Deutsche Geschichte: Quiz 1

German History Quiz 1 - English Version

A self-scoring quiz on German history

Also try the German version of this quiz.

The self-grading, 15-item quiz below relates to our German History and Wer bin ich? (Who am I?) pages. If you are not completely sure about your cultural and history knowledge, then you should review those pages before attempting the following quiz. (See related pages at the end of the quiz.)

Click the button next to the answer you want. When you reach the bottom of the quiz you'll be able to find out your percentage score. The answers will be listed in the scroll box just below the "Get Score" button, but you might want to avoid the answers if you got less than 100%, and try again until you get it right. (You're the only one who will know your score, so it doesn't make much sense to cheat.)

HINT: If you want to revise your answers after getting your score, don't use the "Clear" button unless you want to re-mark all the answers. Just change the answers you think need changing—then click on the "Get Score" button again. But no peeking at the answers!

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1. The construction of the Berlin Wall began on ___.

9 November 1989
6 March 1949
13 August 1961

2. Charlemagne (Karl der Große) was crowned emperor on 25 December of the year ____.

800
814
1800

3. In 1189 three kings set out on the Third Crusade: Richard I, Philip Augustus, and ____.

Frederick the Great
Frederick Barbarossa
Frederick II

4. The Berlin Airlift (Luftbrücke) began on ___.

26 June 1948
5 July 1945
2 June 1949

5. On June 26, 1963 the U.S. President John F. Kennedy visited Berlin and gave a speech in front of the ____.

Brandenburg Gate
Schöneberg City Hall (Rathaus)
Ernst-Reuter-Platz (square)

6. In the 4th century ____ translated the Bible into Gothic (Gothisch) and invented a new style of writing in the process.

Gutenberg
Martin Luther
Ulfilas

7. ____ was the mayor of Magdeburg from 1931 to 1933, and later, during the Berlin Airlift, the mayor of Berlin.

Willy Brandt
Helmut Schmidt
Ernst Reuter

8. In 9 A.D. ___ won the Battle of the Teutoburger Forest.

Quintilius Varus
Arminius (Hermann der Cherusker)
Tacitus

9. He was born in Berlin and died in Los Angeles. He first appeared in a German movie in 1917. One of his last films was a Hollywood production, now considered a film classic. His name is ____.

Conrad Veidt
Peter Lorre
Hans Albers

10. The West Goths invade and attack Roman territory. The Sack of Rome happened in the year ___.

814
410
98

11. In Berlin on June 12, 1987 he challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Wall. He was ____.

President Ronald Reagan
President John F. Kennedy
Vice-President Lyndon B. Johnson

12. On October 18, 1989 ____ lost his position as both the state and party leader of East Germany (GDR/DDR).

Walter Ulbricht
Erich Honecker
Egon Krenz

13. On the 6th of December, good children in Germany receive gifts from ____.

Santa Claus (Weihnachtsmann)
Saint Nicholas (Sankt Nikolaus)
the Christkindl

14. On 17 July 1945 ___.

the Potsdam Conference begins
German troops capitulate in Berlin
the Allies reach Berlin

15. His astronomical tables (Ephemerides) proved indispensible for navigation on the voyages of discovery. A crater on the moon bears his eame. He is ____

Nikolai Kopernikus
Regiomontanus
Johannes Kepler

  

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German History Quiz 1
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