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Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand - Quiz
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  • 1. Who was the Archduke of Austria-Hungary assassinated in 1914, triggering the start of World War I?
A) Kaiser Wilhelm II
B) Franz Ferdinand
C) King George V
D) Tsar Nicholas II
  • 2. Which organization was behind the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Red Cross
B) Green Thumb
C) Black Hand
D) Yellow Ribbon
  • 3. Who fired the fatal shot that killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Franz Joseph
B) Vladimir Lenin
C) Otto von Bismarck
D) Gavrilo Princip
  • 4. Which city was the capital of Austria-Hungary during the time of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination?
A) Budapest
B) Vienna
C) Sarajevo
D) Prague
  • 5. Who was the leader of Austria-Hungary at the time of Archduke Franz Ferdinand's assassination?
A) Gavrilo Princip
B) Franz Joseph
C) Archduke Franz Ferdinand
D) Vladimir Lenin
  • 6. Which country was an ally of Austria-Hungary and declared war on Serbia, helping spark World War I?
A) United Kingdom
B) France
C) Russia
D) Germany
  • 7. Which country was the first to declare war on Austria-Hungary in response to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) Russia
B) Germany
C) Serbia
D) France
  • 8. Which country mobilized its troops in support of Serbia after Austria-Hungary declared war?
A) Japan
B) Italy
C) United States
D) Russia
  • 9. Which country did Archduke Franz Ferdinand belong to?
A) Austria-Hungary
B) Germany
C) Serbia
D) Russia
  • 10. What was the political objective of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A) To overthrow Emperor Franz Joseph
B) To start a war between Austria-Hungary and Russia
C) To annex Bosnia and Herzegovina to Serbia
D) To free Bosnia and Herzegovina of Austro-Hungarian rule and establish a common South Slav state
  • 11. Who was the chief of the military intelligence section of the Serbian general staff that supported the assassination?
A) Dragutin Dimitrijević
B) Vojislav Tankosić
C) Danilo Ilić
D) Rade Malobabić
  • 12. What was the fate of Gavrilo Princip after his trial?
A) He was executed
B) He was sentenced to life imprisonment
C) He was sentenced to 20 years in jail
D) He was acquitted
  • 13. What was the name of the Serbian king installed after the 1903 coup?
A) Alexander I Obrenović
B) Dragutin Dimitrijević
C) Milan I of Serbia
D) Peter I of the House of Karađorđević
  • 14. What was the name of the Serbian nationalist society formed in 1908?
A) Narodna Odbrana
B) Young Bosnia
C) The Black Hand
D) Committee of Union and Progress
  • 15. What was the name of the Bosnian Serb student who attempted to assassinate the Austrian governor of Bosnia in 1910?
A) Muhamed Mehmedbašić
B) Vaso Čubrilović
C) Cvjetko Popović
D) Bogdan Žerajić
  • 16. What was the name of the battle commemorated on the day of the assassination?
A) The Battle of Belgrade
B) The Battle of Kosovo
C) The Battle of Sarajevo
D) The Battle of Vukovar
  • 17. What was the condition set by Emperor Franz Joseph for Archduke Franz Ferdinand's marriage?
A) They would have no children
B) Their descendants would never ascend the throne
C) Franz Ferdinand would renounce his claim to the throne
D) Sophie would renounce her title
  • 18. What was the name of the literary work that inspired Princip and other members of Young Bosnia?
A) The Mountain Wreath by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
B) The Iliad by Homer
C) The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
D) War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
  • 19. What was the age range of the assassins at the time of the assassination?
A) All assassins were over 25 years old
B) All assassins were teenagers
C) All assassins were between 18 and 22 years old
D) Five of the six assassins were under 20 years old
  • 20. What was the role of Major Vojislav Tankosić in the assassination plot?
A) He was a bystander who witnessed the assassination
B) He provided bombs and pistols to the assassins and trained them
C) He was the driver of the car carrying the assassins
D) He was the mastermind behind the assassination
  • 21. What was the fate of the Black Hand members after their trial in 1917?
A) Three of its leaders were executed
B) They were all acquitted
C) They were all executed
D) They were all sentenced to life imprisonment
  • 22. What was the name of the Bosnian Croat student involved in a plot to assassinate the Governor of Croatia in 1912?
A) Vaso Čubrilović
B) Muhamed Mehmedbašić
C) Luka Jukić
D) Cvjetko Popović
  • 23. What was the name of the movement that included Bosnian Croats and Muslims along with Bosnian Serbs?
A) Young Bosnia
B) Narodna Odbrana
C) The Committee of Union and Progress
D) The Black Hand
  • 24. What was the name of the Austro-Hungarian governor of Bosnia who was targeted for assassination in 1910?
