How much do you know about 1914?
QUESTIONS.
1. Edgar Rice Burroughs publishes a novel destined for fame.What is it called?
2. Mme Caillaux, wife of the French Minister of Finance, shoots dead Gaston
Calmette.Who is Calmette?
3. Which contentious piece of legislation throws the British Parliament into
disarray?
4. The U.S.A finds itself in a state of armed confrontation with which
neighbouring country?
5. Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated in which city?
6. Which French socialist deputy is murdered in Paris?
7. Henri Matisse paints one of his most famous works.What is it called?
8. The death is announced of which British statesman and radical politician?
9. July 28th.Austria-Hungary declare war on which state?
10. August 1st. Germany declares war on which country?
11. August 3rd. Germany declares war on…?
12. August 4th. Britain declares war on…?
13. September, German and Allied armies try to outflank each other, in what
becomes known as…?
14. October 30th. First battle of…?
15. December 8th. Royal Navy defeats German squadron in a battle off which
South Atlantic islands?
ANSWERS
1.Tarzan of the Apes. 2. Editor of Figaro. 3.The Irish Home Rule Bill. 4. Mexico. 5.
Sarajevo. 6. Jean Jaures. 7.The Red Studio. 8. Joseph Chamberlain. 9. Serbia. 10.
Russia. 11. France. 12. Germany. 13.The Race to the Sea. 14.Ypres. 15.The Falkland
Islands.
