A brief history test, in honour of Remembrance Day

[hoser1970]

The motto of Remembrance Day is Lest we forget!

As another pointed out in a different thread, as each year passes fewer and fewer people will remember WWI & WWII. So I thought it might be interesting to create a poll to see how many people actually remember what caused the start of WW1?

Don't google this, or reference Wikipedia, or vote as others have voted. Be honest and test your knowledge of history!

 

[a 1 player]

Wow, I sure hope people know this. Wasn't this required knowledge somewhere in school?

 

[Noir]

I know! It started on the 28th of July - Austria and Hungary declared a war on Serbia. The war started to grow and each country started getting their allies together. It was because of the [EDITED OUT AFTER I READ THE THREAD...lol]

Edit: D*oh......Didn't realize that it was a poll....

 

[a 1 player]

I know! It started on the 28th of July - Austria and Hungary declared a war on Serbia. The war started to grow and each country started getting their allies together.

I have a feeling that that alone is more than 80% of the population knows.

 

[y2kmark]

One answer ...

was a whole lot less wrong than the others, but ... Saying it "caused" WWI is waay to simplistic - a "trigger point" perhaps. BTW, he was assainated by a Bosnian Serb, not the last time they made international NEWS, is it?

 

[Noir]

How many Canadians know about Meech Lake

Something about Trudeau...Le Mouton Noir...failed amendments to the Canadian Constitution.... I can't say that I remember too much about it except that it no longer exists....I remember watching a documentary about it in high school...

Care to share guyroch?

 

[Anynym]

Something about Trudeau...Le Mouton Noir...failed amendments to the Canadian Constitution.... I can't say that I remember too much about it except that it no longer exists....I remember watching a documentary about it in high school...

Care to share guyroch?

I suspect those who go to Meech Lake regularly (including those who live there) would be disappointed to learn that it no longer exists. Although I haven't heard much about the nude beach at Meech Lake over the past few years.

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

Something about Trudeau...Le Mouton Noir...failed amendments to the Canadian Constitution.... I can't say that I remember too much about it except that it no longer exists....I remember watching a documentary about it in high school...

Care to share guyroch?

Actually it was Mulroney not Trudeau. The Meech Lake Accord was in 1987.

It was Mulroney's effort to get Quebec to patriate the Constitution.

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

was a whole lot less wrong than the others, but ... Saying it "caused" WWI is waay to simplistic - a "trigger point" perhaps. BTW, he was assainated by a Bosnian Serb, not the last time they made international NEWS, is it?

Correct, the assassination was the spark, not the cause.

It was a combination of things that caused the War. The results of the Franco-Prussian War, colonial expansion and the naval arms race between Britain and Germany were all major factors.

4 people thought it was Germany invading Poland? Yikes!

 

[Noir]

Actually it was Mulroney not Trudeau. The Meech Lake Accord was in 1987.

It was Mulroney's effort to get Quebec to patriate the Constitution.

I thought that Trudeau spoke out against the Accord....did he not? I wrote Mulroney earlier, but I wasn't entirely sure so I deleted it. *heck, at least congratulate me for knowing something that was instituted around the time of my birth. lol...*

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

I thought that Trudeau spoke out against the Accord....did he not? I wrote Mulroney earlier, but I wasn't entirely sure so I deleted it. *heck, at least congratulate me for knowing something that was instituted around the time of my birth. lol...*

No problem, my post wasn't meant to be condescending. Sorry if it came accross that way.

Yes, you are correct, Trudeau did speak out against the Accord. He had an issue with the "distinct society" clause which would have led to an ammendment to the original Constitution.

Ultimately it was NFLD. Premier Clyde Wells' resistance that killed it.

 

[Macator2003]

Now if you'd wrote what caused the start of the Second World War, I would have answered, the First World War, to a large degree.

The ways things were left, the Great Depression, the lack of any real plans at rebuilding Germany. The Germain people were so utterley destitute that they followed Hitler.

 

[lookingforitallthetime]

Ah - but does anyone remember the name of the ASSASSIN?????

Bonus marks for that!

Good trivia question!

I don't know.

 

[Noir]

Gavrillo Prinzip (or Princip?) or something like that. I may have the wrong spelling of course...

 

[a 1 player]

Gavrillo Prinzip or something like that. I have the wrong spelling of course...

You would be correct!

 

[Noir]

Now if you'd wrote what caused the start of the Second World War, I would have answered, the First World War, to a large degree.

The ways things were left, the Great Depression, the lack of any real plans at rebuilding Germany. The Germain people were so utterley destitute that they followed Hitler.

To add: having a cultural scapegoat, as well as a some sort of means of stimulating the economy (war) the Germans followed Hitler's lead.

You would be correct!

Yay! ^_^ Where's my Star sticker?

 

[a 1 player]

Yay! ^_^ Where's my Star sticker?

Only if I can choose where to adhere it.

 

[hoser1970]

Wow!

Not only is Noir HOT, but she knows her history!

 

[DATYdude]

That's one of the reasons she's so hot. Supasexycallifraginerdy! OW!

Oh, right, Remembrance Day. Lest we forget.

So sad all of the people who died in WWI for so little.

Very little territory was actually won (trench warfare), the use of outdated military techniques (cavalry against machine guns?), and a war that had no point in the first place other than proving the size of the cojones of three of Queen Victoria's grandchildren, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Czar Nicolas II, and King George V.

Of course it was more than that, Germany's rapid militarization after 1870, creation of alliances (especially the Russians with the Serbs), the decline of the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman empires, military mobilizations on all sides interpreted by others as offensive (the so-called "powderkeg").

What, something like 30 million dead, plus the flu pandemic of 1918 once the war was done? War to end all wars indeed.

And it's certainly possible to say that WWI didn't really end until 1945. But that's another essay question, kids.

 

[The Houdini]

warfare of WWI was quite revolutionary. Cumbersome Tanks were used for the first time with a lot of success, as well as aerial Bombers to shock troops. The Bombers were actually open cockpit Bi planes with either the pilot or the gunner literally throwing small bombs out of the cockpit with their bare hands.

Also the first usage of chemical weapons in war. The Germans used it quite effectively during the trench warfare, killing thousands of Allied soldies. Death was excruciatingly painful by way of asphyxiation. Soldiers were eventually advised to piss on their handkechiefs and put it to their mouths to help prevent breathing in the fumes. It actually worked for those who adhered the advice.

I addition, Aerial dog fights were first used. The most famous "The Red Baron" (Manfred Von Richtofen) in his strikingly Red Tri decker plane brought fear to any Allied Pilot who was unlucky enough to duel with him. That's when the term Ace was first used to describe any pilot who shot down 3 or more enemy planes. He actually downed 80 enemy planes, the most of any flier in WW1