Test your World War I knowledge in this quiz

They called it "the war to end war". An optimistic hope that soon became bitterly ironic.

World War I raged from July 1914 to November 1918 and claimed around 20 million lives; maybe 21 million were injured.

At its end, innevitably, the world was reshaped.

The last veterans passed away in the first two decades of this century, but as World War I fades beyond living memory we still live with its consequences.  

How well do you know the world's first truly global, industrialised conflict and one of history's greatest tragedies?  

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The shooting of which European royal is traditionally regarded as the starting spark of World War I? 

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Which declaration of war was the first of the sequence as World War I began on July 28, 1914?

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What military formation was known by the initials the BEF? 

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The Battle of the Somme is one of World War I's most notorious, but what is the Somme? 

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Who was the British Prime Minister at the outbreak of World War I? 

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For what reason did Britain declare war on Germany? 

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Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke were famous for producing what type of art during World War I? 

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There are just 626 of what item that is usually considered the most valuable World War I collectible, with a value of around £200,000 each?  

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Germany fought alongside several nations in an alliance historians call The Central Powers. What were those nations?  

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What did Manfred von Richthofen, the Red Baron, do? 

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A characteristic feathered helmet worn by which World War I leader was listed for sale for $42,500 recently? 

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Which power withdrew from World War I in March 1918 after signing the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany and its allies?  

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Which American president led his country into World War I?

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How many nations were represented at the Paris Peace Conference that produced the Treaty of Versailles that officially ended World War I? 

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Which country's diplomats refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles? 

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Adolf Hitler served in World War I. What was his main role? 

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