World War 1
Large historical figure whose popularity would skyrocket in the second world war but also fought in the first.
Who was Adolf Hitler?
This country was the first to be invaded.
What is Poland?
The disease is transmitted in this way.
What are flees? (Also airborne)
You shave everyday and yet your beard never changes, what are you?
A barber.
What gets wet as it dries?
This was the catalyst of the war.
What was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo.
The duration and years of the war.
What is six years and what was 1939 to 1945?
Death toll of the disease.
~2/3 of the population. Upwards of 20 million casualties.
What five letter word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it?
What do you call a dentist who cleans alligator teeth?
Crazy.
This type of warfare was banned after the war.
What is chemical warfare? (Chlorine, phosgene & mustard gas)
Three most involved countries of the axis powers and two of their leaders.
What are Japan, Germany, and Italy. Who are Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Hirohito. (Balkan countries like Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Yugoslavia also joined for protection.)
What was the 14th century?
What do you call a cow that's afraid of everything?
A cow-ard.
Alliance formed to prevent large scale wars like World War 1. (Also would accept founder)
What was the League of Nations? Who was Woodrow Wilson?
Name three contributing factors to the war. (Causes)
Germans felt angry at the Treaty of Versailles, the fascist philosophy promoted segregation and hate, militarism and it's policies created a tense European environment, violation of the Munich Agreement, and global depressions.
What are Africa, Asia, and rural United States.
What runs all around a backyard but never moves?
A fence.
What do you call a liar on the phone?
A telephony.
Name one or two African countries involved in the war.
What are Nigeria, the Gambia, Zimbabwe (new Rhodesia), South Africa, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Ghana (new Gold Coast), Malawi (new Nyasaland), and Kenya.
Define the Munich Agreement.
Ritual meant to provide comfort and be a public display of penance and punishment.
Who were flagellants who whipped one another and cut one another with leather straps covered in sharp metal pieces 3 times a day everyday for a week before moving to the next town.
You walk into a room that contains a match, a kerosene lamp, a candle and a fireplace. What would you light first?
The match.
Why did the invisible man turn down a job offer?
He couldn't see himself doing it.