The Great War

Question 1

Who was King of Britain in 1914?

Answer 1

King George V

Question 2

Who was the German kaiser in 1914

Answer 2

Kaiser Wilhelm II

Question 3

Who was the Russian Tsar in 1914?

Answer 3

Tsar Nicholas II

Question 4

Who was the Austria-Hungarian emperor in 1914?

Answer 4

Franz Joseph

Question 5

Who was the French president in 1914?

Answer 5

Raymond Poincaré

Question 6

Who was the American president in 1914?

Answer 6

Woodrow Wilson

Question 7

Who was Franz Joseph’s heir?

Answer 7

Franz Ferdinand

Question 8

Who was in the Triple Alliance?

Answer 8

Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy

Question 9

Who had the biggest army in 1914?

Answer 9

Germany

Question 10

Who was in the Triple Entente?

Answer 10

Great Britain, Russia and France

Question 11

Which country has the biggest empire in 1914?

Answer 11

Great Britain

Question 12

When was Franz Ferdinand killed?

Answer 12

28/6/1914

Question 13

What was causing problems in Austria-Hungary?

Answer 13

Nationalism

Question 14

Who had the biggest navy in 1914?

Answer 14

Great Britain

Question 15

Who shot Franz Ferdinand?

Answer 15

Gustav Princip

Question 16

Who lead the Black Hand?

Answer 16

Princip

Question 17

Who supplied Princip with the gun?

Answer 17

Serbia

Question 18

Why did Serbia want Franz Ferdinand dead?

Answer 18

They wanted to be independent

Question 19

When did Austria-Hungary declare war in Serbia?

Answer 19

28th July 1914

Question 20

Who did Serbia act for help?

Answer 20

Russia

Question 21

What was the Schilffen Plan?

Answer 21

The German plan to avoid war on 2 fronts (with Russia and France)

Question 22

What pulled Great Britain into the First World War?

Answer 22

Germany invaded Belgium

Question 23

What did the Schliffen Plan consist of?

Answer 23

The Germany would invade Belgium and defeat France before fighting Russia

Question 24

Who was the Black Hand?

Answer 24

Princip’s terrorist group

Question 25

Why did soldiers fight in trenches?

Answer 25

To protect themselves from snipers, machine guns and shells

Question 26

What was trench foot caused by?

Answer 26

Cold wet dirty conditions

Question 27

What was a self inflicted wound nicknamed?

Answer 27

Blighty ones

Question 28

What age did you have to be to go overseas?

Answer 28

19

Question 29

When did the public think the war would end in 1914?

Answer 29

By Christmas 1914

Question 30

When was the coldest winter?

Answer 30

1916

Question 31

What type of oil was used to treat trench foot?

Answer 31

Whale oil

Question 32

Did men lie to go overseas?

Answer 32

Yes

Question 33

Why did sentries use periscopes?

Answer 33

So they didn’t get shot by snipers

Question 34

What is chatting?

Answer 34

Popping live eggs with a candle

Question 35

What size were the rats in the trenches?

Answer 35

As big as kittens

Question 36

What are some basic foods served in the trenches?

Answer 36

Bully beef, bread, cheese etc.

Question 37

What did the water taste like?

Answer 37

Chlorine and petrol

Question 38

Why did the water taste funny?

Answer 38

The containers that it was carried in were dirty and coated with chemicals

Question 39

What are the types of gases used in WW1?

Answer 39

Chlorine, mustard and phosgene gases

Question 40

What did the rats eat?

Answer 40

Corpses

Question 41

What are some duties?

Answer 41

Patrol, ration/water party, sentry duty etc.

Question 42

How quickly could a sniper kill someone who put their head above the trench?

Answer 42

In 3 seconds

Question 43

Why were letters from the trenches censored?

Answer 43

To prevent treason (not showing support to the war or complaining about the government calling the war pointless etc.), to stop men joining the army (making the war sound horrible) and to prevent enemies find in out about plans

Question 44

When did the USA join the Triple Entente?

Answer 44

April 1917

Question 45

What caused America to enter the war?

Answer 45

A German u-boat sank the Lusitania and killed American passengers

Question 46

What happened in Russia in November 1917?

Answer 46

Communists took power and a civil war started

Question 47

What happened in February 1918?

Answer 47

Russia left WW1

Question 48

What did the Germans do in March 1918?

Answer 48

Made a big push to end the war before American soldiers arrived in Europe

Question 49

What happened on the 8th August 1918?

Answer 49

Germans lost a big battle and started to lose more battles after this

Question 50

What happened in September 1918?

Answer 50

German generals realised the lost the war

Question 51

What did Kaiser Wilhelm II do in November 1918?

Answer 51

He was forced to abdicate

Question 52

What happened at 11am on the 11th November 1918?

Answer 52

The fighting stopped

Question 53

What was the treaty of Versailles?

Answer 53

The official end of WW1

Question 54

When was the treaty of Versailles signed?

Answer 54

28th June 1919, 5 years after Franz Ferdinand’s assassination

Question 55

What did the USA want at the end of the war?

Answer 55

World peace

Question 56

What did the British PM want at the end of the war?

Answer 56

A fair punishment for germany

Question 57

What did France want at the end of the war?

Answer 57

Revenge on germany

Question 58

Who was the American president in 1919?

Answer 58

Woodrow Wilson

Question 59

Who was the British PM in 1919?

Answer 59

David Lloyd George

Question 60

Who was the French president in 1919?

Answer 60

Clemenau

Question 61

What did Article 231 of the TOV say?

Answer 61

Germany accepted that they started the war

Question 62

How much did Germany have to pay in damages after the TOV?

Answer 62

6.6 billion pounfs

Question 63

How big was the German army after the TOV

Answer 63

Limited to 100,000

Question 64

Did the Germans have an airforce after the TOV?

Answer 64

No

Question 65

Who did Germany have to give land to after WW1?

Answer 65

Belgium, Denmark, Poland and France

Question 66

What were the German reactions to the Treaty of Versailles?

Answer 66

They hated and thought it was ‘diktat’