Berlin Wall - Quiz
Berlin Wall
  • 1. When was the Berlin Wall built?
A) 1961
B) 1979
C) 1945
D) 1989
  • 2. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
A) 1975
B) 2001
C) 1989
D) 1995
  • 3. Which country constructed the Berlin Wall?
A) West Germany
B) Russia
C) East Germany
D) United States
  • 4. What year did Germany officially reunify following the fall of the Berlin Wall?
A) 1985
B) 1990
C) 2000
D) 1995
  • 5. Which U.S. President famously said 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!'?
A) Bill Clinton
B) George H.W. Bush
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Ronald Reagan
  • 6. What day is celebrated as Germany's reunification day following the fall of the Berlin Wall?
A) December 25
B) October 3
C) November 9
D) August 13
  • 7. What did Westerners refer to the Berlin Wall as?
A) The Iron Curtain
B) The Steel Barrier
C) The Concrete Divide
D) The Great Divide
  • 8. Which side of Berlin was considered capitalist during the Cold War?
A) South Berlin
B) East Berlin
C) North Berlin
D) West Berlin
  • 9. What was the name of the checkpoint where East Berliners could pass into West Berlin?
A) Checkpoint Delta
B) Checkpoint Alpha
C) Checkpoint Bravo
D) Checkpoint Charlie
  • 10. What was the Berlin Wall officially called by the GDR authorities?
A) The Iron Curtain.
B) The Great Divide.
C) The Concrete Barrier.
D) The Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart (Antifaschistischer Schutzwall).
  • 11. What was the term used by West Berlin's Mayor Willy Brandt for the Berlin Wall?
A) The Great Divide.
B) The Concrete Barrier.
C) The Iron Curtain.
D) The 'Wall of Shame'.
  • 12. What was the economic system in West Germany after World War II?
A) A communist state under Soviet control.
B) A centrally planned socialist economy.
C) A social market economy with a democratic parliamentary government.
D) An autocratic regime.
  • 13. What was the 'economic miracle' in West Germany known as?
A) "Wiederaufbau" (reconstruction).
B) "Wirtschaftswunder".
C) "Kapitalismus" (capitalism).
D) "Sozialismus" (socialism).
  • 14. What was the term used for East Germans fleeing to West Germany before the Berlin Wall?
A) "Republikflucht."
B) "Wirtschaftswunder."
C) "Blockade."
D) "Unification."
  • 15. How many GDR citizens moved to West Germany in 1950?
A) 187,000
B) 182,000
C) 165,000
D) 331,000
  • 16. Who proposed the introduction of a pass system for visits to East Berlin during discussions with Stalin?
A) Walter Ulbricht
B) Mikhail Pervukhin
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Vyacheslav Molotov
  • 17. On what date did East German leaders meet with Joseph Stalin in Moscow to discuss border controls?
A) 1 May 1953
B) 1 April 1952
C) 30 September 1954
D) 15 June 1951
  • 18. What did Stalin advise East Germany to do regarding their border defenses?
A) Open borders for free movement
B) Negotiate with Western powers
C) Build up their border defenses and consider the demarcation line a dangerous border
D) Remove all border defenses
  • 19. What was constructed along the inner German border after it was closed in 1952?
A) No barriers were erected
B) A barbed-wire fence
C) Electric fences
D) Concrete walls
  • 20. In what year did the Soviets give East Germany authority over civilian movement in Berlin?
A) 1961
B) 1955
C) 1956
D) 1953
  • 21. When did East Germany introduce a new passport law that reduced the overall number of refugees leaving Eastern Germany?
A) 23 September 1959
B) 1 January 1958
C) 15 June 1956
D) 11 December 1957
  • 22. What percentage of East Germans leaving for the West did Berlin account for by the end of 1958?
A) 50%
B) Well over 90%
C) 75%
D) 60%
  • 23. When did construction of the Berlin outer ring railway commence?
A) 1960
B) 1949
C) 1955
D) 1951
  • 24. Who wrote an urgent letter to the Central Committee about the significant increase in the number of East German intelligentsia among refugees?
A) Nikita Khrushchev
B) Konrad Adenauer
C) Yuri Andropov
D) Walter Ulbricht
  • 25. What was the main reason for East German intelligentsia leaving, according to testimony from refugees?
A) Better climate.
B) Economic reasons.
C) Political reasons.
D) Family reunification.
  • 26. What percentage of its pre-war population did East Germany have in terms of working age by 1960?
