Welcome to the 4th Discovering Belgium Quiz. This is on the First World War in Belgium.
In the lead-up to Armistice Day 2020, here’s a First World War Quiz. The objective is not just to see how much you know (or don’t know!) about this topic, but to inform us all on some of the events from 1914-18. I certainly learned a lot from preparing the questions, and I hope you do from answering them. And I hope that whether you are a war expert or not, you enjoy the quiz and find it stimulating and fun.
Have you already completed the first three Discovering Belgium quizzes? If not, try Quiz No. 1, Quiz No. 2 and Quiz No. 3.
Good luck with this First World War Quiz! Feel free to share your score and what you think of it in the comments below.
The First World War Quiz
How much do you know about the First World War in Belgium? Answer these 20 questions and find out!
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Blimey not that easy! Phil (husband) got 13, not brilliant but not bad either ?
Considering you are not Belgian, you don’t live in Flanders, you don’t have history PhDs, and I don’t think you were born in that era: it’s excellent!
18 points. Though I hold a PhD in Modern History and wrote about World War 1, there were some tough questions! Nice!
Thanks Michael!
16 points here, but feeling better about that knowing your score ;-). There are indeed some tough questions in there!
Good score Bert! Thanks for taking part.
8 out of 20… embarrassed! Great quiz though Denzil… More please!
No need for embarrassment Clare, I made it tough as I have a lot of historian followers and I need to challenge them!
Don’t worry, I’ve edited your original comment, and deleted this one!
Crikey, I did a miserable 7 out of 20. I might have done better with WWII questions. You have some tough quizzes, Denzil.
My Twitter group of WW1 experts is enjoying the quiz and they are all not scoring top marks, so don’t be too hard on yourself Pat!
10/20
I really must try harder
See me after the lesson Paul for 30 minutes’ detention.
Feeling a bit shell-shocked, a D-, only 12 right, he groused.
That’s a good score Robert. I made it tough to challenge my WW1 historian readers.
15 out of 20 – better than I thought. It was a hard one…
But also thought provoking and fun – I give your quiz 20 out of 20, Denzil!
Excellent score Daniel. And you get a bonus point for being so nice to the question-master!
10/12 A lot were wild guesses.
A fascinating quiz but only 10/20. Mainly thanks to War poets knowledge but have visited many of the sites in Belgium and the Last Post at Ypres.
But now you know 10 more new facts about WW1! Thanks for participating Georgina.
11/20 just proves that one should always go with the first answer that comes into your head. Changed my mind 4 times. BTW the answer about why Australians are called Diggers is actually because when the ANZAC’s landed at Gallipoli the word came up the cliffs to “dig dig dig until you are safe”.
Thanks Glen, yes I saw that as a possible explanation, but even before Gallipoli they were called Diggers apparently, from Australians’ exploits in South Africa, the Boer War and their gold mining activities.
16/20
… historical interest…and have been watching some WW1 videos on YouTube recently. 1 cousin killed at Paschendaele.
Excellent score Richard. Passchendaele was a hell, for sure.
16/20 Pleased with that. Some searching questions in amongst them. Great Fun though.
Glad you enjoyed it Malcolm. You’re in the Premier League!
I know without even going there that my score will be abysmal, Denzil, so I will simply share 🙂 🙂
Thanks Jo. I needed to make it challenging as quite a few history buffs follow me.
I learned a lot in this quiz Denzil. I thought the term diggers came about because of the need to dig trenches.
I’m not sure that would apply only to Australians Carol. There does seem to be a bit of confusion around the origin of this word.
17, played a big part in my families history
Thanks for taking part Geoff. You obviously know your WW1 stuff!
Bummer for me! Only 16 out of 20! So much for thinking I knew lot!
Actually Liz that’s pretty good. Some WW1 historians were getting 17 or 18.
Wow. I thought I knew something about the subject, but learnt lots too. Which is great. Thank you. Only got 12/20.
Thanks for taking part and glad you enjoyed it! ?
19/20….gutted! I know of John Condon aged 14, and Valentine John Strudwick, but forgot the young Australian killed on
HMAS Sydney aged 12. As a battlefield tour guide, I should have got them all…..so gutted!
Well done Bruce, that’s the top score I think. Thanks for taking part and being a sport.