Kept putting in Clemenceau and wondering why the name didn't work. Realized it was president and not prime minister. Sometimes it helps to read the question. Great quiz!
I was also thinking of Clemenceau though I couldn't remember his name exactly, in spite of doing a research project on him in 9th grade. Still, got most of these right. The taunt on the front page was wrong!
Yes, the question about France should be about Clemenceau as PM because he was really the one in control of France during the later stages of the war. I have not made an extensive study of the presidency vs. the prime minister under the French 3rd Republic, or whether the presidency became more powerful under De Gaulle and the French 5th Republic, but I DO know that in WWI, it was the Tiger of France who was calling the shots when the last shots were fired.
Not to pile on--okay, I'm piling on--but in all of the photos of the Allied leaders at Versailles it was Clemenceau, not Poincare, I the picture. See, e.g., https://www.loc.gov/item/2016646069/.
I get that for the purposes of this quiz, Clemenceau should probably be the correct answer, but it's still a little bit weird, since he only became Prime minister in November 1917, when the war was already weeeell under way! Other French Prime ministers during WWI are René Viviani (June 1914 - October 1915), Aristide Briand (October 1915 - March 1917), Alexandre Ribot (March - September 1917) and Paul Painlevé (September - November 1917).
Maybe you could clarify that you're looking for the French Prime Minister *at the end of the war*?
Of those, at least Aristide Briand is pretty famous (arguably more so than Asquith...) - he played a major role in the post-war peace movement and in the League of Nations, and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
It's probably impractical to add Briand to the quiz but, in that case, and for consistency, I think Asquith should be removed.
Also: yes, the power dynamics in France have fundamentally shifted since 1958 and the 5th Republic. The President is now basically omnipotent, and the Prime minister in most cases just a puppet. This was not the case during the 3rd Republic.
By the way, I think it's strange that in English the 3rd-Republic-office is called "Prime minister", when at the time, in France, it was called "President of the council (of ministers)".
Under the current 5th Republic, the office *is* actually called Premier ministre (Prime minister) - showing that it is different enough that French people actually bothered changing the name, so it's weird the same term would be used for both in English.
I actually find WW1 more interesting personally. I'm not sure I know more about WW1 than WW2, but if I could be an expert on just one of them I'd choose WW1.
I am sad with the fact that this quizes are so western oriented. There was war on Balkans and Eastern front also. By the way, breakthrough of Balkan front was a seal to Allied victory in WW1.
Why no Italy? Why no Japan? Why no lots of other things to do with the war? It's a short quiz, you can't cover everything (although the quiz probably is too west-centric)
Both Italy and Japan were combatants in the First World War, they didn't just fight in the Second. Both Italy and Japan felt snubbed by the Western Allies, despite being on the winning wide, and this led to a sense of resentment that fed into the political mix on the 1920s and 1930s in their respective countries. Both countries were part of the war, and one of them could easily have had a question about them as much as Serbia deserves.
Got them all with 2:51 remaining at 2:32:39 PM on February 2, 2019, with one pause of about fifteen to twenty seconds as I sat to try and remember France's president's name; it soon came back to me.
Though I understand the audience aren't necessarily British/French, I feel like the leaders of both should be more well-known considering how those two countries (and their empires) were the main opponents to the Central Powers.
Could Athlete's Foot also be accepted for the Trench Foot question? Per Wikipedia, it is also caused by moisture and was common amongst soldiers in WWI.
Maybe you could clarify that you're looking for the French Prime Minister *at the end of the war*?
It's probably impractical to add Briand to the quiz but, in that case, and for consistency, I think Asquith should be removed.
By the way, I think it's strange that in English the 3rd-Republic-office is called "Prime minister", when at the time, in France, it was called "President of the council (of ministers)".
Under the current 5th Republic, the office *is* actually called Premier ministre (Prime minister) - showing that it is different enough that French people actually bothered changing the name, so it's weird the same term would be used for both in English.
That's no on you, Quizmaster - it's just strange.
Also Italy and Japan weren't really relevant. If the Italians and Austrians fought twelve battles at the same location we can safely leave them out
source: https://www.jetpunk.com/interesting-facts/147 fact by me