A) Archduke Franz Ferdinand
B) General Marijan Varešanin
C) Emperor Franz Joseph
D) Count Slavko Cuvaj
  • 25. Where did Major Vojislav Tankosić call a Serbian irredentist planning meeting?
A) Sarajevo, Bosnia.
B) Toulouse, France.
C) Užice, Serbia.
D) Belgrade, Serbia.
  • 26. Who informed Mehmedbašić that an attack on Franz Ferdinand would be more important?
A) Vladimir Gacinović.
B) Colonel Dragutin Dimitrijević.
C) Major Vojislav Tankosić.
D) Danilo Ilić.
  • 27. Who showed Gavrilo Princip a newspaper cutting about Archduke Franz Ferdinand's visit to Bosnia?
A) Nedeljko Čabrinović
B) Trifko Grabež
C) Vaso Čubrilović
D) Cvjetko Popović
  • 28. Which of the following was not recruited by Ilić for the assassination?
A) Trifko Grabež
B) Mehmed Mehmedbašić
C) Cvjetko Popović
D) Vaso Čubrilović
  • 29. When did the recruitment of assassins occur, according to the Sarajevo trial?
A) During the summer
B) Shortly after Orthodox Easter
C) In early autumn
D) At the beginning of spring
  • 30. Who was the fellow Bosnian Serb and former guerrilla fighter approached for arms?
A) Ilić
B) Nedeljko Čabrinović
C) Major Tankosić
D) Milan Ciganović
  • 31. What type of pistol did the assassins practice shooting with?
A) Walther Model 1910
B) FN Model 1910
C) Browning Model 1910
D) Mauser Model 1910
  • 32. In what year did J. Jovanović go public about his warning?
A) 1920
B) 1914
C) 1924
D) 1918
  • 33. Who did Čabrinović meet in Tuzla?
A) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
B) Captain Prvanović
C) Sarajevo Police Detective Ivan Vila
D) Captain Popović
  • 34. Where did Franz Ferdinand and his party arrive for a scheduled reception?
A) Sarajevo Hospital
B) Latin Bridge
C) Town Hall
D) Appel Quay
  • 35. Who admitted ordering the assassination of Franz Ferdinand?
A) Stojan Protić
B) Apis
C) Regent Alexander
D) Colonel Petar Živković
  • 36. Who led Princip and Grabež to Isaković's Island?
A) Captain Prvanović
B) Detective Ivan Vila
C) Captain Popović
D) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
  • 37. Who was the new military conspirator added to the report?
A) Captain Popović
B) Major Kosta Todorović
C) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
D) Captain Prvanović
  • 38. Who wrote about Prime Minister Pašić reviewing the assassination plot with his cabinet?
A) Milenko Vesnić
B) Miroslav Spalajković
C) Ljubomir Jovanović
D) Colonel Lešjanin
  • 39. How many death sentences were originally handed down to Apis and his associates?
A) Seven
B) Nine
C) Eight
D) Ten
  • 40. Where did Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović reach on 29 May?
A) Loznica
B) Šabac
C) Tuzla
D) Zvornik
  • 41. Who was in charge of the Russian Military Attaché's office while Viktor Artamonov was on vacation?
A) Assistant Military Attaché Alexander Werchovsky
B) Apis
C) Sergey Sazonov
D) Milan Ciganović
  • 42. What was the initial report of the Danube incident to Emperor Franz-Joseph?
A) Reported as a successful negotiation
B) Erroneously reported as a substantial skirmish
C) Accurately reported as a minor incident
D) Not reported at all
  • 43. Which Great Power did not initially choose sides in the conflict?
A) Italy
B) Germany
C) France
D) Russia
  • 44. What was the maximum sentence for conspiracy to commit high treason?
A) 20 years imprisonment
B) 10 years imprisonment
C) Death penalty
D) Life imprisonment
  • 45. Which novel introduced the myth about Princip eating a sandwich?
A) Twelve Fingers
B) The Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
C) The Fall of an Empire
D) The Sarajevo Diary
  • 46. How was Sophie's coffin positioned relative to her husband's?
A) Placed in a separate room
B) Placed higher than her husband's
C) Slanted down from her husband's
D) Positioned at the same level
  • 47. On what date did Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović leave Belgrade by boat?
A) 31 May
B) 30 May
C) 28 May
D) 29 May
  • 48. Who proposed that the couple remain at the Town Hall until troops could be brought in?
A) Duchess Sophie
B) Baron Rumerskirch
C) Governor-General Oskar Potiorek
D) Count Harrach
  • 49. What happened when the driver of the Archduke's car attempted to reverse?
A) The brakes failed
B) The car accelerated forward
C) The car veered off the road
D) The engine stalled
  • 50. How did Serb nationalists and dignitaries respond to the World War I commemorations?
A) They ignored the commemorations.
B) They boycotted the commemorations.
