World War 1

Question 1

When was the Battle of the Marne?

Answer 1

September 1914

Question 2

What is a parados?

Answer 2

A collection of sandbags and other materials to prevent a silhouette

Question 3

What is a salient?

Answer 3

Points where one nations line pressed in on the other nations

Question 4

List the attempts at trying to break the stalemate on the western front

Answer 4

Battle Of Verdun 
Battle Of Passchendale 
Battle of Somme
Battle of Hamel
Battle of Cambrai 
Kaiserschlaht

Question 5

What year was the Battle of Verdun?

Answer 5

1916

Question 6

What year was the Battle of the Somme?

Answer 6

1916

Question 7

What year was the Battle of Passchendale?

Answer 7

1917

Question 8

What year was the Battle of Hamel?

Answer 8

1918

Question 9

What year was the Battle of Cambrai?

Answer 9

1917

Question 10

What year was the Kaiserschlaht?

Answer 10

1918

Question 11

What were the specific tactics used in the Kaiserschlaht?

Answer 11

Hutier Tactics

Question 12

What was used to break the Hindenburg Line at the Battle of Cambrai?

Answer 12

Mark 4 tanks

Question 13

What does DORA stand for, and what year was it brought about?

Answer 13

Defence of the Realm Act - 1914

Question 14

What year did Germany bring in the National Service Law?

Answer 14

1916

Question 15

What is the KRA and when was it introduced?

Answer 15

The War Raw Materials Department - August 1914

Question 16

When was conscription introduced in Britain?

Answer 16

5th January 1916

Question 17

Name as many types of British propaganda used in WW1

Answer 17

• Recruitment
• War Funding
• Anti German Propaganda
• Practical Messages
• Moral Boosting

Question 18

When was the Lusitania sunk?

Answer 18

7th May 1915

Question 19

When did Tsar Nicholas II abdicate from Russia?

Answer 19

March 1917

Question 20

When was the Bolshevik Revolution?

Answer 20

November 1917

Question 21

When was the treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed?

Answer 21

3rd March 1918

Question 22

When did Woodrow Wilson announce his 14 point peace plan?

Answer 22

8th January 1918

Question 23

When was the armistice signed?

Answer 23

11th of November 1918

Question 24

What were some of the reasons for the allied victory?

Answer 24

• Naval Blockade
• Collapse of the German Home Front
• Food Shortages
• Deterioration of the Battlefront
• US entry to the war

Question 25

What were the 5 different types of shells used on the Western Front?

Answer 25

• Incendiary
• Starburst
• Gas
• Shrapnel
• Explosive

Question 26

What were the five different types of gas used on the Western Front?

Answer 26

• Tear
• Chlorine
• Mustard
• Phosgene
• Prasic