Q.1
On the eve of the outbreak of war, in August 1914, Britain's Foreign Secretary commented: "The lamps are going out all over Europe: we shall not see them lit again in our time". What was he called?
  • Lord Curzon
  • Sir Edward Grey
  • Arthur Balfour
  • Austen Chamberlain
Q.2
In 1911 the British Chancellor of the Exchequer made a bellicose speech at the Mansion House in the City of London after the appearance of a German warship at an Atlantic port. What was this British politician called?
  • Churchill
  • Asquith
  • Baldwin
  • Lloyd George
Q.3
In 1906 the Royal Navy launched the first of a new class of capital ships, which immediately made all existing battleships and battle cruisers redundant. What was the name of this ship, which gave its name to all others of a similar type which were built from now on?
  • Invincible
  • Dreadnought
  • Illustrious
  • Fearless
Q.4
In June 1914 the heir to the Austrian throne, the Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated in a Bosnian city by a member of a Serbian terrorist group called the "Black Hand". In which precise city did this outrage take place?
  • Mostar
  • Dubrovnik
  • Zagreb
  • Sarajevo
Q.5
In 1905, 1908 and 1911 international crises arose in an African state, which France regarded as its colony. What name was given to this area?
  • Senegal
  • Tunisia
  • Algeria
  • Morocco
Q.6
The 1912-1913 period was marred by two wars in South Eastern Europe, as the regional powers squabbled with each other over what arrangements should follow an inevitable Ottoman withdrawal from their remaining European possessions. What name was given to these wars?
  • The Balkan Wars
  • The Wars of Liberation
  • The Peloponnesian Wars
  • The Wars of Balkan Independence
Q.7
In 1902 Britain signed a treaty with a non-European power, which had important military and colonial clauses. Which was this power?
  • The United States
  • China
  • Japan
  • Russia
Q.8
In 1908 Austria-Hungary decided to annex two provinces that were nominally part of the Ottoman (Turkish) Empire. Russia objected strongly to an incursion into territory that she regarded as part of her backyard, but the Austrians refused to back down. This crisis clearly instilled fresh tension into an already tense area. What was the region's name?
  • Croatia-Montenegro
  • Slovenia-Slavonia
  • Bohemia-Moravia
  • Bosnia-Hercegovina
Q.9
After 1882 Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy were members of a military alliance that lasted until What was this grouping called?
  • The Triple Alliance
  • The Triple Entente
  • The Tripartite Pact
  • The Central Power Pact
Q.10
In 1904 Britain and France settled their colonial quarrels by signing an agreement. What name was given to this treaty?
  • The Entente Cordiale
  • The Dual Entente
  • The Dual Alliance
  • The Paris Accords
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