hindenburg and Erich von Ludendorff

Answer

Adolf Hitler

Answer

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Answer

Joseph Goebbels

Question 9

What event caused the Russian Czar to abdicate his throne?

Accepted Answer

The Russian Revolution

Answer

The French Revolution

Answer

The Great Depression

Answer

The American Civil War

Question 10

What overthrew the Provisional Government in Russia to install Communism?

Accepted Answer

Bolshevik Revolution

Answer

Stalinist Coup

Answer

Menshevik Uprising

Answer

Kerensky Rebellion

Question 11

Who led the Communists in their revolution in Russia?

Accepted Answer

Vladimir Lenin

Answer

Leon Trotsky

Answer

Joseph Stalin

Answer

Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 12

What treaty was signed by Russia that withdrew them from WWI?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Answer

Treaty of Trianon

Answer

Treaty of London

Answer

Versailles Treaty

Question 13

Who led Arab revolts against Turkish rule in the Arabian Peninsula?

Accepted Answer

E. Lawrence

Answer

David Lloyd George

Answer

Winston Churchill

Answer

Lawrence of Arabia

Question 14

What was the largest British offensive in the East during WWI?

Accepted Answer

Gallipoli Campaign

Answer

Brusilov Offensive

Answer

Battle of the Somme

Answer

Ypres Campaign

Question 15

Who was the First Lord of the Admiralty?

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill

Answer

David Lloyd George

Answer

Herbert Henry Asquith

Answer

George V

Question 16

What was the new weapon of war that Germany used?

Accepted Answer

Unterseeboot

Answer

Zeppelin

Answer

Gas warfare

Answer

Trench warfare

Question 17

What caused the opinion of Americans to change their opinion about Germany during WWI?

Accepted Answer

The sinking of the Lusitania

Answer

Zimmermann Telegram

Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Answer

Battle of Jutland

Question 18

What was the most important naval battle of WWI?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Jutland

Answer

Battle of Coronel

Answer

Battle of Tsushima

Answer

Battle of Heligoland Bight

Question 19

What were plane battles called?

Accepted Answer

Dogfights

Answer

Air duels

Answer

Sky engagements

Answer

Aerial skirmishes

Question 20

Pilots who shot down at least five enemy aircraft were called what?

Accepted Answer

Aces

Answer

Flyboys

Answer

Sky warriors

Answer

Aviators

Question 21

Who was the most famous German pilot?

Accepted Answer

Manfred von Richthofen

Answer

Albert Ball

Answer

Hermann Göring

Answer

Erich Hartmann

Question 22

Who was the most famous American pilot?

Accepted Answer

Eddie Rickenbacker

Answer

Billy Mitchell

Answer

Charles Lindbergh

Answer

Douglas MacArthur

Question 23

What was Manfred von Richthofen’s nickname?

Accepted Answer

Red Baron

Answer

Flying Ace

Answer

Blue Max

Answer

Iron Cross

Question 24

Who was the German Foreign Minister who sent a note to Mexico that was intercepted?

Accepted Answer

Arthur Zimmermann

Answer

Paul von Hindenburg

Answer

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Answer

Otto von Bismarck

Question 25

What was the last straw for the American people to remain neutral?

Accepted Answer

Zimmermann Note

Answer

Bolshevik Revolution

Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Answer

Lusitania Sinking

Question 26

When did Congress declare war on Germany during WWI?

Accepted Answer

April 6th, 1917

Answer

December 7th, 1941

Answer

June 28th, 1914

Answer

November 11th, 1918

Question 27

What bombarded Paris from 75 miles away?

Accepted Answer

Big Bertha

Answer

Fat Man

Answer

Daisy Cutter

Answer

Little Boy

Question 28

Who led the American forces during WWI?

Accepted Answer

John J. Pershing

Answer

George S. Patton

Answer

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Answer

George C. Marshall

Question 29

What was Pershing’s nickname?

Accepted Answer

Blackjack

Answer

The Chief

Answer

Old Blood and Guts

Answer

Ike

Question 30

What was the nickname of American forces during WWI?

Accepted Answer

Doughboys

Answer

Yanks

Answer

GIs

Answer

Sammies

Question 31

Who led the Allied forces during WWI?

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand Foch

Answer

Winston Churchill

Answer

Paul von Hindenburg

Answer

Douglas Haig

Question 32

What was formed after Kaiser Wilhelm II abdicated the throne?

Accepted Answer

Weimar Republic

Answer

French Empire

Answer

Third Reich

Answer

Soviet Union

Question 33

November 11th, 1918 was called what after WWI?

Accepted Answer

Armistice Day

Answer

Remembrance Day

Answer

Independence Day

Answer

Victory Day

Question 34

What is November 11th called today?

Accepted Answer

Veterans Day

Answer

Independence Day

Answer

Memorial Day

Answer

Remembrance Day

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