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How much do you know about WW1?
How much do you know about WW1?
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Some interesting facts about World War 1.
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1
What was the number
one
condition that caused about a third of the soldiers deaths?
Trench foot
Spanish Plague
Trench fever
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
2
What sport did women begin to play and became very popular in 1917?
Baseball
Football
Golf
Basketball
3
What does "
Si vis pacem, para bellum
" mean?
"Live for something rather than die for nothing"
"If you want peace, prepare for war"
"War is organized murder, and nothing else"
"All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal"
4
What happened to journalist if they were caught reporting the realities of the war?
Forced to enter the war.
Were sent to prison.
Lost their job.
Faced the death penalty.
5
Walt Disney drove a ambulance in WW1.
True
False
6
What animal got shot in the chest and lost a leg but managed save 194 soldiers?
A dog
A horse
A pigeon
A cat
7
Who and how old was the youngest British soldier?
Erich Maria Remarque, 15
Wilfred Owen, 19
Francis Ferdinand, 22
Sideny Lewis, 12
8
An explosion of 900,000 lbs was so loud it was heard from France to ______.
Belguim
London
Germany
Netherlands
9
As a result of sounding like barking dogs, what was the term "dogfight" used to describe?
Tear gas grenade
Automatic machine gun
Pilots restarting their plane engine midair
Moving tanks
10
True or False. During WW1, 230 soldiers died every hour.
True
False
11
What was invented as a result of facial injuries during WW1?
Gauze
Gas Mask
Plastic Surgery
Helmet
12
Which of these was
NOT
banned in Britain throughout WW1?
Throwing rice at weddings.
Feeding pigeons.
Private telegrams.
Whistling for taxis.