C) They organized the commemorations.
D) They actively participated in the commemorations.
  • 51. Who was Čabrinović's father?
A) A Serbian Border Guard
B) A Narodna Odbrana agent
C) A revenue sergeant
D) A Sarajevo police official
  • 52. What were Franz Ferdinand's last words according to Count Harrach?
A) "Long live the Empire!"
B) "I am sorry."
C) "I am dying."
D) "Sophie, Sophie! Don't die! Live for our children!"
  • 53. At what time did the imperial couple die on 28 June 1914?
A) 11:30 a.m.
B) 12:00 p.m.
C) 1:00 p.m.
D) 10:00 a.m.
  • 54. Who was pointedly disinvited from the funeral?
A) The officer corps
B) The immediate imperial family
C) Most foreign royalty
D) The local clergy
  • 55. Where were Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife interred?
A) Vienna Central Cemetery
B) Trieste Cathedral
C) Imperial Crypt
D) Artstetten Castle
  • 56. On which island did Princip and Grabež reach with their weapons?
A) Drina Island
B) Loznica Island
C) Sava Island
D) Isaković's Island
  • 57. On what date did Ilić begin distributing weapons to the assassins?
A) 27 June
B) 30 June
C) 29 June
D) 28 June
  • 58. What was Serbia's response to point #8 of the July Ultimatum?
A) Ignored completely
B) Rejected outright
C) Completely accepted
D) Partially accepted
  • 59. How many death sentences were reduced by the Serbian High Court?
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
  • 60. Where did the Salonika trial take place?
A) In Belgrade
B) In Vienna
C) On the French-controlled Salonica front
D) In Geneva
  • 61. What did the assassins send to Vladimir Gaćinović?
A) A letter
B) A telegram
C) A postcard
D) A package
  • 62. What caliber was the ammunition for the pistols provided to the assassins?
A) .22 LR
B) .380 ACP
C) .45 ACP
D) .9mm
  • 63. Who met Franz Ferdinand and his party at Sarajevo station?
A) General Michael von Appel
B) Mehmedbašić
C) Governor Oskar Potiorek
D) Vladimir Gaćinović
  • 64. Why did Kaiser Wilhelm II decline the invitation to the funeral?
A) Illness
B) Security concerns
C) Travel restrictions
D) Political disagreements
  • 65. Who provided Princip, Grabež, and Čabrinović with a letter to Captain Prvanović?
A) Detective Ivan Vila
B) Captain Popović
C) Captain Ilić
D) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
  • 66. What did Duchess Sophie do during Franz Ferdinand's interruption?
A) She whispered into his ear
B) She left the room
C) She shouted at the mayor
D) She gave a speech
  • 67. Who was dispatched from Serbia to Sarajevo to reauthorize the assassination?
A) Major Kosta Todorović
B) Captain Prvanović
C) Rade Malobabić
D) Sergeant Budivoj Grbić
  • 68. What was the relationship between Alfred, 2nd Prince of Montenuovo, and Franz Ferdinand?
A) Lifelong enemy
B) Close friend
C) Cousin
D) Military ally
  • 69. What did Franz Ferdinand and Sophie decide to do instead of their planned program?
A) Return to the Town Hall
B) Visit the wounded at the hospital
C) Hold a press conference
D) Meet with local officials
  • 70. Where did the interview between Emperor Nicholas and King Charles I take place?
A) Bucharest
B) St. Petersburg
C) Vienna
D) Constanza
  • 71. Where did Franz Ferdinand and his party travel from to Sarajevo?
A) Ilidža Spa
B) Belgrade
C) Vienna
D) Zagreb
  • 72. Who took a position on the left-hand running board of Franz Ferdinand's car?
A) Governor-General Oskar Potiorek
B) Baron Rumerskirch
C) Duchess Sophie
D) Count Harrach
  • 73. How many police officers were on duty in Sarajevo on the day of the visit?
A) About 30
B) About 80
C) About 60
D) About 100
  • 74. Who was not put on trial due to dying in battle in late 1915?
A) Apis
B) Vojislav Tankosić
C) Colonel Petar Živković
D) Stojan Protić
  • 75. What was placed on top of Sophie's casket?
A) A military medal
B) A crown
C) A bouquet of flowers
D) Gloves
  • 76. Which battleship transported the bodies of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife to Trieste?
A) Battleship Potemkin
B) USS Maine
C) SMS Viribus Unitis
D) HMS Dreadnought
  • 77. Who was the Narodna Odbrana President that received the report?
A) Božidar Janković
B) Nikola Pašić
C) Captain Prvanović
D) Major Kosta Todorović
  • 78. Who was unable to give the driver the information about the change in plans?
A) Erik von Merizzi
B) Duchess Sophie
C) Count Harrach
D) Baron Rumerskirch
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