The Ultimate Year Quiz - 1918
See what you know about the year 1918
Quiz created by: Mr. Badger Hawkeye
1. What country signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on March 3, 1918 with Germany and Austria, thus ending their involvement in World War I?
(#) Russia
(#) Serbia
(#) the Ottoman Empire
(#) Italy
2. Whose family was executed on July 17, 1918 in Ekaterinburg?
(#) Czar Nicholas II of Russia
(#) Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany
(#) Vladimir Lenin
(#) Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria-Hungary
3. What team won the 1918 World Series?
(#) New York Giants
(#) Boston Red Sox
(#) Chicago White Sox
(#) Chicago Cubs
4. What happened on October 8, 1918?
(#) the city of Mayaguez, Puerto Rico is nearly destroyed by an 7.5 earthquake and a tsunami
(#) Czechosolvakia declares its independence from Austria-Hungary
(#) US Corporal Alvin C. York almost single-handedly kills 25 German soldiers and captures 132
(#) the city of Cloquet, Minnesota is destroyed by fire, killing 453 people
5. What country became the home of Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany after he abdicated on November 9, 1918?
(#) Finland
(#) Luxembourg
(#) Russia
(#) the Netherlands
6. Outside of what French city was the armistice agreement signed, thus ending World War I, on November 11, 1918?
(#) Nice
(#) Versailles
(#) Compiegne
(#) Paris
7. The Malbone Street Wreck, which was one of the most deadly train crashes in U.S. history, took place on November 1, 1918 in what major U.S. city?
(#) San Francisco
(#) Chicago
(#) Boston
(#) New York City
8. In what state is the town of Codell, which was hit for a third year in row by a tornado on May 20, 1918, located?
(#) Iowa
(#) Nebraska
(#) Wyoming
(#) Kansas
9. What company did General Motors acquire on May 2, 1918?
(#) Buick Motor Company
(#) Chevrolet Motor Company
(#) Cadillac Automobile Company
(#) Olds Motor Vehicle Company
10. What became the capital of Soviet Russia on March 12, 1918?
(#) Moscow
(#) Petrograd
(#) Kiev
(#) Minsk
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