World War I and discoveries Trivia Quiz

Q1: What year did World War I begin?

Answer: 1914

Q2: Which gas was first used as a chemical weapon in World War I?

Answer: Chlorine gas

Q3: Who invented the tank and demonstrated it during WWI?

Answer: Ernest Swinton

Q4: What was the name of the ship whose sinking helped trigger America's entry into WWI?

Answer: Lusitania

Q5: Which element was discovered by Frederick Soddy in 1913 during his WWI research?

Answer: Protactinium

Q6: What was the Western Front primarily characterized by?

Answer: Trench warfare

Q7: Who developed the first practical use of radar shortly after WWI?

Answer: Robert Watson-Watt

Q8: What was the name of the treaty that ended World War I?

Answer: Treaty of Versailles

Q9: Which vitamin's importance was discovered during WWI when soldiers suffered from deficiency diseases?

Answer: Vitamin C

Q10: What weapon was first successfully used in the Battle of the Somme in 1916?

Answer: Tank

Q11: Who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918 for discoveries in quantum theory during the war period?

Answer: Max Planck

Q12: What disease killed more soldiers than combat during WWI?

Answer: Spanish flu

Q13: Which Austrian physicist developed nuclear fission research that began during WWI?

Answer: Lise Meitner

Q14: What was the main alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire called?

Answer: Central Powers

Q15: Who invented the first practical airplane machine gun synchronizer during WWI?

Answer: Anthony Fokker

Q16: What new medical technique was pioneered by Harold Gillies during WWI?

Answer: Plastic surgery

Q17: Which element was discovered in 1918 by Otto Hahn and Lise Meitner?

Answer: Protactinium

Q18: What was the nickname for the massive artillery pieces used by the Germans?

Answer: Big Bertha

Q19: Who developed the first convoy system for protecting ships during WWI?

Answer: Admiral David Beatty

Q20: What was the primary cause of 'trench foot' among soldiers?

Answer: Prolonged exposure to wet conditions