1) The first world war, was the first known time chemical weapons were used. a) True b) False 2) Unlike the Second World War, the USA was not involved in the first world war. a) True b) False 3) How many troops do you think were mobilised during the first world war? a) 45 million b) 50 million c) 55 million d) 60 million e) 65 million f) 70 million 4) On the first day of the Battle of the Somme in 1916 almost 60,000 British Soldiers were killed. a) True b) False 5) What percentage of France's population was killed duing the first world war? a) 6% b) 8% c) 11% d) 13% e) 15% f) 20% 6) At the Battle of Verdun in 1916 there were over a million casualties in 10 months. a) True b) False 7) On Christmas Eve of 1914, across the front line, fighting stopped and German and British soldiers even played football together. a) True b) False 8) Japan faced more casualties amongst their troops in the First World War than any other nation. a) True b) False 9) When the war began in the summer of 1914, most people thought it would be over by Christmas of 1914, but it dragged on until 1918. a) True b) False 10) In the trenches of WWI, "chatting" meant what? a) Talking to your mates b) Listening into the enemy c) Talking loudly about false information for the enemy to hear d) Getting rid of "chats" (lice) from your uniform 11) A "toffee apple" was a) an explosive mortar b) slang used to describe someone stuck in the mud c) a trench snack

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