WorksheetsWW1 Tanks, Loos and Pals
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 32mins
The name of the first tank was ...
Big Willie
Little Bill
Small Ben
Little Willie
Which of these were features of the tank? (Choose 3)
Caterpillar tracks
Armoured plating
Armed with six-pound guns or machine guns
Sun roof
Optional wing-mirrors
Which of these were the main purposes of the tank? (Choose 3)
To break through enemy barbed wire
To clear trenches
To destroy military posts
To destroy airplanes
As well as those functions, the tank could also ...
provide cover for troops
quickly mow down German enemies
be used for cooking
transport large and exotic animals
When was the tank used for the first time?
The Battle of Arras
The Battle of Loos
The Battle of the Somme
The Battle of Passchendaele
At the Battle of the Somme, how many tanks broke down before the attack?
13
130
1300
13,000
The maximum speed of the tanks at that time was ...
4 miles per hour
8 miles per hour
12 miles per hour
16 miles per hour
What commonly happened to the early tanks? (Choose two)
They got stuck in the mud
They tipped over trying to cross craters
They fell to pieces
They ran out of diesel
They killed many men
Inside the early tanks it was ... (choose 3)
dark
cramped
spacious
air-conditioned
hard to breathe
Crew inside an early tank were ...
3-7 men
7-9 men
10 men
13 men
Which fumes were the crew often suffocated by?
Carbon Dioxide
Sodium Phospate
Carbon Soloxide
Carbon Monoxide
What was caused when bullets were fired at steel tanks?
An explosion
Steel splinters
Nothing
Instant death
The Germans called the tanks ...
devil's cars
devil's coaches
devil's buses
Which battle took place in November 1917 where tanks were used effectively?
The Battle of the Somme
The Battle of Loos
The Battle of Cambrai
The Battle of Passchendaele
At the Battle of Cambrai, 476 tanks advanced in ... driving the Germans from their trenches.
3 waves
5 waves
10 waves
20 waves
Also at the Battle of Cambrai, the tanks were equipped with ...
fluent German speakers
lots of alcohol
wireless sets
men and their pets
The British offensive at Cambrai with tanks was so successful ...
they partied all night long
the tanks went too far ahead of infantry
the Germans all gave up
songs were written about the event
Which of these is an advantage of using tanks?
rapidly moved across the theatre of war
highly dependable machines
looked super cool
valuable for protecting infantry
Which of these is a disadvantage of using tanks?
cheap to build
the Germans copied them
broke down and became targets for snipers
smelled great inside
What year was the Battle of Loos?
1915
1916
1917
1918
The Battle of Loos is often described as a ...
'British Battle'
'Glaswegian Battle'
'Norwegian Battle'
'Scottish Battle'
Who put pressure on the British to attack the enemy at Loos?
The Germans
The Kaiser
The King of England
The French
Before the battle, British commanders knew that the volunteers were not yet ...
of age to fight
able to use tanks
fully trained
on location
Which General gave the go-ahead to the army to advance?
General Akbar
General Haig
General McCrae
General Joe
The soldiers were to advance over ...
hilly terrain
flat land without cover
a huge mountain
a barren desert
British soldiers were easy targets for ...
German Zepplins
German U-Boats
German machine gunners
German Shepard's
The Battle of Loos was the first time that the British used ...
tanks
poison gas
machine guns
aircraft
Any gas attack was dependent on ...
the type of gas
the stars
the direction of the wind
the time of day
Who had used gas while fighting before the British used it?
The French
The Germans
The Belgians
The Russians
Which month did the Battle of Loos start?
January
March
September
October
The first strategy of the British was a four-day long ...
artillery barrage
propaganda strike
drinking session
swim in a local river
What were two possible reasons for the gas not going in the correct direction?
The force of the military barrage
The wind changing
An evil spirit
A tidal wave
Which Scottish regiment were gassed early on?
