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WW1: Trench Life Trivia Quiz

This is a great quiz about the First World War and life in the trenches. It doesn't matter if you are a genius on the subject or haven't got a clue. Just try it and above all have fun.

A multiple-choice quiz by princesslia11. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
princesslia11

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
322,695

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1017

Last 3 plays: Guest 71 (8/10), Guest 72 (5/10), Guest 66 (6/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. On average, how long were soldiers supposed to spend in front line trenches? Hint

4 days

5 days

1 week

1 month

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Question 2 of 10

2. What did soldiers use as slang for 'Britain'? Hint

Blighty

Great Great Bee

Brits

Britly

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Question 3 of 10

3. What was the name of the organisation that oversaw the sending of parcels to soldiers? Hint

International Prisoners' Welfare Association

Wartime Postal Organization

Red Cross

World Postal Union

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Question 4 of 10

4. Soldiers on the front line drank tea made with which substance instead of milk? Hint

condensed milk

mud

cream

rum

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is the name of the condition given to soldiers who suffer from shivering violently, screaming or moaning and twitching whenever guns were fired? Hint

Bomb phobia

influenza

Death shock

Shell-shock

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Question 6 of 10

6. What were Casualty Clearing Stations? Hint

army field kitchens

weapons

aeroplanes

mobile hospitals

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Question 7 of 10

7. In total, how many people (civilian as well as military) died in World War I? Hint

8 million

3 million

20 million

5 milion

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was the name given to the gap between the trenches of the opposing armies? Hint

no man's land

alert alert

mind the gap

it didn't have a special name

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Question 9 of 10

9. The murder of whom was a major cause of war? Hint

Franz Ferdinand

Adolf Hitler

King George V

J F Kennedy

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was the name given to the notes that front line soldiers were allowed to send home? Hint

post notes

letters

field postcards

war notes

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. On average, how long were soldiers supposed to spend in front line trenches?

Answer: 4 days

Soldiers were supposed to spend four days in front line trenches, four days in support trenches, eight days in reserve trenches and two weeks resting.

2. What did soldiers use as slang for 'Britain'?

Answer: Blighty

Soldiers referred to the UK as 'Dear old Blighty'. It could sometimes be over a year before soldiers came back home on leave.

3. What was the name of the organisation that oversaw the sending of parcels to soldiers?

Answer: Red Cross

The International Committee of the Red Cross established in Switzerland in 1863.

4. Soldiers on the front line drank tea made with which substance instead of milk?

Answer: condensed milk

Soldiers drank cups of tea made with condensed milk. In winter, a cup of tea froze over in minutes of being made.

5. What is the name of the condition given to soldiers who suffer from shivering violently, screaming or moaning and twitching whenever guns were fired?

Answer: Shell-shock

Many soldiers suffered from shell-shock. Men with shell-shock were treated away from the front line. Some never recovered.

6. What were Casualty Clearing Stations?

Answer: mobile hospitals

Soldiers who were seriously injured were sent to Casualty Clearing Stations, which were mobile hospitals, located several kilometres behind the front line.

7. In total, how many people (civilian as well as military) died in World War I?

Answer: 20 million

The war caused the death of 20 million people. This figure does not include the flu epidemic of 1918.

8. What was the name given to the gap between the trenches of the opposing armies?

Answer: no man's land

The gap was called no man's land because of those who dared to cross not many survived.

9. The murder of whom was a major cause of war?

Answer: Franz Ferdinand

Franz Ferdined was assassinated on June 28th 1914 in Bosnia by Gavrilo Princip.

10. What was the name given to the notes that front line soldiers were allowed to send home?

Answer: field postcards

Front line soldiers weren't allowed to send letters. They had to send field postcards. They deleted the information as required and all field postcards were checked by the authorities. If anything extra had been written on them they were not sent.

Source: Author princesslia11

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