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World War One: The Great War

Trenches, telegrams and a treaty signed in a hall of mirrors. Go over the top from Sarajevo to the Armistice and see if your history holds the line.

🏺 History medium 20 questions ~8 min

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What this quiz asks

In which city was Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary assassinated on 28 June 1914?
At what time of day did the Armistice that ended the fighting come into force on 11 November 1918?
Germany's invasion of which neutral country in August 1914 brought Britain into the war?
The sinking of the liner Lusitania by a German submarine in 1915 brought the United States straight into the war.
Which German fighter pilot became famous as the 'Red Baron' for the scarlet aircraft he flew?
In the 1915-16 campaign where Australian and New Zealand troops earned lasting fame, Allied forces landed on which peninsula?
Select ALL of these that fought on the side of the Central Powers.
During the First Battle of the Marne in September 1914, which vehicles famously rushed French soldiers from Paris to the front?
Was Russia still at war with Germany when the Armistice was signed in November 1918?
The Zimmermann Telegram of 1917 secretly offered a German alliance to which country if the United States entered the war?
In which North Sea battle of 1916 did the main British and German battle fleets clash head-on for the only time in the war?
On the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, roughly how many casualties did the British army suffer?
In June 1919 the Treaty of Versailles was signed in which room of the palace?
Which international body, the last of US President Wilson's Fourteen Points, was created by the peace treaties?
The United States Senate never ratified the Treaty of Versailles.
Order these events of the war from earliest to latest.
Select ALL of these European countries that stayed neutral for the whole of the war.
Which German commander won the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914 alongside Ludendorff and later became President of Germany?
Which Serbian secret society, officially called 'Unification or Death', helped arm the Sarajevo assassins?
Tanks went into battle for the first time in September 1916, at which engagement within the Somme offensive?