A) 70.5%
B) 61%
C) 50%
D) 75%
  • 27. How much was the direct cost of manpower losses to East Germany estimated at?
A) $5 billion to $6 billion
B) $7 billion to $9 billion
C) $10 billion to $12 billion
D) $15 billion to $17 billion
  • 28. How much did Walter Ulbricht claim West Germany owed him in compensation?
A) $25 billion
B) $20 billion
C) $17 billion
D) $10 billion
  • 29. Why did the advantage of reducing the number of citizens hostile to the communist regime prove unhelpful?
A) It was not particularly useful.
B) It caused economic instability.
C) It resulted in international sanctions.
D) It led to increased hostility in West Germany.
  • 30. Who was the First Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party when the Berlin Wall construction began?
A) Walter Ulbricht
B) John F. Kennedy
C) James Reston
D) Nikita Khrushchev
  • 31. Where did Ulbricht sign the order to close the border and erect a wall?
A) During a press conference on 15 June 1961
B) In Berlin at a government office
C) At a garden party in Döllnsee
D) At the Vienna summit
  • 32. How did the construction of the Berlin Wall affect families?
A) Families were reunited across the sectors.
B) Many families were split apart.
C) The Wall had no significant impact on family structures.
D) Family reunifications became easier due to new policies.
  • 33. Who led the demonstrations against the Berlin Wall in West Berlin?
A) Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
B) President Kennedy.
C) Mayor Willy Brandt.
D) The Soviet Union's leader.
  • 34. Which American intelligence agency was aware of East Germany's plan to close the intra-Berlin border?
A) DIA
B) The National Security Agency
C) CIA
D) FBI
  • 35. Which airport did Kennedy's representatives land at when they visited West Berlin?
A) Tegel Airport
B) Tempelhof Airport
C) Schönefeld Airport
D) Berlin Brandenburg Airport
  • 36. What was the length of the convoy that U.S. troops marched from West Germany to West Berlin?
A) 177 km (110 mi)
B) 160 km (99 mi)
C) 200 km (124 mi)
D) 140 km (87 mi)
  • 37. What was the width of the outer strip left outside the Berlin Wall?
A) Eight meters wide
B) No more than four meters wide
C) Six meters wide
D) Ten meters wide
  • 38. In October 2009, what percentage of East Germans were unhappy with unification?
A) 8 percent
B) 58 percent
C) 12 percent
D) 25 percent
  • 39. Which documentary film tracks down wall segments located in the U.S.?
A) Something to Do with the Wall (1991)
B) The Road to the Wall (1962)
C) The American Sector (2020)
D) Rabbit à la Berlin (2009)
  • 40. Who was the last person to be shot and killed while trying to cross the border?
A) Winfried Freudenberg
B) Peter Fechter
C) Günter Litfin
D) Chris Gueffroy
  • 41. What percentage of Russians correctly identified the Soviet Union and East Germany as builders of the Berlin Wall in the 2009 VTsIOM poll?
A) 24 percent
B) Four percent
C) Six percent
D) 58 percent
  • 42. What did the GDR officials issue to border guards dealing with defectors?
A) Orders to capture and imprison defectors
B) Instructions to let defectors escape
C) Shoot-to-kill orders
D) Shooting orders (Schießbefehl)
  • 43. What was the slogan chanted by protesters during the Peaceful Revolution in East Germany?
A) "Honecker muss weg!" (Honecker must go!).
B) "Gorby, help us!"
C) "Freiheit jetzt!" (Freedom now!).
D) "Wir bleiben hier!" (We are staying here!).
  • 44. Which municipality in Dahme-Spreewald shared a border with former West Berlin?
A) Lübbenau/Spreewald
B) Schönefeld (partially)
C) Königs Wusterhausen
D) Mittenwalde
  • 45. What were the ghost stations in East Berlin known as?
A) Nachtbahnhöfe
B) Geisterbahnhöfe
C) Finsternisbahnhöfe
D) Schattenbahnhöfe
  • 46. Which television station aired footage of David Hasselhoff's concert?
A) ARD
B) ProSieben
C) RTL
D) Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
  • 47. Which present-day state did the Berlin Wall separate West Berlin from?
A) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
B) Brandenburg
C) Saxony
D) Thuringia
  • 48. Which Western artist performed a concert close to the Berlin Wall on June 6, 1987?
A) David Hasselhoff
B) Bruce Springsteen
C) Elton John
D) David Bowie
  • 49. Who was pursued by East German soldiers in the outer strip for defacing the wall?
