Hermann Göring - Quiz
Hermann Göring
  • 1. On what date did Hermann Göring receive the Iron Cross 1st Class?
A) 2 June 1918
B) 30 September 1939
C) 22 March 1915
D) 15 September 1914
  • 2. Which order did Hermann Göring receive from the Kingdom of Hungary?
A) Order of St Stephen, Grand Cross
B) Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
C) Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Knight
D) Order of the Dannebrog, Grand Cross with Breast Star in Diamonds
  • 3. What decoration did Hermann Göring receive for 'the victories of the Luftwaffe in 1940 during the French campaign'?
A) Golden Party Badge
B) Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
C) Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
D) 1939 Clasp to the Iron Cross 2nd Class
  • 4. Which foreign country awarded Hermann Göring with the Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius?
A) Finland
B) Kingdom of Italy
C) Kingdom of Denmark
D) Kingdom of Bulgaria
  • 5. What was the date when Hermann Göring received the Order Pour le Mérite?
A) 22 March 1915
B) 2 June 1918
C) 15 September 1914
D) 19 August 1940
  • 6. Which decoration did Hermann Göring receive from the Empire of Japan?
A) Grand Cross of the Military Order of Savoy
B) Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Roman Eagle
C) Order of the Rising Sun, Grand Cordon with Paulownia Flowers
D) Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
  • 7. On which date did Hermann Göring receive both clasps to the Iron Cross in 1939?
A) 2 June 1918
B) 30 September 1939
C) 15 September 1914
D) 19 August 1940
  • 8. What was the date when Hermann Göring received the Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus from Italy?
A) 10 January 1943
B) 12 January 1940
C) 27 November 1941
D) 26 May 1933
  • 9. Which decoration did Hermann Göring receive from Finland on 6 March 1935?
A) Order of the White Rose of Finland, Grand Cross
B) Order of the Cross of Liberty, Grand Cross with Swords
C) Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Knight
D) Grand Cross with Collar
  • 10. What was the date when Hermann Göring received the Blood Order?
A) 4 October 1943
B) Commemorative Medal of 9 November 1923
C) 30 September 1939
D) 19 August 1940
  • 11. Which decoration did Hermann Göring receive from the Kingdom of Sweden?
A) Order of the Sword Commander Grand Cross with Collar
B) Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
C) Grand Cross of the Military Order of Savoy
D) Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
  • 12. On what date did Hermann Göring receive the Grand Cross with Collar from Finland?
A) 21 April 1941
B) 6 March 1935
C) 4 October 1943
D) 25 March 1942
  • 13. Which decoration did Hermann Göring receive from the Grand Duchy of Baden?
A) Grand Cross of the Iron Cross
B) Order Pour le Mérite
C) Blood Order
D) Military Karl-Friedrich Merit Order, Knights Cross
  • 14. What was the date when Hermann Göring received the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Savoy from Italy?
A) 26 May 1933
B) 27 November 1941
C) 12 January 1940
D) 10 January 1943
  • 15. Which decoration did Hermann Göring receive from the Kingdom of Romania?
A) Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius, Knight
B) Grand Cross of the Military Order of Savoy
C) Grand Cross with Collar
D) Order of Michael the Brave, 1st class
  • 16. On what date did Hermann Göring receive the Grand Cross of the Military Order of the Roman Eagle from Italy?
A) 10 January 1943
B) 27 November 1941
C) 26 May 1933
D) 12 January 1940
  • 17. Which decoration did Hermann Göring receive from the Kingdom of Denmark?
A) Grand Cross of the Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus
B) Knight of the Supreme Order of the Most Holy Annunciation
C) Order of the Dannebrog, Grand Cross with Breast Star in Diamonds
D) Order Pour le Mérite
  • 18. What was the date when Hermann Göring received the Grand Cross with Swords from Finland?
A) 4 October 1943
B) 25 March 1942
C) 6 March 1935
D) 21 April 1941
  • 19. Which decoration did Hermann Göring receive from the Kingdom of Prussia?
