Q.1
The letters BEF stood for what?
  • Branch of the Elite Forces
  • Bravest Elite Fighters
  • Brigade of Experienced Footsoldiers
  • British Expeditionary Force
Q.2
There was stalemate at which battle of late 1914?
  • Brest-Litovsk
  • Loos
  • Passchendaele
  • Ypres
Q.3
What did it mean to 'go over the top'?
  • Climb hills for lookout points
  • Ignore an officer's orders
  • Leave the trenches to attack the enemy
  • Use madness as an excuse to be sent home
Q.4
Which river near Paris saw a battle of September 1914?
  • Garonne
  • Marne
  • Oise
  • Seine
Q.5
What was not a feature of the trenches?
  • Barbed wire defences
  • Deep, heavy mud
  • Rats and disease
  • Warm dry dormitories
Q.6
What was the main method of fighting throughout the war?
  • Airborne warfare
  • Cavalry raids
  • Nuclear warfare
  • Trench warfare
Q.7
What was the first major battle of the war for the British troops?
  • Mons
  • The Somme
  • Verdun
  • Ypres
Q.8
Land between opposing trenches was known as.....?
  • Death valley
  • No man's land
  • The pit of peril
  • The wasteland
Q.9
What weapon was used for the first time at the 2nd Battle of Ypres?
  • Grenades
  • Machine guns
  • Poison gas
  • Tanks
Q.10
Ypres was the site of how many battles?
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
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