A) Banksy
B) Keith Haring
C) Shepard Fairey
D) Thierry Noir
  • 50. On what date did Ronald Reagan deliver his speech at the Brandenburg Gate?
A) 26 June 1963
B) 22 months after the erection of the Berlin Wall
C) January 1989
D) 12 June 1987
  • 51. Which artist created about 500 artworks along the former border strip around West Berlin?
A) Elsner
B) Liza Fox
C) Veryl Goodnight
D) Kremlingames
  • 52. What was the last method of escape attempt that resulted in death?
A) Driving a sports car through fortifications
B) Jumping out of an apartment window
C) A homemade natural gas-filled balloon crash
D) Swimming across the Spree River
  • 53. Which municipalities in Potsdam-Mittelmark shared a border with former West Berlin?
A) Nuthetal, Glienicke/Nordbahn, Oberkrämer
B) Brandenburg an der Havel, Rathenow, Premnitz
C) Potsdam, Werder (Havel), Schwielowsee
D) Stahnsdorf, Kleinmachnow, Teltow
  • 54. Which film features a segment centered on a house apparently bisected by the Berlin Wall?
A) The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
B) Escape from East Berlin (1962)
C) Casino Royale (1967)
D) Funeral in Berlin (1966)
  • 55. Which municipality in Oberhavel shared a border with former West Berlin?
A) Oranienburg
B) Gransee
C) Neuruppin
D) Hohen Neuendorf
  • 56. Which film is set during German unification and depicts the fall of the Berlin Wall through archive footage?
A) Sonnenallee (1999)
B) Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
C) Open The Wall (2014)
D) The Tunnel (2001)
  • 57. According to a 2009 VTsIOM poll, what percentage of Russians did not know who built the Berlin Wall?
A) 6 percent
B) 10 percent
C) 58 percent
D) 24 percent
  • 58. Which band performed 'Chippin' Away', a song about the Berlin Wall?
A) Camel
B) Crosby, Stills & Nash
C) Sex Pistols
D) Klein Orkest
  • 59. Who manned the checkpoints for Allied personnel traveling between West Germany and West Berlin?
A) Neutral international forces.
B) Soviet military personnel.
C) East German border guards.
D) Western Allies themselves.
  • 60. What was the main message Bruce Springsteen conveyed during his East Berlin concert in 1988?
A) He announced a new album release.
B) He criticized Western policies.
C) He supported the East German government.
D) He hoped that all barriers would be torn down.
  • 61. How many successful escape tunnels were dug under the Berlin Wall?
A) 29
B) 19
C) 5
D) 70
  • 62. What was the name of the second wall built parallel to the Berlin Wall?
A) Hinterland wall (inner wall)
B) Reinforcement wall
C) Outer wall
D) Secondary barrier
  • 63. Which autobahn entered East German territory between Helmstedt and Marienborn?
A) B101 highway
B) Berlin-Helmstedt autobahn
C) B96 highway
D) A10 autobahn
  • 64. Which municipality in Teltow-Fläming shared a border with former West Berlin?
A) Luckenwalde
B) Jüterbog
C) Großbeeren
D) Trebbin
  • 65. Which British Prime Minister commented on the moral implications of the Berlin Wall?
A) Tony Blair
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Theresa May
D) Winston Churchill
  • 66. Which crossing allowed West Berlin waste to be transported into East German dumps?
A) New crossings opened after the 1972 agreements
B) Friedrichstraße station
C) Checkpoint Charlie
D) Checkpoint Alpha
  • 67. According to a September 2004 poll, what percentage of West Germans wished for East and West Germany to be separated again by a 'Wall'?
A) 25 percent
B) 58 percent
C) 8 percent
D) 12 percent
  • 68. Who delivered the 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech?
A) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
B) U.S. President Ronald Reagan
C) GDR Leader Erich Honecker
D) U.S. President John F. Kennedy
  • 69. Which album by Camel is themed around families and friends split up by the building of the Berlin Wall?
A) 'Heroes' (1977) by David Bowie
B) Holidays in the Sun by Sex Pistols
C) Stationary Traveller (1984)
D) Once (1990) by Roy Harper
  • 70. What percentage of Russians thought Western powers built the Berlin Wall, according to the 2009 VTsIOM poll?
A) Ten percent
B) Six percent
C) 58 percent
D) 24 percent
  • 71. Which film is a comedy about life in East Berlin during the late 1970s?
A) Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
B) The Tunnel (2001)
C) Sonnenallee (1999)
D) Open The Wall (2014)
  • 72. Which feature film is based on the true story of families who attempted to escape East Germany in a homemade hot air balloon?
A) The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall (1965)
B) Night Crossing (1982)
C) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
D) Escape from East Berlin (1962)
  • 73. Which song's music video contains clips of the fall of the Berlin Wall?
A) Stationary Traveller by Camel
B) 'Heroes' by David Bowie
C) Chippin' Away
D) 'Free' by Liza Fox (2013)
  • 74. Who was the first East German border guard to escape to West Berlin?
A) Conrad Schumann
B) Thomas Krüger
C) Günter Litfin
D) Wolfgang Engels
  • 75. Which song by David Bowie was inspired by a couple kissing at the Berlin Wall?
A) Chippin' Away
B) 'Heroes'
C) Holidays in the Sun
D) The Day the Wall Came Down
  • 76. Who was the headlining performer at the Freedom Tour Live concert on December 31, 1989?
A) Bruce Springsteen
B) David Hasselhoff
C) Elton John
D) Madonna
  • 77. What percentage of Russians thought Berlin residents built the Wall themselves, according to the 2009 VTsIOM poll?
A) Ten percent
B) 58 percent
C) Six percent
D) 24 percent
  • 78. Which historical figure did John F. Kennedy compare to a 'Berlin citizen' in his speech?
A) A Soviet citizen
B) A Roman citizen
C) A British citizen
D) An American citizen
  • 79. Who was the first person to be shot and killed while trying to cross to West Berlin?
A) Conrad Schumann
B) Günter Litfin
C) Wolfgang Engels
D) Thomas Krüger
  • 80. Which station became a major crossing point for Westerners with permission to cross?
A) Kurfürstendamm
B) Alexanderplatz
C) Friedrichstraße
D) Potsdamer Platz
  • 81. Which Dutch pop band released a song about East and West Berlin during the period of the Berlin Wall?
A) Camel
B) Crosby, Stills & Nash
C) Sex Pistols
D) Klein Orkest
  • 82. On what date did John F. Kennedy deliver his famous speech in West Berlin?
A) 12 June 1987
B) 26 June 1963
C) 22 months after the erection of the Berlin Wall
D) January 1989
  • 83. Who was the first casualty at the Berlin Wall?
A) Peter Fechter
B) Winfried Freudenberg
C) Günter Litfin
D) Ida Siekmann
  • 84. Which song by Roy Harper includes lyrics about the fall of the Berlin Wall?
A) Over de muur
B) 'Heroes' by David Bowie
C) Holidays in the Sun by Sex Pistols
D) 'Berliners'
  • 85. According to a 2011 Forsa poll, what percentage of Berliners thought constructing the Wall was not so wrong?
A) 50%
B) 87%
C) 74%
D) 35%
  • 86. Which band's song 'Holidays in the Sun' mentions the Berlin Wall?
A) Klein Orkest
B) Camel
C) Crosby, Stills & Nash
D) Sex Pistols
  • 87. Who predicted that the Berlin Wall would stand for 50 to 100 more years?
A) U.S. President Ronald Reagan
B) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
C) U.S. President John F. Kennedy
D) GDR Leader Erich Honecker
  • 88. Which organization was concerned about losing an entire generation in East Germany?
A) Stasi
B) West Berlin government
C) East German Communist Party
D) FDJ youth organization
  • 89. Which film is a dramatization about a joint CIA/MI6 operation to build a tunnel under East Berlin in the 1950s?
A) Night Crossing (1982)
B) The Innocent (1993)
C) Bridge of Spies (2015)
D) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
  • 90. Which film is a dramatization of a collaborative tunnel under the Berlin Wall?
A) The Tunnel (2001)
B) Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
C) Bridge of Spies (2015)
D) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
  • 91. What was the nickname for the layer of nails under balconies overhanging the death strip?
A) 'Lenin's Ladder'
B) 'Stalin's Carpet'
C) 'Hitler's Highway'
D) 'Napoleon's Pathway'
  • 92. Which municipality in Havelland shared a border with former West Berlin?
A) Nauen
B) Wustermark
C) Falkensee
D) Kleinmachnow
  • 93. Which group of East Germans could travel to the West starting in 1964?
A) All citizens without restrictions.
B) West Berliners.
C) Elderly pensioners.
D) Only artists and musicians.
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