Think You Know All about World War One?

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The First World War was one of the most destructive wars in history, featuring new technology and methods of fighting. It was also a truly global war – entangling alliances and empires pulled dozens of countries on every continent into the war. In the United States, we know World War II better, but in Europe and elsewhere the memory of World War I is immediate and alive. Think you know World War One? 

This quiz was expert written by Regina Munch. Regina has a master's degree in European history and the history of American foreign policy from Boston College. She loves learning and writing about history because it's never dead – things from the past always have relevance to today, and we're discovering things about the past all the time.


Regina has a master's degree in European history and the history of American foreign policy from Boston College. She loves learning and writing about history because it's never dead – things from the past always have relevance to today, and we're discovering things about the past all the time.

WWI Quiz Questions

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Question 1

Before World War Two, World War One was known as what?

  • A
    The Serbian Conflict
  • B
    The Great War
  • C
    The Gas War
  • D
    The Balkan War

Question 2

Which of these military weapons was NOT used during WWI?

  • A
    Chemical weapons
  • B
    Machine guns
  • C
    Trench warfare
  • D
    Nuclear weapons

Question 3

WWI began with the assassination of which person?

  • A
    Archduke Franz Ferdinand
  • B
    Winston Churchill
  • C
    Czar Nicholas II
  • D
    David Lloyd George

Question 4

Many soldiers returning from war suffered from what today we call PTSD. What was the medical term used then?

  • A
    Trench malaise
  • B
    Shell shock
  • C
    War fever
  • D
    Brittle from battle

Question 5

Which of these was not a battle that occurred during WWI?

  • A
    Canal du Nord
  • B
    Verdun
  • C
    Midway
  • D
    Ypres

Question 6

What countries were part of the Central Powers alliance?

  • A
    The United States, Austria
  • B
    Britain, France
  • C
    France, Germany
  • D
    Germany, Austria-Hungary

Question 7

During WWI, which country endured a communist revolution that deposed its monarch?

  • A
    Russia
  • B
    Lithuania
  • C
    Ottoman Empire
  • D
    Germany

Question 8

What international body was created at the end of WWI?

  • A
    International Monetary Fund
  • B
    League of Nations
  • C
    United Nations
  • D
    European Union

Question 9

Which empire did NOT collapse at the end of WWI?

  • A
    British Empire
  • B
    Germany
  • C
    Austria-Hungary
  • D
    Ottoman Empire

Question 10

Who was president when the United States joined the war?

  • A
    Theodore Roosevelt
  • B
    Woodrow Wilson
  • C
    Franklin Delano Roosevelt
  • D
    Calvin Coolidge

Question 11

Many soldiers wrote poems, plays, and novels to convey the trauma of war. Which of these was about WWI?

  • A
    Animal Farm
  • B
    Ivanhoe
  • C
    The Red Badge of Courage
  • D
    All Quiet on the Western Front

Question 12

What year did the United States join the war?

  • A
    1917
  • B
    1914
  • C
    1916
  • D
    1919

Question 13

In a leaked telegram, Germany unsuccessfully encouraged this country to attack the United States to force them into war. Which country was it?

  • A
    Russia
  • B
    Canada
  • C
    Mexico
  • D
    Japan

Question 14

What countries were the core members of the Triple Entente?

  • A
    Britain, France, the United States
  • B
    France, Belgium, Italy
  • C
    Germany, Austria, Russia
  • D
    Britain, France, Russia

Question 15

How many combatants fought in WWI?

  • A
    10 million
  • B
    70 million
  • C
    200 million
  • D
    50 million

Question 16

Throughout the globe, how many soldiers perished in WWI?

  • A
    50 million
  • B
    500,000
  • C
    20 million
  • D
    11 million

Question 17

Which of these countries did NOT see fighting in WWI?

  • A
    Cameroon
  • B
    Australia
  • C
    Papua New Guinea
  • D
    India

Question 18

Which victorious country left the Paris Peace Conference because its ideas were rejected?

  • A
    United States
  • B
    Japan
  • C
    Italy
  • D
    France

Question 19

Which of these did NOT eventually ally with the Entente powers?

  • A
    Bulgaria
  • B
    Romania
  • C
    Japan
  • D
    Siam

Question 20

Approximately what percentage of fallen British soldiers were never recovered and buried?

  • A
    30%
  • B
    5%
  • C
    10%
  • D
    50%

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Some good questions of a terrible war.

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