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