List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Flanders - Quiz
List of World War I memorials and cemeteries in Flanders
  • 1. Which website provides details regarding German cemeteries?
A) Australia
B) Germany
C) France
D) Canada
  • 2. What is the primary purpose of the French website listed?
A) Searching for French soldiers killed in 1914–1918
B) Records of the Australian Imperial Force
C) Details of German cemeteries
D) Canadian service record searches
  • 3. The Canadian website allows users to perform what action?
A) Read historical diaries of Canadian soldiers
B) Find details of French cemeteries
C) Search for German soldiers killed in 1914-1918
D) Search for Canadian service records of the 1914–1918 war
  • 4. What is the subject matter of the Australian website?
A) Searching for French soldiers
B) Matters concerning the Australian Imperial Force
C) Canadian service records
D) Details of German cemeteries
  • 5. Who is the author of 'Forgotten Voices of the Great War'?
A) N. Cave
B) Y. Buffetaut
C) J. Cooksey
D) M. Arthur
  • 6. What is the title of the book authored by Y. Buffetaut?
A) Hill 60 Ypres
B) 1915. The Death of Innocence
C) Ypres 22 avril 1915
D) Death of An Army
  • 7. Which book is titled 'Hill 60 Ypres'?
A) M. Arthur
B) G. Gliddon
C) N. Cave
D) J. Cooksey
  • 8. J. Cooksey is the author of which book?
A) Army Battlefield Guide
B) First Ypres 1914
C) Images of War. Flanders-1915
D) The Old Contemptibles
  • 9. Who wrote 'Death of An Army'?
A) A. Farrar-Hockley
B) R. Neillands
C) R. Holmes
D) L. MacDonald
  • 10. G. Gliddon authored which work?
A) Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide
B) Massacre of the Innocents
C) VCs of the First World War 1914
D) Forgotten Voices of the Great War
  • 11. What book is written by R. Holmes?
A) First Ypres 1914
B) Army Battlefield Guide. Belgium and Northern France
C) Illustrated Michelin Guides to the Battlefields
D) The Old Contemptibles
  • 12. Who authored 'Major and Mrs Holt's Battlefield Guide to the Ypres Salient'?
A) G. Royon
B) D. Lomas
C) T. and V. Holt
D) R. Neillands
  • 13. What is the subject of the book with ISBN 978-0-904775-24-2?
A) Ypres and The Battles of Ypres
B) The Crofton Diaries
C) The Old Contemptibles
D) Hill 60
  • 14. D. Lomas wrote which book?
A) 1915. The Death of Innocence
B) First Ypres 1914 The Graveyard of the Old Contemptibles
C) Death of An Army
D) Massacre of the Innocents
  • 15. Who wrote '1915. The Death of Innocence'?
A) M. Arthur
B) A. Farrar-Hockley
C) R. Neillands
D) L. MacDonald
  • 16. Which author wrote 'The Old Contemptibles. The British Expeditionary Force 1914'?
A) G. Gliddon
B) R. Neillands
C) D. Lomas
D) N. Cave
  • 17. What is the title of the book written by G. Royon?
A) Death of An Army
B) Forgotten Voices of the Great War
C) 1915. The Death of Innocence
D) Massacre of the Innocents The Crofton Diaries Ypres 1914–1915
  • 18. Which region in Belgium is home to many World War I memorials and graves?
A) Flanders
B) Brussels
C) Wallonia
D) Luxembourg
  • 19. Where did the Western Front end by the end of 1914?
A) Swiss Border
B) North Sea Coast
C) German Border
D) French Border
  • 20. How many memorials in Flanders are carillons?
A) Fifty
B) Two
C) Ten
D) Five
  • 21. In which province can most war memorials in Flanders be found?
A) East Flanders
B) West Flanders
C) Antwerp
D) Limburg
  • 22. Approximately how many British and Commonwealth soldiers are missing in the Ypres Salient?
A) 25,000
B) 50,000
C) 100,000
D) 90,000
  • 23. Which memorial is located south of Messines and commemorates the missing of the Lys battlefield?
A) Tyne Cot Memorial
B) Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing
C) Menin Gate Memorial
D) Buttes Cemetery Memorial
  • 24. Where are the names of missing German soldiers inscribed?
A) Menin Gate
B) Tyne Cot
C) Langemark German cemetery
D) Ploegsteert
  • 25. How are French soldiers primarily commemorated in the Ypres Salient area?
A) Oak panels
B) Ossuaries
C) Bronze statues
D) Individual headstones
  • 26. Which of these is NOT one of the arrondissements of West Flanders listed in the text?
A) Bruges
B) Ypres
C) Ostend
D) Brussels
  • 27. How many bells did the American engineering societies donate to the Leuven Academic libraries?
A) 51
B) 49
C) 63
D) 48
  • 28. When was the Leuven carillon donated by American engineers dedicated?
A) 4 July 1928
B) 22 November 1914
C) 19 August 2018
D) 11 November 2018
  • 29. Who led the restoration and expansion of the Leuven Academic library carillon?
A) The Academic libraries
B) Margo Halsted
C) Petit & Fritsen
D) Marcel Michiels Jr.
  • 30. What happened to the Ypres Cloth Hall carillons in 1914?
A) They were destroyed by artillery fire
B) They were relocated to Park Abbey
C) They were stolen by invaders
D) They were banned by the allies
  • 31. Which company retuned the Ypres Cloth Hall carillon in 1963?
A) Marcel Michiels Jr.
B) American Engineering Societies
C) Petit & Fritsen
D) St. Peter's Church
  • 32. How many bells are in the carillon at the Church of Our Lady in Aarschot?
A) 63
B) 48
C) 51
D) 49
  • 33. Which city is the partner of Leuven in the reconstruction of the Park Abbey carillon?
A) Aarschot
B) Neuss
C) Ypres
D) Ploegsteert
  • 34. When was the Park Abbey carillon inaugurated?
A) 11 November 2018
B) 4 July 1928
C) 22 November 1914
D) 19 August 2018
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