A) Grand Cross of the Military Order of Savoy
B) Blood Order
C) Iron Cross 2nd Class
D) Order Pour le Mérite
  • 20. How many times does Göring's name appear on the OSS Art Looting Investigation Unit Red Flag Names List?
A) 200
B) 135
C) 100
D) 150
  • 21. What did Göring build in memory of his first wife, Carin?
A) A naval base
B) A museum for stolen artworks
C) An elaborate hunting lodge named Carinhall
D) A forest reserve
  • 22. What was the estimated value of Göring's art collection?
A) $300 million
B) $500 million
C) $200 million
D) $100 million
  • 23. What was unique about Göring's Reichsmarschall uniform?
A) It included a jewel-encrusted baton.
B) It had no insignia.
C) It was made entirely of gold.
D) It featured a swastika on the collar.
  • 24. What did Göring's Reichsmarschall standard feature on its reverse side?
A) A portrait of Hitler.
B) A swastika alone.
C) A map of Europe.
D) The Großkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes surrounded by a wreath between four Luftwaffe eagles.
  • 25. What did Göring collect from industrialists?
A) Military equipment.
B) Artworks for his collection.
C) Kickbacks for favourable decisions as Four-Year Plan director.
D) Donations for charity.
  • 26. What did Göring do with the Schorfheide Forest?
A) He turned it into a military base.
B) He used it for mining operations.
C) He set aside 100,000 acres as a state park.
D) He sold it to industrialists.
  • 27. What did Göring do with Jewish property?
A) He donated it to charity.
B) He amassed a personal fortune by confiscating it.
C) He returned it to its rightful owners.
D) He used it for public projects.
  • 28. What did Göring do with the money from supplying arms to the Spanish Republicans?
A) He collected bribes and kickbacks.
B) He donated it to the Red Cross.
C) He used it for personal expenses.
D) He invested it in German businesses.
  • 29. What was Göring's reaction when decorated with the Collar of Annunziata?
A) It reduced him to tears.
B) He ignored it completely.
C) He refused the award.
D) He gave a speech in gratitude.
  • 30. Who was arrested after the Reichstag fire on 27 February 1933?
A) Rudolf Diels
B) Hermann Göring
C) Marinus van der Lubbe
D) Adolf Hitler
  • 31. What decree was passed the day after the Reichstag fire?
A) The Gestapo Law
B) The Nuremberg Laws
C) The Reichstag Fire Decree
D) The Enabling Act
  • 32. Who did Göring marry in April 1935?
A) Wilhelm Frick
B) Margarethe Gruhn
C) Emmy Sonnemann
D) Edda
  • 33. Who was head of the Prussian political police when Göring ordered prisoners to be shot?
A) Wilhelm Frick
B) Heinrich Himmler
C) Hans Frank
D) Rudolf Diels
  • 34. What was the name of the special Prussian police force established by Göring on 26 April 1933?
A) Sturmabteilung (SA)
B) Geheime Staatspolizei (Gestapo)
C) Schutzstaffel (SS)
D) Reich Labour Service
  • 35. Who took control of the Gestapo from Göring on 20 April 1934?
A) Heinrich Himmler
B) Wilhelm Frick
C) Rudolf Diels
D) Ernst Röhm
  • 36. Who was the British Prime Minister during Göring's discussions about Germany's intentions for Czechoslovakia?
A) Anthony Eden
B) Winston Churchill
C) Stanley Baldwin
D) Neville Chamberlain
  • 37. Which agreement led to the transfer of Sudetenland to Germany in September 1938?
A) The Non-Aggression Pact
B) The Treaty of Versailles
C) The Munich Agreement
D) The Potsdam Agreement
  • 38. What was Göring's rank when he became involved in the Blomberg–Fritsch Affair?
A) Plenipotentiary of the Four Year Plan
B) Reich Aviation Minister
C) Generalfeldmarschall
D) Minister-President of Prussia
  • 39. Where did Hermann Göring serve during the first year of World War I?
A) Vienna
B) Paris
C) Mülhausen
D) Berlin
  • 40. What was the reason for Hermann Göring's hospitalization during his service in World War I?
A) Injury from aerial combat
B) Rheumatism from trench warfare
C) Food poisoning
D) Shell shock
  • 41. Who convinced Hermann Göring to transfer to the Luftstreitkräfte?
A) Karl Jatho
B) Manfred von Richthofen
C) Wilhelm Reinhard
D) Bruno Loerzer
  • 42. What award did Hermann Göring receive in May 1918?
A) Medal of Honor
B) Legion of Honour
C) Victoria Cross
D) Pour le Mérite
  • 43. Which squadron did Hermann Göring command after the death of Wilhelm Reinhard?
A) Jagdgeschwader 1
B) FFA 25
C) Jagdstaffel 26
D) Jagdstaffel 5
  • 44. What myth did Hermann Göring believe in after World War I?
A) Stab-in-the-back myth
B) Great War Myth
C) Myth of the Fallen Nation
D) Lost Cause Myth
  • 45. In which city was Hermann Göring born?
A) Munich, Bavaria
B) Rosenheim, Bavaria
C) Frankfurt, Hesse
D) Berlin, Prussia
  • 46. What event in 1923 resulted in Göring's injury and subsequent morphine addiction?
A) Kapp Putsch
B) Reichstag Fire
C) Adolf Hitler's failed Beer Hall Putsch
D) Munich Putsch
  • 47. What rank was specially created for Göring after the Fall of France in 1940?
A) Field Marshal
B) Admiral
C) Generaloberst
D) Reichsmarschall
  • 48. What was Göring's position in relation to all officers in Germany's armed forces after receiving the rank of Reichsmarschall?
A) No specific seniority
B) Junior to most officers
C) Equal rank with all officers
D) Seniority over all officers
  • 49. What execution method did Göring request at the Nuremberg trials?
A) Electric chair
B) Lethal injection
C) Firing squad
D) Hanging
  • 50. What was Heinrich Ernst Göring's role in German South West Africa?
A) Chief diplomat
B) Commander of the military forces
C) First governor-general
D) Minister of finance
  • 51. What did Hermann Göring's mother do for about fifteen years?
A) Lived in Haiti with her husband
B) Managed the family finances
C) Worked as a governess
D) Became Epenstein's mistress
  • 52. What did Hermann Göring use to pay for his train ticket home from boarding school?
A) Used his father's savings
B) Sold a violin
C) Stole money from the school
D) Borrowed money from Epenstein
  • 53. Where did Hermann Göring join the military academy?
A) Haiti
B) Berlin-Lichterfelde
C) Munich
D) Nuremberg
  • 54. Where did Hermann Göring work after World War I?
A) Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
B) A barnstorming company in Denmark
C) Fokker in Germany
D) Svensk Lufttrafik, a Swedish airline
  • 55. Who introduced Hermann Göring to his future wife, Carin von Kantzow?
A) Adolf Hitler
B) Franz Pfeffer von Salomon
C) Rudolf Hess
D) Count Eric von Rosen
  • 56. What emblem did Göring possibly first see at Count Eric von Rosen's castle?
A) A Nazi flag
B) A hammer and sickle
C) The swastika
D) An eagle
  • 57. When did Hermann Göring join the Nazi Party?
A) 1930
B) 1925
C) 1922
D) 1919
  • 58. What position was Hermann Göring given in the Sturmabteilung (SA) on 1 March 1923?
A) SS head
B) Reichstag representative
C) Oberster SA-Führer
D) Vice Chancellor
  • 59. What addiction did Hermann Göring develop after being shot in 1923?
A) Cocaine addiction
B) Alcoholism
C) Morphine addiction
D) Heroin addiction
  • 60. Where was Hermann Göring treated for his morphine addiction in 1925?
A) Venice sanatorium
B) Långbro Asylum
C) Munich clinic
D) Innsbruck hospital
  • 61. Who was the head of the SA when it was reorganized after Göring's initial command?
