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The term "tanks" originated during World War One because during their construction, army tanks were disguised as what?
Gasoline tanks
Water tanks
Grain tanks
Oxygen tanks
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What is the name of the group of prodigious pilots led by the Red Baron during World War One who were known for their colorful vehicles?
The Flying Circus
The Coat of Many Colors
The Rainbow Cross
The Trailblazers
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King Constantine I was a European ruler who fought an entire revolution to try and keep his people out of World War One. What country did Constantine rule until 1917 when he abdicated his throne to his son Alexander?
Greece
Serbia
Italy
Spain
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The Renault FT was the first army tank to be built with a fully rotating turret. What country's military designed the Renault FT?
France
Algeria
China
Spain
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Which of the following countries was not one of the original members of the World War One faction known as the Triple Entente?
China
France
The British Empire
Russia
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World War One ended the German Empire. What is the name of the final Kaiser of the German Empire who ruled the nation throughout the First World War?
Clovis I
Wilhelm II
Maxwell IV
Ivan II
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The chaos of World War One allowed what political faction led by Vladimir Lenin to overthrow the Russian Empire?
The Tsars
The Bolsheviks
The Gespents
The Karroden
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The Bolsheviks dismantled the Russian Empire to begin what powerful socialist nation that would last until 1991?
The U.S.S.R.
The U.S.O.
The Third Reich
The F.F.L.
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John J. Pershing, leader of the American Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front from 1917 to 1918, was known by what gambling-based nickname?
The Ace of Spades
Poker Face
Black Jack
Double Down
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What is the name of Serbian terrorist who murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand to trigger World War One?
Leary Eisol
Ahstah Webb
Teodor Mecklinger
Gavrilo Princip
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In 1916, Germany reached out to the Allied Powers to try and negotiate a resolution to the war. This overall attempt is often called the Friedensangebot which is a German word meaning which of the following?
The peace offer
The stall day
The telephone plan
The slow and steady
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The proximity of soldiers from various parts of the world during the war ended up sparking an epidemic of what illness in the years directly following World War One's close?
Pneumonia
Mumps
Measles
Spanish flu
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What is the name of the 1915 British prototype tank which is considered the first functional army tank?
Colonel Mustard
Mrs. Dalloway
Big Bertha
Little Willie
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The American forces introduced a weapon called the B.A.R. into circulation among the Allied Forces during World War One. What does the acronym B.A.R. stand for?
Browning Automatic Rifle
Bernstein Anti-Recoil
Boomer Alternative Reload
Blowback Automatized Rifle
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What is the name for the large rigid airships that Germans would use in World War One for scouting and bombing missions?
Zeppelin
Hunter killer
Kingmaker
Everdale
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In April 1915, what country left the Central Powers to join the Triple Entente?
Germany
Italy
France
The Ottoman Empire
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The Schlieffen Plan was influential in how Germany would approach World War One. This plan was drafted to figure out a way to invade what country on Germany's western border?
Russia
France
Italy
Spain
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Britain's failed Gallipoli Campaign was the brainchild of what man who would become the Prime Minister to lead the U.K. through World War Two?
Neville Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Marcus Spiers
Sir Edward Grey
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During World War One, British engineers classified army tanks using names of specific genders depending on the tank's main weapon. If the tank had a cannon, it would be given a male name. What would a tank have that would necessitate a female name?
No main weapon
A machine gun
A flamethrower
A mortar
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What nation used the smokescreen of the war to commence enact a genocide on their Armenian populations killing over one million people in the process?
Russia
Serbia
The Ottoman Empire
Germany
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Submarine warfare was also prominent during World War One. What are the names of the submarines that were created to destroy other subs?
Riptides
Icebergs
Hunter killers
Pinwheels
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German radicals spread what conspiracy theory in the war's aftermath that said Jews and socialists were responsible for Germany losing World War One?
The Reich's-Ruiners
The Dark-Closet-Crooks
The Hateful-Among-Us
The Stab-in-the-Back
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In 1918, the Battle of Vittorio Veneto saw the Italians effectively shatter the army of what nation of the Central Powers?
Bulgaria
China
Austria-Hungary
Germany
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The German Revolution at the end of World War One helped strike down the German Empire to replace it with what short-lived republic?
The Weimar Republic
The Austerlitz Republic
The West German Republic
The Godsdalle Republic
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What is the name of the major offensive in 1918 that was the final push by the Allies to break Germany's lines and march into the German homeland?
The Hundred Days Offensive
The Thirty Days Offensive
The Seventy Days Offensive
The Three Hundred Days Offensive
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The Hundred Days Offensive had the major accomplishment of breaking what major German defensive line between Arras and Laffaux?
The Walden Line
The Berlin Wall
The Hindenburg Line
The Maginot Line
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World War One and a subsequent revolution dismantled the government of the Ottoman Empire and turned it into what modern country?
Israel
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Turkey
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Which of the following countries did not join the League of Nations following World War One?
Canada
China
The British Empire
The U.S.A.
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What famous British statesman rallied his people to join World War One by making a speech where he declared "The lamps are going out"?
Ashton Hall
Pitt the Elder
Winston Churchill
Edward Grey
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What is the name of the treaty that ended World War One?
The Treaty of Greenville
The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Ghent
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