Zimmermann Telegram Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Zimmermann Telegram? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Where did the group known as Room 40 decode and translate the Zimmermann Telegram?
Inside the British Admiralty Building in London
At the Pentagon
In a windowless room under the Royal Albert Hall
Outside in a park because the light was better
Q. Why did Germany have to use American telegram cables to send the Zimmermann telegram?
Britain cut Germany's cables.
American cables were faster.
They had an unlimited data plan with American telecommunication companies.
German cables were always going down right in the middle of Dr. Who.
Q. What did the encryption used in the Zimmermann Telegram substitute for words?
Strings of numbers
Lyrics from Götterdämmerung
Punctuations and common symbols
Emoticons
Q. What did the British government want to use the Zimmermann Telegram for?
To get the U.S. to enter the war
To establish the first Espionage Awareness Month
To decode all the other encrypted messages they'd been receiving
To practice spelling "Haftpflichtversicherung"
Q. Why was it important for Room 40 to pretend that the telegram had been obtained after it had been decoded?
They didn't want Germany to know that they had German ciphers.
They didn't want anyone to know which room they were actually working in.
It was just more fun that way.
They didn't want the U.S. to slow things down by sending a coded reply.