World War I Study Guide

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19 answers | 46 clues
Should-Know (3)
the Lusitania 5x $300 avg J:2 DJ:3
J $100 1997 128 Americans died when the Germans sank this liner May 7, 1915
DJ $800 2015 The May 8, 1915 headline in the N.Y. Times blared this ship "sunk by a submarine... twice torpedoed off Irish coast"
J $200 2004 On May 8, 1915 the New York Times headline read: this British liner "Sunk by a Submarine"
Eddie Rickenbacker 4x 25.0% stumper $675 avg J:1 DJ:3
J $300 1997 4 of this U.S. air ace's 26 confirmed victories were balloons
DJ $600 1987 Baron von Richthofen was Germany's top air ace; he was America's
DJ $1,000 1994 This highest-scoring U.S. air ace of the war went to France as a member of Pershing's staff
John J. Pershing 4x $1,100 avg DJ:4
DJ $800 1993 When he arrived in France, this AEF leader laid a wreath on the tomb of the Marquis de Lafayette
DJ $1,600 2015 On July 4, 1917 this AEF leader marched his troops through Paris to lay a wreath on the tomb of Lafayette
DJ $1,200 2007 With this A.E.F. leader arrived in France, he laid a wreath at the tomb of the Marquis de Lafayette
Worth Knowing (16)
Belgium 3 Zeppelins 2 Verdun 2 Turkey 2 the Dardanelles 2 Sergeant York 2 poison gas 2 Nicholas II 2 Mexico 2 Big Bertha 2 Alvin York 2 a Zeppelin 2 All Quiet on the Western Front 2 to strafe 2 Herbert Hoover 2 Georges Clemenceau 2

World War I

10 answers | 25 clues
Should-Know (1)
the Treaty of Versailles 4x $400 avg J:2 DJ:2
DJ $400 1985 This treaty, which Hitler later denounced, ended World War I
DJ $600 1994 This 1919 treaty ending the war provided for putting the Kaiser on trial
J $200 1997 This treaty that ended WWI was repudiated by Hitler in 1935
Worth Knowing (9)
no man's land 3 Austria-Hungary 3 a trench 3 Sarajevo 2 David Lloyd George 2 Churchill 2 the tank 2 the Allies 2 Hindenburg 2

Ancient

1 answers | 4 clues
Should-Know (1)
Gallipoli 4x 50.0% stumper $1,200 avg DJ:2 FJ:2
DJ $400 DD 2015 British general Sir Ian Hamilton's amphibious assault on this peninsula in April of 1915 ended in a bloody 8-month stalemate
DJ $2,000 2007 There were more than 200,000 British casualties in the attempt to take this peninsula along the Dardanelles
FJ 2022 Suvla Bay & Cape Helles were major landing sites along this peninsula

Revolutionary Era

1 answers | 3 clues
Worth Knowing (1)
Russia 3

World War II

1 answers | 2 clues
Worth Knowing (1)
Canada 2
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