Soldiers
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Definitions
Battles
100

Named for their role in fortifying trenches, this was the nickname for an Aussie soldier in WW1.

What is a Digger

100

This city, now known as Istanbul, was the capital of the Ottoman Empire

What is Constantinople

100

This disease occurred in soldiers who spent a long time in wet or damp trenches

What is trenchfoot

100

This word, meaning a fixed or limited amount of something, rhymes with the word fashion.

What is a ration

100

This river is known for a battle included a day that was regarded as the worst in British military history

What is the Somme

200

Named for a soldier used as an example on an enlistment form, this was the nickname of the British soldier in WW1

What is a Tommy

200

This general led the Turkish forces at Gallipoli and went on to become his nation's leader.

Who is Mustafa Kemal

200

These little creatures, smaller than a grain of rice, shared the trenches with the soldiers and made their lives miserable

What are lice

200

This word, meaning a German airship that was often used to raid British cities, is also part of the name of a very famous British rock band.

What is a Zeppelin

200

This battle suggests a tree that does not sit beside any other tree.

What is Lone Pine

300
Alluding to the marauders of the Middle Ages, this was a nickname given to German soldiers in WW1

What is a Hun

300

With a name the same as a small, dried grape, this was the title of the wife of the leader of the Ottoman Empire.

What is a sultana

300

This Germans were hoping that the war would be fought quickly and on open ground and used this plan to try and surround the French armies in 1914.

What was the Schlieffen Plan

300

This type of Machine Gun shares its name with a famous Queensland Rugby League player who is often called the King.

What is a Lewis Gun

300

This naval battle was significant in that no side really one, and both sides decided not to engage each other at sea again.

What is the Battle of Jutland

400

This former soldier and Lord appeared on enlistment posters throughout the British Empire, pointing at the reader and exclaiming "I Want You".

Who is Lord Kitchener

400

This sea is between the Dardenelles and the Black Sea, and would have been the last body of water to cross before the Allied navies reached the Ottoman capital.

What is the Sea of Marmara

400

These boards were used at the bottom of trenches to ensure that the soldiers feet remained dry as much as possible

What is a duckboard

400

This word, meaning a sustained artillery attack, shares its name with a barrier that is used in rivers to prevent flooding

What is a barrage

400

This French city was fiercely defended by the French, and was famous for the leadership of Philippe Petain.

What is Verdun

500

This soldier whose real name was Kirkpatrick, died at age 22 and was famous for his association with an animal

Who is John Simpson

500

These people were the victims of a genocide that occurred in the east of the Ottoman Empire near the end of WW1.

Who were the Armenians

500

Named after one of their generals, this famous defensive line was established by the Germans near the end of the war

What is the Hindenburg Line

500

This word, meaning to move around to the side of an enemy's position to attack, is also a cut of meat.

What is a flank

500

This was the name of a battle on the eastern front. Its name is the same as the surname of the character Biff in Back to the Future, followed by the German word for castle or stronghold

What is Tannenburg