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1. Which heir to the Austrian throne was assassinated in Sarajevo?
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2. In which month of 1914 did the fighting on the western front begin?
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3. Who was the Kaiser of Germany in 1914-18?
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4. Which of these countries was NOT a member of the Triple Entente in 1914?
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5. Which Belgian city was brutally sacked by German forces in August 1914?
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6. Which English city was bombarded by the German navy in December 1914?
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7. Which weapon was first used by the Germans at Ypres in 1915?
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8. Which German flying ace, credited with 80 aerial victories, became known as the ‘Red Baron’?
Hermann Goering
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9. Which future Turkish leader made his name in the defence of Gallipoli in 1915?
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10. Which 1916 battle saw almost 1 million casualties, split evenly between France and Germany?
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11. Which 1916 naval battle saw the German and British fleets clash for the only time in WW1?
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12. How many British casualties were there on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916?
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13. Which British general was featured on the famous poster bearing the words “Your country needs you”?
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14. Lloyd-George became the British Prime Minister in 1916; who was his predecessor?
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15. Which famous telegram, intercepted by British intelligence, revealed a German attempt to incite a Mexican invasion of the USA?
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16. Which of these future American Presidents served in the trenches in WW1?
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17. Which of these future British Prime Ministers did NOT serve in the trenches in WW1?
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18. Which item were British school children encouraged to collect, to help make explosives during WW1?
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19. In which 1917 battle were the Italians soundly defeated by Austria-Hungary?
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20. Which city did British forces take from Ottoman Turkey in December 1917?
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21. Which people suffered a genocide at the hands of the Turkish government during WW1, in which around 1 million civilians died in the process of forced deportation?
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22. Which Russian leader was overthrown in November 1917?
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23. Which harsh treaty did Germany impose upon Russia in 1918?
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24. What was Germany’s last ‘big push’ on the Western Front in 1918?
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25. Which 1918 battle marked the beginning of the successful ‘One Hundred Days’ that took the western allies all the way to the borders of Germany?
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26. On which precise day of 1918, fateful in German history, did the Kaiser abdicate?
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27. Where was the armistice agreement signed on 11th November 1918?
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28. What is the most widely accepted estimate of the total military dead in WW1?
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29. Which US President attended the Versailles peace conference?
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30. In which year was an unknown soldier buried with full military honours inside Westminster Abbey?
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191919201921
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This post has been updated to clarify the mass killings described in question 21.
