news bulletin – answers

Remembering the WW1 fallen

questions

1. How old are the 3 men? 112, 110 and 108
2. Who are they? 3 of the last surviving British soldiers (of the 1st world war)
3. What happened at 11 o’clock? a 2-minute silence
4. Why were wreaths laid? in memory of the fallen
5. When did peace return? in 1918
6. How many died in total? 20 million
7. What two factors caused the war? a breakdown of old alliances and an arms race
8. When did the US enter the war? 1917
9. How long was the longest battle of the war (at Verdun)? 8 months
10. What was the French ceremony missing? a living French veteran
11. How does President Zarkozy describe the war? atrocious
12. How is the ceremony described by the reporter? sombre