Which German admiral commanded the East Asia Squadron at the Battle of Coronel?
Answer
Maximilian von Spee
34719 Intermediate Trivia Questions
34719 public questions at this depth. How many can you answer?
Which battle began on July 31, 1917, and is also called the Third Battle of Ypres?
Answer
Battle of Passchendaele
Which British officer became famous for his role in the Arab Revolt during World War I?
Answer
T. E. Lawrence
Which Ottoman minister of war helped lead the empire during World War I?
Answer
Enver Pasha
Who was the British prime minister when World War I began in 1914?
Answer
H. H. Asquith
Which battle in September 1914 halted the German advance toward Paris?
Answer
First Battle of the Marne
Which German flying ace had the most aerial victories in World War I?
Answer
Manfred von Richthofen
Which French general served as Supreme Allied Commander in 1918?
Answer
Ferdinand Foch
Which German general is credited with the victory at the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914?
Answer
Paul von Hindenburg
Which British general captured Jerusalem from the Ottoman Empire in 1917?
Answer
Edmund Allenby
Which treaty ended Russia's involvement in World War I?
Answer
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Who commanded the British Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland?
Answer
John Jellicoe
Which Russian army was destroyed at the Battle of Tannenberg in 1914?
Answer
Second Army
What intercepted telegram from Germany to Mexico helped bring the U.S. into WWI?
Answer
Zimmermann Telegram
What was the largest naval battle of World War I?
Answer
Battle of Jutland
What was the name of Germany's plan for a two-front war against France and Russia?
Answer
Schlieffen Plan
At which battle were tanks first used in combat?
Answer
Battle of Flers–Courcelette
What peace treaty with Germany was signed in 1919 at the Paris Peace Conference?
Answer
Treaty of Versailles
What was the longest single battle of World War I, lasting from February to December 1916?
Answer
Battle of Verdun
Which Paris palace was stormed on 10 August 1792, leading to the fall of the French monarchy?
Answer
Tuileries Palace
Which revolutionary journalist was executed alongside Danton on April 5, 1794?
Answer
Camille Desmoulins
Who was the radical journalist executed on March 24, 1794?
Answer
Jacques Hébert
What was the name of the peasant uprising in July 1789 known as?
Answer
The Great Fear
What was the name of the constitution that established the Directory?
Answer
Constitution of the Year III
On what date did the Thermidorian Reaction begin?
Answer
27 July 1794
On what date was the Committee of Public Safety created?
Answer
6 April 1793
On what date did the Festival of the Federation take place?
Answer
14 July 1790
On what date was the Civil Constitution of the Clergy adopted?
Answer
12 July 1790
On what date did the National Constituent Assembly abolish feudal privileges?
Answer
4 August 1789
What committee oversaw police and internal security during the Reign of Terror?
Answer
Committee of General Security
On what date did the Battle of Fleurus take place?
Answer
26 June 1794
What law in 1793 imposed maximum prices on essential goods?
Answer
Law of the Maximum
What prison in Paris was the site of many September Massacre killings?
Answer
Abbaye Prison
Who was the Girondin leader executed on October 31, 1793?
Answer
Jacques Pierre Brissot
Which revolutionary leader was known as 'the friend of the people'?
Answer
Jean-Paul Marat
What festival did Robespierre organize on June 8, 1794, to celebrate a new deist religion?
Answer
Festival of the Supreme Being
On what date was revolutionary leader Georges Danton executed?
Answer
April 5, 1794
On what date did Louis XVI attempt to flee Paris during the Flight to Varennes?
Answer
June 20, 1791
What coup on 9 November 1799 brought Napoleon Bonaparte to power?
Answer
Coup of 18 Brumaire