Question
Answer the following about Lord Northcliffe, Britain’s press baron during World War I, for 10 points each.
[10e] Northcliffe’s Daily Mail popularized this derogatory term to refer to the Germans. Northcliffe cited a 1900 speech from Kaiser Wilhelm II comparing Germany to Attila, a leader of these people.
ANSWER: Huns [or Hunni; or Ounnoi]
[10h] The Daily Mail also popularized this marching song after a correspondent heard the Connaught (“KOH-nawt”) Rangers singing it. This song’s chorus declares, “Goodbye, Piccadilly, Farewell, Leicester (“LES-ter”) Square!”
ANSWER: “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary” [or “It’s a Long, Long Way to Tipperary”]
[10m] In 1915, Northcliffe blamed this man for not providing enough shells for British troops. A 1914 recruitment poster depicts this Field Marshal and Second Boer War hero pointing at the viewer.
ANSWER: Lord Kitchener [or Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener]
<Michael Bentley, History - European - 1900+> ~20055~ <Editor: Michael Bentley>
Summary
| 2023 PACE NSC | 06/10/2023 | Y | 1 | 30.00 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
Data
| Thomas Jefferson A | Barrington A | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |