World War 1 History Knowledge Quiz!
Can you get full marks on this World War 1 quiz to end all World War 1 quizzes?
![War dates obscured](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/war-dates-obscured.png)
![War dates obscured](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/war-dates.png)
When did WW1 start and end?
![Poppies](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/poppies.png)
Poppies are a symbol of war, and of remembering the dead. This tradition started in World War 1, but why?
![A pointy army helmet](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/army-helmet.png)
The officers of which army wore helmets like this?
![A virus gif](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/virus.gif)
As well as a massive war, there was also a pandemic from 1918-1920. What was the disease called?
![An image of a soldier in World War 1](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/ww1-soldier-solo.png)
No side in WW1 bothered to make helmets for their soldiers until 1915, because they all thought the war would be over soon and it would cost too much - even though tonnes of soldiers were dying of head injuries. Before 1915, what did soldiers wear on their heads?
![A statue of a horse and soldier](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/statue.png)
How many Indians fought for Britain during World War 1? (Remember - India was part of the British Empire back then)
![A big tank](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/big-tank.png)
Why are tanks called tanks?
![A big explosion in World War 1](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/bw-photo-ww1.png)
In 1917, the British set off the biggest explosion of the war in a secret network of tunnels underneath the German lines. The explosion was so big, you could hear it in London - but how many people died in the explosion?
![A green cloud of gas](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/green-cloud.png)
Poisonous chlorine gas was first used in WW1 as a weapon. Before soldiers were given gas masks, what were they told to do to protect themselves from gas attacks?
![Soldiers in a trench](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/ww1-soldiers.png)
World War 1 is most famous for what kind of warfare?
![A tank in WW1](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/tank.png)
What was Big Bertha?
![An old man](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/map.png)
The Ottoman Empire was a big player in WW1, but it fell apart after it lost the war. The Ottoman Empire was mostly in which modern day country?
![A horse](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/horse.png)
8 million horses died in World War 1. True or false?
![A war memorial](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/memorial.png)
The total number of people that died in WW1 - on both sides and both civilians and soldiers - was a gigantic 40 million. Nowadays, most historians view it as...what?
![Result: Oh no](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/oh-no.jpg)
Oh dear. Have another go? History is important!
![Result: Not bad](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/not-bad-2.jpg)
Pretty good! You can do better though - try another history quiz?
![Result: Good work](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/good-work.jpg)
You know your stuff! Well done! Can you beat this score on another history quiz?
![Result: Great](https://www.beano.com/app/uploads/2021/03/great.jpg)
Amazing! Knowing your history is more important than ever - so well done!