World War 1 Quiz

Question 1

This battle halted the german attempt to crush the French at the onset of the war and so remove the threat of a two front war

Answer 1

Marne

Question 2

harsh treaty which ended the hostilities between Germany and Russia and freed Germany to move all her forces to the western front

Answer 2

Brest-Litovsk

Question 3

man who overthrew the Russian government and soon after pulled Russia out of the war, created USSR

Answer 3

Lenin

Question 4

plan to invade France through neutral Belgium and knock her out of the war early which was named after this general who hatched the scheme

Answer 4

Schlieffen

Question 5

German who replaced Moltke as commander of the German forces in the West and planned the bloody Verdun offensive

Answer 5

Fulkenhayn

Question 6

Lord of the Admiralty who planned a campaign aimed at seizing the Dardanelles from the Turks (bloody failure)

Answer 6

Churchill

Question 7

French commander who was the hero of Verdun which halted the German offensive and uttered the famous command “They shall not pass!”

Answer 7

Petain

Question 8

British officer who led a rebellion of Arab tribes against the Turks and toward their eventual independence

Answer 8

T.E. Lawrence

Question 9

The sinking of this luxury liner in 1915 by a German submarine almost led the United States into war.

Answer 9

Lusitania

Question 10

the Allies promised this land to Italy and other prizes if they switched sides and attacked the Austrians

Answer 10

Italia irrendentia