Q.1
The first day of the Battle of the Somme was called "the worst day in the history of the British Army", when nearly 20,000 British soldiers were killed and almost 40,000 wounded, captured or missing. What was the precise date of this day?
  • 1 July 1916
  • 22 June 1916
  • 17 July 1916
  • 1 August 1916
Q.2
In anticipation of a huge attack, the British government introduced a new form of recruitment as the response from volunteers was becoming smaller and smaller. What name was given to this new system, long employed on the continent?
  • Conscription
  • Enlistment
  • The Press Gang
  • Joining up
Q.3
Many young men who signed up for the army preferred to serve in the same units as their work mates, school friends and neighbours. Thus, casualty lists often included siblings and neighbours from the same town and factory. What name was given to such formations?
  • Mates units
  • Pals battalions
  • Chums platoons
  • Friends for life
Q.4
The Ulster Memorial on the Somme commemorates what sort of British troops who fell in the battle between July and November 1916?
  • Roman Catholics from the North East of Ireland
  • Protestants from the North East of Ireland
  • Catholics and Protestants from the North East of Ireland
  • Troops recruited from all over Ireland
Q.5
Lloyd George, newly appointed Defence Minister after the death of Lord Kitchener, had his doubts about the wisdom of the Somme offensive. Much of the blame for failure was put on the prime minister who authorised the attack. Who was this?
  • Herbert Asquith
  • George Curzon
  • Arthur Balfour
  • Edward Grey
Q.6
In September 1916 a new weapon was employed for the first time at the battle of Flers-Courcelette. Which weapon was this?
  • Flame-throwers
  • Anti-personnel mines
  • Trench mortars
  • Tanks
Q.7
At the end of 1916 - after the end of the Battle of the Somme - German forces withdrew to a pre-prepared defensive line where they expected to receive the next British attack. What name was given to this line?
  • The Hohenzollern Line
  • The Ludendorff Line
  • The Mackensen Line
  • The Hindenburg Line
Q.8
The British memorial on the Somme is especially significant. How does it compare with other British war memorials?
  • It is the largest British war memorial in France
  • It is the largest British war memorial anywhere from the Great War
  • It is the largest British war memorial in the world
  • It is the only British war memorial that records the names of all British troops who died in the Battle of the Somme
Q.9
Which famous British architect designed the Somme memorial to British dead?
  • Lutyens
  • Rogers
  • Stirling
  • Seifert
Q.10
Where exactly is this British memorial?
  • Albert
  • Bapaume
  • Peronne
  • Thiepval
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