What major battle occurred from February 1916 to December 1916, involving millions of soldiers and resulting in horrendous casualties for both participants.
What is Battle of Verdun.
100
Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by this individual in 1914, a member of the Black Hand.
Who is Gavrilo Princip?
100
The American soldiers were colloquially referred to as what?
What are Doughboys.
100
Chlorine, Phosgene, and Mustard are all examples of this.
What is poison gas.
100
World War I was originally designated with this phrase.
What is The Great War.
200
The first recorded use of tanks during World War I occurred during this battle.
What is Battle of the Somme, 1916.
200
These countries composed the Central Powers.
What are Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire.
200
After the sinking of the Lusitania and subsequent Zimmerman Telegram, this country joined the Allied Powers in 1917.
What is the United States.
200
These armored behemoths debuted on the battlefield in 1916, inspiring terror in opposing ranks. They aren't as agile as the ones you see today.
What is a tank.
200
A major genocide committed by the Ottoman Empire in 1917.
What is the Armenian Genocide.
300
This catastrophic defeat of the Italian Army in 1917 resulted in the occupation of the Veneto by Austrian forces until the end of the war.
What is the Battle of Caporetto.
300
The Treaty of Brest-Litovosk ended hostilities between the Central Powers and what Allied nation in 1917?
What is Russia.
300
This American president during World War I promoted his Fourteen Points at the Versailles peace conference in 1918.
Who is Woodrow Wilson.
300
World War I saw the first large-scale use of aeroplanes in aerial battles and reconnaissance expeditions, the most well known ace of the war was known as this.
Who is the Red Baron (Manfred von Richthofen).
300
The Tsardom of Russia collapsed in 1917 as a result of this major revolution.
What is the October Revolution or the Bolshevik Revolution.
400
The last major Allied Offensive of World War I was known as what?
What is the Battle of the Marne.
400
What future dictator participated in and was wounded at the Battle of Ypres?
Who is Adolf Hitler?
400
The Allied Powers consisted of many nations, but here there are only three.
What are Britain, Russia, Italy, France, Romania, United States, Canada, Japan, etc, etc, etc
400
What is a common term for one of the large artillery guns utilized across the Western Front during the First World War.
What is a Big Bertha.
400
At the end of World War I, the governments of these participating nations collapsed. Name three.
What is Austria-Hungary, Germany, Ottoman Empire, Bulgaria, Russia, etc, etc, etc
500
Winston Churchill planned this failed amphibious assault against the Ottoman Empire in April 1915, setting the stage for the far more successful D-Day invasions.
What is the Gallipoli Campaign.
500
This man was the Kaiser of the German Empire during World War I.
Who is Kaiser Wilhelm II.
500
During World War I, Alfonso XIII led this neutral country in distributing aid and medical supplies to the competing powers.
What is Spain.
500
Zeppelins were modified air balloons used as observation posts throughout World War I and before, the predecessors first seeing use in this major international conflict.
What are the French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802) (Battle of Fleurs (1794)).
500
The Italians and Greeks seized the Dodecanese islands from this collapsing nation in 1919.