WW1 quiz (very accurate!)

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Are you a pro at WW1? Well, pro or non-pro, anyone can take this test. This test is not timed and it should take you no more than 5 minutes to finish.

Question 1: What caused WW1?
Bombing of Italy
The assassination of Hitler
I don't know
The Triple Alliance
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife

Question 2: Who declared war on who?
Germany, Japan
France, Germany
USA, Austria-Hungary
Italy, Germany
Austria-Hungary, Serbia

Question 3: What can WW1 be traced back to?
Franco-Prussian war
Nothing
Seven Years war
War of 1812
Second Boer war

Question 4: Why did Britain declare war on Germany?
Because Britain wanted revenge for Germany
Because Germany was allied with Austria-Hungary
Because Italy was allied with Serbia and Britain was allied with Italy
Because Germany invaded Britain
Because it wanted to keep Belgium neutral

Question 5: In what year did the stalemate start?
1918
1915
1914
1917
1916

Question 6: Who did Joffre command?
The Russians
The Germans
The French
The Italians
The English

Question 7: What was the plans of the Schlieffen Plan?
What is the Schlieffen Plan/I don't know
To bomb enemy trenches before attacking
To invade Britain
To attack France then Russia
To attack Russia then France

Question 8: What caused USA to declare war on Germany?
German invasion of Eastern USA
I don't know
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
USA was allied with Germany
The Zimmermann telegram and unrestricted submarine warfare

Question 9: How was Fritz Haber important to Germany for WW1?
He invented gas masks for Germany
He was the nephew of Queen Elizabeth
He was just an ordinary civilian
He invented gas for Germany to unleash at its enemies
Nothing. He was just the son of Herr Haber

Question 10: What happened in 1917?
USA, the great Western Ally, enters the war while the Eastern Ally (Russia) gets out of the war. Stalemate continues on the Western Front
The French invaded Germany
Brusilov launches major (and successful) offensive
Germans make Paris fall
No more stalemate on the Western Front

Question 11: When did WW1 start?
August 4,1914
I don't know
August 2,1914
July 28, 1914
November 11, 1918

Question 12: What was the biggest sea battle of WW1?
Battle of Jutland
Battle of Finland
Battle of Sweden
Battle of Norway
Battle of Britain

Question 13: About how many Germans did York kill?
20
30
10
25
15

Question 14: Where did the first offensive of the Ludendorff's offensives take place?
On the Somme
In Mesopotamia
In Paris
In Finland
What's an offensive?

Question 15: The Brusilov offensive of 1916 was:
Very successful because it nearly knocked Austria-Hungary out of the war, although it cost a million Russian lives
It went ok with 25 miles of territorial gain
Unsuccessful, it cost 20,000 German lives and 1,500,000 Russian lives
What Brusilov offensive?
Very successful, it knocked Austria-Hungary and Germany out of the war

Question 16: Who was the commander of the British?
Pershing
Petain
Haig
French
Joffre

Question 17: When was the "Black Day" of the German Army?
August 6, 1918
January 1, 1915
August 8, 1918
There was none. Germany won the war.
September 2, 1918

Question 18: When did unrestricted submarine warfare start?
February 1917
January 1914
March 1917
April 1917
April 1916

Question 19: Of the Central Powers, which country was the last to surrender to the Allies?
Germany
Mexico
Austria-Hungary
Turkey
Bulgaria

Question 20: When was the Armistice signed?
November 10, 1918 11 o'clock sharp
There was no Armistice
May 5, 1918 17:00 o'clock sharp
Nov 11, 1918 11 o'clock sharp
Sept 2, 1945

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