Royalty of The Great War Trivia Quiz

Answer: Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany

As millions of German casualties piled up on the war fronts, the British blockade caused hundreds of thousands of starvation deaths at home. Ideas of pacifism and revolution swept through the civilian population and the military. The Kaiser was forced to abdicate after his army refused to defend him any longer, and Germany became a democracy for a time.

Answer: Maximilian, Duke of Hohenberg

Crown Prince Frederick was Kaiser Wilhelm II's eldest son and a commander at Verdun. Edward, famous for abdicating the British throne in 1936, also saw war action, albeit limited. Prince Friedrich competed in the 1912 Olympics (Equestrian) and died in 1917 from battle injuries. Duke Maximilian was the oldest son of Franz Ferdinand.

After his parents' murders when he was aged eleven, relatives took him and his siblings in. He went on to marry and have six sons.

Answer: He committed suicide with his mistress in a hunting lodge

In 1889, Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria shot dead his young mistress, Baroness Mary Vetsera, then fatally turned the gun on himself. He was thirty years old. His father, Emperor/King Franz Joseph, had reportedly ordered him to end his extramarital affair. The prince ended his life, instead.

Answer: The Willy-Nicky Correspondence

American journalist Herman Bernstein came up with the name when he published the telegrams a few years after they were exchanged. All written in the summer of 1914, they were so-named because each men referred to themselves by their diminutives in the notes.

Answer: Marie

The wife of King Ferdinand I, Queen Marie had incredible influence when it came to Romanian politics. She took a hands-on role during the War, becoming a nurse for the Red Cross and caring for wounded soldiers. She attended the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 and as a result of her negotiating, Romania gained several territories, including Transylvania.

Queen Draga was the wife of King Aleksander of Serbia until 1903. Mary of Teck was the consort of King George V. Augusta Victoria was Kaiser Wilhelm II's wife.

Answer: His mother, Maria Feodorovna

The Bolsheviks killed Grand Duke Michael, Nicholas' brother, in June of 1918. They also murdered his cousin, Grand Duke Dimitri the following year. His daughter, Anastasia, was massacred along with the rest of the immediate family after Nicholas' abdication. DNA testing conclusively proved this after almost nine decades of vehement controversy. Only Nicholas' mother, Empress Maria, survived, finding refuge in Crimea during the Red Terror.

Answer: He was to inspect Bosnian military maneuvers

Franz Ferdinand was visiting Bosnia to observe military maneuvers. Much was made of his visit, as it included a motorcade through the capital city's streets and a meeting with the mayor.

Answer: Charles of Austria

Charles I of Austria (1887-1922) was Franz Joseph's grandnephew. After his coronation, he tried in secret to negotiate peace with France, but the plan fell apart and he went into exile after the armistice. All of the other men listed are Charles' sons.

As The Empire was terminated at The War's end, none succeeded him as Emperor of Austria. In 1920, the Kingdom of Hungary was restored, but Charles and his issue weren't welcomed back to govern it. WWI hero Miklos Horthy was instead voted to be regent, and he remained so until 1944.

The one-time admiral was the kingdom's final ruler before Hungary was turned into a communist country.

Answer: The Emir of Afghanistan

Habibullah Khan is remembered for his steps to modernize his country with Western technology and legal reforms. He had no interest, however, in involving her in the War and rebuffed Niedermayer's scheme. It was because of his neutrality that his own people assassinated him in 1919. Many had been eager to fight in what they had seen as a holy war against Christian nations.

Answer: King Victor Emmanuel III

Mehmed V, the Sultan of The Ottoman Empire, died in July 1918, months before The War ended. The Bolsheviks executed Czar Nicholas II, who had earlier abdicated, that same month. Emperor Franz Josef died in 1916 after ruling his empire for over sixty-seven years. Victor Emmanuel, crowned King of Italy in 1900, lived to reign through the Second World War.

He was the penultimate monarch of his country before it was voted a republic in 1946.