The 10th Highland Light Infantry
The 11th Highland Light Infantry
The 12th Highland Light Infantry
The 13th Highland Light Infantry
Elsewhere, during the gas attack, other British regiments were unable to ...
advance
communicate
prepare
speak to each other
It looked like the attack might fail completely until ...
a trumpet blast came from the depths
a drum beat encouraged the men
a bagpiper started to play
there was a sign in the sky
What was the name of the piper?
Piper Calum McLeod
Piper Brodie Campbell
Piper Alastair McGonagle
Piper Daniel Laidlaw
What injuries did Piper Laidlaw sustain while trying to encourage his men to fight?
shot in the arm
shot in the leg
shot in the back
shot in the foot
Which Scottish tune did he play that gave the men courage?
'500 miles'
'Auld Lang Syne'
'Did You Ever See A Lassie?'
'My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean'
'Blue Bonnets Over The Border'
Piper Laidlaw was awarded which medal for bravery?
The Victoria Cross
The Edwardian Cape
The Silver Star
A Purple Heart
German trenches were breached and the Germans were pushed back but the British did not have ... to take the field
enough time
reinforcements
the bravery
the common sense
During the confusion, the Germans were able to ... their defences.
destroy
move
remove
repair
Due to this, the British had lost ...
their tanks
the element of surprise
the entire war
all of their soldiers
Which weapon was used very effectively by the Germans during the Battle of Loos?
Zepplin
U-Boat
Bayonet
Machine Guns
Artillery
What did the German gunners do at one point, as the number of dead was so many?
Kept firing
Stopped shooting
Called a truce
Became traitors
Loos was called a 'defeat snatched from the jaws of ...'
the Kasier
the devil
victory
Jaws
How many were dead and wounded?
500
5000
50,000
500,000
After the battle, Scottish soldiers gained a reputation for ...
drunkeness
laziness
being aggressive fighting troops
great singers and bagpipers
Who was put in charge of the British Army after the Battle of Loos?
Douglas Haig
Daniel Laidlaw
Lord Kitchener
Kaiser Wilhelm II
For how long after war was declared did many men volunteer to fight?
1 year
2 years
3 years
4 years
Pals Battalions allowed volunteers to fight alongside ...
their wives
colleagues and friends
their superiors
Men who signed up with friends and family saw ...
their closest mates gunned down beside them
the war go quickly
a lot of Europe
all their favourite celebrities
For this reason, the practice of having 'Pals Battalions' ...
continued after the war
was adopted by the Americans
was abandoned after the war
praised for its good sense
In the cities of Scotland, ... became a target for recruitment.
Factories
Football
Tennis
Pubs
Thousands of men who had not signed up could be seen ...
dancing in the streets
crowding into football matches
in the shops
hanging around the city centre
Newspapers of the time argued that football clubs should forget ...
their jobs
their families
their wives
sport
They encouraged ... to enlist in the armed forces.
supporters
players
supporters and players
team mascots
Newspapers asked young men to 'play their part in ...'
'the greater game of war'
'the Olympics'
'the Champions League'
'team GB'
One team that is strongly linked to their support for the war effort are ...
Celtic
Rangers
Hearts
Hibernian's
At the time, popular opinion was turning against ...
the war
the Scottish Football Association and its players
the King of England
General Haig
Sir George McCrae was a ...
famous footballer
volunteer soldier
German spy
Canadian doctor
McCrae's recruitment drive and speeches caused ...
McCrae-Mania
a Marxist revolution
13 Hearts Players and many more to enlist
A solar eclipse
Those who volunteered from Hearts included
first and reserve team
Hearts Board members
staff and supporters
All of these options
On the first day of which battle were the McCrae battalion particularly devastated?
The Battle of Cambrai
The Battle of Loos
The Battle of Ypres
The Battle of the Somme
Some argue that Hearts could have become a dominant force in Scottish football if not for ...
US intervention
Russian spies
counter-intelligence
the First World War
