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Throughout history, trivia has always been more than a game.

In ancient Greece, scholars tested each other’s wit in symposiums. In 12th-century Baghdad, thinkers debated questions in bustling libraries. Even in medieval Europe, monarchs used riddles and logic games to assess the sharpness of their advisors.

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From Trench to Treaty

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On November 11, 1918, at 5:00 AM, an armistice was signed in a railway carriage in the Compiègne Forest of northern France, marking the formal end of fighting in World War I.

The agreement was signed by representatives of Germany and Allied Supreme Commander Ferdinand Foch, and it stipulated that all hostilities would cease six hours later, at 11:00 AM.

After four devastating years of trench warfare, chemical weapons, and unprecedented human loss, the guns across Europe finally fell silent.

📌 Why This Matters

World War I fundamentally redefined global politics, technology, warfare, and diplomacy. With over 16 million deaths and 21 million wounded, it reshaped borders, collapsed empires (Austro-Hungarian, Ottoman, Russian, German), and set the stage for major 20th-century events—including World War II, just two decades later.

The Treaty of Versailles, signed in 1919, would impose heavy penalties on Germany, stoking nationalist resentment that would later fuel the rise of Hitler and the Nazi regime.

But the moment of the armistice—11:00 AM on 11/11/1918—remains a solemn and powerful symbol of peace, commemorated globally as Armistice Day, Veterans Day, or Remembrance Day.

🎯 How Much do you Know about World War I?

The armistice was signed not in a palace or government building, but in a train carriage deep in the woods, chosen for its discreet location and symbolic neutrality. Ironically, in 1940, Adolf Hitler would force France to sign their surrender in the very same railcar, as an act of revenge.

World War I also gave us enduring cultural and literary legacies: from the poetry of Wilfred Owen and Siegfried Sassoon to works like All Quiet on the Western Front.

Phrases like "shell shock", "no man's land", and "going over the top" entered the global vocabulary, and the red poppy became an enduring symbol of remembrance.

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