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World War 1 Quiz
1. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo was the spark that ignited the beginning of World War 1.

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2. The Schlieffen plan was Germans plan to sweep through neutral Belgium and on to France, encircling Paris.

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3. Russia, Britain and France formed the Triple Entente at the start of World War 1, later called the Allied Powers.

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4. Germany, Autria-Hungary and Bulgaria where called the Central powers.

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5. The acronym Anzac stands for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps.

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6. Poison gas was first used by the Germans on the Canadians near Ypres, Belgium.

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7. The Netherlands were neutral in World War 1.

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8. The Dutch Mata Hari, an erotic dancer and German spy, was executed by the French on October 15, 1917.

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9. The Red Baron was a German pilot who had eighty victories on his name.

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10. In World War 1 Germany bombards London with aeroplanes and zeppelins.

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11. Winston Churchill was a soldier in the First World War who fought on the front.

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12. Adolf Hitler was a soldier in the First World War who fought on the front.

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13 Tanks were first used by the British in 1916 on the western front.

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14. The United States declared war on Germany on April 6, 1917.

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15. The United States was neutral at the start of the war.

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16. General John J Pershing led the American Expeditionary Force on the western front.

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17. The main reason for the US to enter the war was that German U-boats continues to sink non-military or "civilian" ships (some American).

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18. Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany was forced to abdicate on the 9th of November, 1918, just before the end of the First World War.

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19. The Armistice is signed on November 11, 1918.

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20. Approximately 16.000.000 people died in World War 1.

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