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What was the name of the treaty that formalized the end of WWI?

Trivia: What was the name of the treaty that formalized the end of WWI?

The Churchill Treaty
Treaty of Versailles
Congress of Vienna
The Allied Agreement

Correct Answer: Treaty of Versailles

So why is this answer correct? : In June of 1919, the Treaty of Versailles was signed at Versaille Palace in Paris, France, signifying the end of the war. While it was meant to formalize peace, the agreement imposed harsh punishment on Germany, which, as stipulated by the treaty, had to take responsibility for the war as a whole and pay massive reparations.

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What World War I policy is still used by Americans today?

Trivia: What World War I policy is still used by Americans today?

The Draft
The National Guard
Food Stamps
Daylight Savings Time

Correct Answer: Daylight Savings Time

So why is this answer correct? : Whether you love or hate the seasonal shifts in time, you can thank the Germans for the acceptance of Daylight Savings Time. Though it had been introduced earlier, it was first implemented as a national policy in April 1916 to address wartime coal shortages and keep German cities dark during nighttime air raids. The Allies followed suit and DST is still used in many countries today.

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The day World War I ended is known as what?

Trivia: The day World War I ended is known as what?

Victory in Europe Day
Armistice Day
Independence Day
Victoria Day

Correct Answer: Armistice Day

So why is this answer correct? : The agreement that ended the fighting on the Western Front of World War I was signed on November 11, 1918, later dubbed Armistice Day. Although the fighting continued in other areas, and the conflict formally ended in June 1919 with the Treaty of Versailles, Armistice Day is widely recognized as the end of the First World War. The date is now honored on Remembrance Sunday in the United Kingdom and on Veterans Day in the United States.

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In the Zimmermann Telegram Germany proposed an alliance to which nation?

Trivia: In the Zimmermann Telegram Germany proposed an alliance to which nation?

Mexico
United States
Cuba
Sweden

Correct Answer: Mexico

So why is this answer correct? : In 1917, a secret message (now known as the Zimmermann Telegram) was sent from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance. Germany proposed that Mexico could reconquer Texas, Arizona and New Mexico from America during the war. News of the telegram helped shift U.S. public opinion to favor going to war.

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WWI was the first major conflict to harness the use of what technology?

Trivia: WWI was the first major conflict to harness the use of what technology?

Submarines
Airplanes
Battleships
Horses

Correct Answer: Airplanes

So why is this answer correct? : The Wright brothers took their first famous flight 11 years before war broke out, and WWI was the first major conflict to use planes in battle. They were pivotal in spying on the battlefront and instrumental in helping the Allies drive the Germans out of France.

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What country’s declaration of war triggered the start of World War I?

Trivia: What country’s declaration of war triggered the start of World War I?

Austria-Hungary
Ottoman Empire
United Kingdom
Germany

Correct Answer: Austria-Hungary

So why is this answer correct? : After Bosnian Serb Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia in July 1914. Its ally, Germany, then declared war on Russia. The rest is World War I history.

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Who was the U.S. President during World War I?

Trivia: Who was the U.S. President during World War I?

Warren G. Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
William Howard Taft

Correct Answer: Woodrow Wilson

So why is this answer correct? : President Woodrow Wilson was first elected in 1912 and re-elected to a second term in 1916. Despite his re-election campaign slogan being “He Kept Us Out of War,” President Wilson declared war in April 1917 and entered the U.S. into the WWI global conflict.