Site icon Iconic Historical Photos

Quiz Answers – World War I

Question #1: When studying causes of World War I, the one that most historians point as the primary cause was the assassination in Sarajevo of what key political figure during a parade in 1914?  

Correct Answer: Archduke Franz Ferdinand

Question #2: What was the name of the anarchist terrorist organization that was responsible for the assassination described in the previous question? 

Correct Answer: The Black Hand

Question #3: Which of the following events in Russia was directly caused by the dreadful conditions brought on by the First World War? 

Correct Answer: The Communist Revolution

Question #4: In America, World War One was the spark of much social and political change. For example, this war was the very first one that would be fought with which of the following acts of Congress in effect? 

Correct Answer: The Selective Services Act

Question #5: Because of the brutal conditions this war imposed throughout most of Europe, many soldiers had to learn to live moderately. That being said, what was the daily ration of tea for British soldiers? 

Correct Answer: 6 Pints

Question #6: Despite the fact that they weren’t even legally granted American citizenship, about how many Native Americans served in the United States military? 

Correct Answer: 13,000

Question #7: The comically over-sized artillery gun known as Big Bertha that was used by the Germans in the First World War weighed approximately which of the following weights? 

Correct Answer: 48 Tons

Question #8: Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, George V, King of England, and Wilhelm II, Kaiser of Germany were all of what relation to each other? 

Correct Answer: First cousins

Question #9: For about how long was the United States fully involved in the war before it ended?  

Correct Answer: 7 Months

Question #10: Often considered the first battle of World War One, what is the name of the conflict between the Germans and the British and French throughout Belgium and France that would see the halting of the German Army and the beginning of trench warfare in 1914?

Correct Answer: 1st Battle of the Marne

Question #11: Encouraged by the madness of war, the Ottoman Empire genocidally murdered one and a half million people of what ethnic group at this time? 

Correct Answer: Armenians

Question #12: At the close of the war, most of the blame was put onto Germany as the primary aggressors against the victors. Having said that, the heavy reparations that Germany had to pay equaled about how much gold? 

Correct Answer: 96,000 Tons

Question #13: What future world leader made a public statement saying that while he fought in World War 1, an enemy soldier could’ve easily shot him dead, but didn’t out of pity? 

Correct Answer: Adolf Hitler

Question #14: Due to unsanitary doctoring processes and unsafe drinking water, what dreadful disease accounted for one third of the total deaths of soldiers during World War One? 

Correct Answer: Influenza

Question #15: What was the first nation to implement Daylight Savings Time because they wanted to conserve power during the war? 

Correct Answer: Germany

Question #16: The main German war stratagem was based off of a plan made years and years prior because of how much faith the Germans had that this war would someday happen. What man was this plan of attack named after?  

Correct Answer: Alfred von Schleiffen

Question #17: As the war was just getting started, what nation abandoned its previous alliance with Germany to join France, England, and Russia?

Correct Answer: Italy

Question #18: On one Christmas Eve night, soldiers from both sides of the front lines threw aside their weapons and had a party as peaceful comrades under a truce. In what year of WWI did this Christmas Truce occur? 

Correct Answer: 1914

Question #19: Once the two clear factions formed and the sides of the war were drawn, what were the names of the two combating teams of nations? 

Correct Answer: The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente

Question #20: The infamous Zimmerman Telegraph was one of the primary reasons why Americans felt that they should enter this previously European war. The telegraph was received and given to the United States by what country, who was urged in the telegraph to attack America? 

Correct Answer: Mexico

Question #21: Because of anti-German sentiment in the United States home front, the hamburger sandwich was given what new name briefly in the U.S. until the war was over? 

Correct Answer: Liberty sandwich

Question #22: The King and Queen of what nation actually joined the military during WWI with the King leading the army personally and the Queen working as a nurse? 

Correct Answer: Belgium

Question #23: What Nobel Prize recipient tried to donate their medal in order to aid their country’s economy during the war, but was told to just keep it? 

Correct Answer: Marie Curie

Question #24: The last British soldier to have died in the First World War was buried out of respect near which of the following figures? 

Correct Answer: The first British soldier to die in the war

Question #25: Germany’s most decorated soldier and most famous warrior of the time, what was the true name of the Red Baron? 

Correct Answer: Manfred von Richtofen

Question #26: The First World War also saw the first major use of which of the following warfare strategies?

Correct Answer: Trench warfare

Question #27: Tanks were one of the most radically powerful new weapons that first received time to shine in WWI. What was the reason that these monstrous metal machines received the odd title of “Tank”? 

Correct Answer: They were originally built to be disguised as water tanks

Question #28: Speaking of destructive implements of war, the flamethrower scorched through enemy lines in a way that would have seemed like sorcery in a different age. What country was the first to issue flamethrowers for use in their military? 

Correct Answer: Germany

Question #29: More than one million of the casualties in World War One were amassed in a single battle. What battle was it where over one million men were killed or wounded? 

Correct Answer: The Battle of the Somme

Question #30: After years of grueling and desperate combat, World War One would come to an end after Germany finally surrendered and gave up the fight. What was the name of the treaty that ended the conflict? 

Correct Answer: Treaty of Versailles

Question #31: The treaty from the previous question was officially enacted on the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of what year? 

Correct Answer: 1918

Question #32: Tanks that were issued in the First World War actually had a peculiar naming system. The model would be given a man’s name if it were equipped with a canon, but what would it need to be equipped with in order to be given a woman’s name? 

Correct Answer: A machine gun

Question #33: By the war’s close, around how many total soldiers from both sides had perished in the line of duty? 

Correct Answer: 9 Million

Question #34: The results of the war, having favored the Triple Entente over the Triple Alliance, left Germany as a nation quite defeated. With WWI ending, what German empire also came to an end? 

Correct Answer: The 2nd Reich

 

 

Exit mobile version