World War I Events

1. When did World War I begin?

2. What country declared war on Serbia at the very start of World War I?

3. What was the largest naval battle in World War I?

4. The United States joined World War I after what ship was sunk by a German submarine?

5. What were German submarines called during World War I?

6. What secret military society was responsible for the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria?

7. What poison gas was the first that was effectively used on the Western Front by Germans?

8. What disease caused 1/3 of total military deaths during World War I?

9. What was the name of the first tank developed for World War I?

10. Which nation was not the part of the Triple Entente during World War I?

11. Who points an accusing finger of moral responsibility in a recruitment poster for the American forces during World War I?

12. Who fought in the Battle of Verdun in 1916?

13. Where was the famous Gallipoli Campaign take place in 1915?

14. What was German plan to deliver a knock-out blow to the French and then turn all of its resources on Russia?

15. Who fought in the Battle of Tannenberg?

16. Who fought in the Battle of Galicia, also known as the Battle of Lemberg?

17. What ethnic group was largely exterminated in the Ottoman Empire during World War I?

18. Where did the most famous use of trench warfare take place during World War I?

19. What was the longest battle of the World War I that lasted more than 9 months?

20. Which nation was not the part of the Central Powers during World War I?

21. Who fought in the Battle of Cer in World War I?

22. To keep USA out of WWI, Germany promised to Mexico three US states to reconquer. Which one they did not promise?

23. Which treaty Germany signed that ended Russia's participation in World War I?

24. What army used "Big Bertha" howitzer for the first time in World War I?

25. What event forced Britain to enter the World War I on the side of the Allied Powers?

26. What event caused Russia to make peace with Germany and leave the Allied Powers in World War I?

27. Which country did German foreign minister try to encourage to attack the USA?

28. Who intercepted a secret Zimmerman telegram sent from Germans to their ambassador?

29. The Battle of Tannenberg was fought in what modern-day country?

30. Who fought Germany in the First Battle of the Marne and in the Battle of the Somme?

31. What unique form of transportation did the French use to transport troops in the First Battle of the Marne?

32. What became the Ottoman Empire after World War I?

33. What country lost the most lives in World War I?

34. What was the name of the final attack of the Allies that helped to end World War I?

35. What international body was created at the end of WWI?

36. What treaty marked the end of World War I?