Who/What am I?

Question 1

Arthur Currie

Answer 1

Canadian general who led Vimy Ridge battle. Was also in Passchendale. Used creeping barrage technique.

Question 2

Billy Bishop

Answer 2

Fighter pilot, flying ace, killed Red Baron

Question 3

Robert Borden

Answer 3

Prime Minister (1911-1920) of Canada. Supported conscription/led Canada during WW1.

Question 4

Wilfred Laurier

Answer 4

Leader of Opposition, passively supported war effort but not conscription.

Question 5

Nellie McClung

Answer 5

Prominent speaker for the Liberal Party in the Manitoba provincial elections of 1914 and 1915. Her pacifist stance gave way to support the war effort.

Question 6

Gavrilo Princip

Answer 6

Member of ‘Black Hand’, killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question 7

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Answer 7

In line to take the throne for empire of the Ottoman Empire. His death caused WW1.

Question 8

Lusitania

Answer 8

British passenger ship sunk by German U-Boat.

Question 9

Big Bertha

Answer 9

a German gun of long-range used in World War I. Completely destroyed Fort Loncin.

Question 10

Alfred Graf von Schlieffen

Answer 10

German general who came up with the Schlieffen plan

Question 11

Red Baron

Answer 11

German air-force fighter, top-score flying ace. Feared by Allies.

Question 12

Dreadnought

Answer 12

Power British battleship. Purposefully sunk a submarine.

Question 13

Black Hand

Answer 13

Serbian nationalist terrorist group

Question 14

White Feather Campaign

Answer 14

Strategy to get men to enlist in the war.

Women placed white feathers as a symbol to represent men that have not enlisted in the army, in an attempt to shame them.

Question 15

Women Christian Temperance Union

Answer 15

Promoted abstinence from alcohol. Targeted men’s alcohol abuse and how it harmed women and children.