Remembrance day
When is it celebrated?
11 November
red flowers worn on Remembrance day
poppy
a burning stick of resinous wood or twist of tow used to give light and usually carried in the hand
torch
Who wrote the poem In Flanders Fields?
John McCrae
What is the opposite of "like"?
unlike
What happens at 11 a.m. on Remembrance day?
2 minute silence
a situation in which countries or groups of people fight against each other
war
an enemy
foe
What was John McCrae´s nationality?
Canadian
legally correct OR conforming to a standard of correctness OR having a basis in or conforming to fact or reason (an adjective)
just
When was the first silence?
1919
people who fight on the same side as you
comrades
a number of objects arranged in a usually straight line
row
What was John McCrae´s job? (give at least one)
a doctor and an officer
What is armistice?
an agreement to end the war
Who is remembered on Remembrance day?
soldiers who have died in all major conflicts since the start of World War I
a place where soldiers fight
battlefield
any of a family (Alaudidae) of chiefly Old World ground-dwelling songbirds that are usually brownish in color
lark
Where is Flanders situated?
northern France and Belgium
How many soldiers died in WW I?
up to 11 million
How did the tradition of selling poppies begin?
...
people injured or killed in battles (plural)
casualties
a usually verbal conflict OR a ground of dispute or complaint + spell the word
quarrel
When did John McCrae write the poem?
in 1915
Which empire was broken up by the end of WWI?
Austro-Hungarian Empire