A) Adolf Hitler
B) Ernst Röhm
C) Franz Pfeffer von Salomon
D) Hermann Göring
  • 62. In which year did Hermann Göring get elected as a representative from Bavaria?
A) 1925
B) 1924
C) 1928
D) 1933
  • 63. Who did Hermann Göring meet during his mission to the Vatican in May 1931?
A) Franz von Papen
B) Benito Mussolini
C) The future Pope Pius XII
D) Adolf Hitler
  • 64. What rank was Hermann Göring promoted to on 1 January 1933?
A) Reichsmarschall
B) SS-Gruppenführer
C) SA-Obergruppenführer
D) Field Marshal
  • 65. In which election did the Nazi Party win 230 seats, making them the largest party in the Reichstag?
A) May 1928 elections
B) January 1933 election
C) November 1923 coup
D) July 1932 election
  • 66. Which operation involved the Fallschirmjäger seizing vital airfields in Norway?
A) Operation Barbarossa
B) Operation Sea Lion
C) Operation Eben-Emael
D) Operation Weserübung
  • 67. When did Hitler cancel Operation Sea Lion?
A) On 12 October 1940
B) At the end of May 1941
C) Immediately after the Battle of Britain
D) On 17 September 1940
  • 68. What was the first thousand-bomber raid targeted at?
A) Munich
B) Frankfurt
C) Berlin
D) Cologne
  • 69. What technological advancement allowed US fighter aircraft to reach targets farther from England?
A) Jet engines
B) Improved navigation equipment
C) Radar systems
D) Auxiliary fuel tanks
  • 70. Which American fighter aircraft had a combat radius of over 1,800 miles with underwing drop tanks?
A) P-51 Mustang
B) Focke-Wulf Fw 190
C) Spitfire
D) Messerschmitt Bf 109
  • 71. In what year did the P-51 Mustang begin to escort bombers in large formations?
A) Mid-1942
B) Early 1945
C) Early 1944
D) Late 1943
  • 72. What was one of the main targets of Allied bombers that crippled the German war effort by late 1944?
A) Nuclear facilities
B) Aircraft factories
C) Oil refineries
D) Submarines
  • 73. How many fighters did the Luftwaffe have in the area of the D-Day landings?
A) Over 1000
B) Some 300
C) About 500
D) Less than 100
  • 74. Who notified Göring's chief of staff, Karl Koller, about Hitler's rant?
A) Hans Lammers
B) Karl Dönitz
C) Martin Bormann
D) Alfred Jodl
  • 75. Who intercepted Göring's telegram and convinced Hitler it was a coup attempt?
A) Hans Lammers
B) Martin Bormann
C) Karl Koller
D) Alfred Jodl
  • 76. Who did Hitler appoint as president of the Reich after rescinding the decree for Göring?
A) Heinrich Himmler
B) Joachim von Ribbentrop
C) Alfred Jodl
D) Karl Dönitz
  • 77. Where was Göring taken into custody by the United States Army?
A) Near Radstadt
B) In Berlin
C) In Mauterndorf
D) At Obersalzberg
  • 78. What was Göring's IQ score while in custody?
A) 138
B) 140
C) 120
D) 130
  • 79. Who examined Göring at Nuremberg and reported his health conditions?
A) Leon Goldensohn
B) Robert H. Jackson
C) Dr. Josef Mengele
D) Chief Medical Officer Lt. Col. Rene Juchli
  • 80. Who claimed to have smuggled medicine into Göring's prison cell?
A) Herbert Lee Stivers
B) Jack G. Wheelis
C) Robert H. Jackson
D) Leon Goldensohn
  • 81. What laws did Hermann Göring support in 1935?
A) The Nuremberg Laws
B) The Law for the Restoration of the Professional Civil Service
C) The Reichstag Fire Decree
D) The Enabling Act of 1933
  • 82. Who directed the Central Office for Jewish Emigration?
A) Göring himself
B) Joseph Goebbels
C) Heydrich
D) Adolf Eichmann
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