WW1 Things

Question 1

What was life in the trenches like?

Answer 1

Horrible: rats, disease, death, dirt, mud, fear, lice, trench foot, boredom, trauma

Question 2

When did the Canadian navy come to be?

Answer 2

November, 1910

Question 3

What was the name of the Canadian hospital ship that was sunk off the coast of Ireland by a German submarine in WW1?

Answer 3

Llandovery Castle

Question 4

What caused the Halifax Explosion

Answer 4

2 ships collided due to miscommunication, one carrying explosives

Question 5

What were the two ships called that were involved in the Halifax Explosion?

Answer 5

Mont Blanc and Imo

Question 6

How many people died from the Halifax Explosion?

Answer 6

2000

Question 7

Who was found responsible for the Halifax Explosion?

Answer 7

Both ships equally

Question 8

Where did the Spanish flu likely originate?

Answer 8

Kansas, brought from China

Question 9

Why was it called the Spanish flu?

Answer 9

Spain was neutral, first to report it and first to get blamed

Question 10

How many people died worldwide from the Spanish flu?

Answer 10

1 in 20 or 40-100 million

Question 11

What was the purpose of propaganda in WW1?

Answer 11

To influence by making people feel emotions to support