Otto von Habsburg - Quiz
Otto von Habsburg
  • 1. Who did Otto von Habsburg marry?
A) Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen
B) Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg
C) Baroness Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza
D) Princess Elisabeth Maria of Bavaria
  • 2. On what date did Otto von Habsburg marry?
A) 13 September 1954
B) 16 December 1964
C) 10 May 1951
D) 11 January 1961
  • 3. Where did Otto von Habsburg live in retirement?
A) Mexico City
B) Villa Austria in Pöcking
C) Madrid
D) Stockholm
  • 4. How many children did Otto von Habsburg have at the time of his death?
A) Twenty-two
B) Five
C) Seven
D) Nine
  • 5. Which of Otto's children is a twin?
A) Andrea von Habsburg
B) Michaela von Habsburg
C) Karl von Habsburg
D) Georg von Habsburg
  • 6. Who attended Otto von Habsburg's wedding?
A) Count Franz Joseph von Kageneck
B) Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
C) Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden
D) Empress Zita
  • 7. What is the relationship between Otto von Habsburg and his wife, Regina?
A) Siblings
B) First cousins
C) Fourth cousins
D) Second cousins
  • 8. Which title was held by Otto between 1916 and 2011?
A) Crown Prince of Austria, Hungary, Bohemia, and Croatia
B) Emperor of Austria
C) Grand Duke of Tuscany
D) King of Jerusalem
  • 9. In what year did Otto von Habsburg die?
A) 1951
B) 2011
C) 1997
D) 2001
  • 10. Which of Otto's children was married to a Duke of Santángelo?
A) Gabriela von Habsburg
B) Monika von Habsburg
C) Andrea von Habsburg
D) Walburga von Habsburg
  • 11. Where is the Villa Austria located?
A) Wittlich
B) Lausanne
C) Pöcking near Starnberg
D) Madrid
  • 12. Who was married to Duchess Eilika of Oldenburg?
A) Karl von Habsburg
B) Georg von Habsburg
C) Eric Alba-Teran d'Antin
D) Christian Meister
  • 13. Which of Otto's children was born in 1961?
A) Walburga von Habsburg
B) Karl von Habsburg
C) Georg von Habsburg
D) Gabriela von Habsburg
  • 14. Which ancestor did Otto and Regina share?
A) Ludwig I, Grand Duke of Baden
B) Francis, King-Consort of Spain
C) Karl Ludwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
D) Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza
  • 15. What is the name of the church where Otto married?
A) Church of Starnberg
B) St. Stephen's Cathedral
C) Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers
D) Church of Wittlich
  • 16. Which child of Otto von Habsburg married Count Archibald Douglas?
A) Michaela von Habsburg
B) Walburga von Habsburg
C) Monika von Habsburg
D) Andrea von Habsburg
  • 17. How many grandchildren did Otto have at the time of his death?
A) Twenty-two
B) Two
C) Seven
D) Four
  • 18. Which of Otto's daughters was divorced in 1997?
A) Michaela von Habsburg
B) Walburga von Habsburg
C) Gabriela von Habsburg
D) Monika von Habsburg
  • 19. What title was associated with Otto starting from 1 April 1922?
A) Prince of New York
B) Emperor of Austria
C) Duke of Mexico
D) King of Sweden
  • 20. Whose intervention helped Otto obtain a passport from the Principality of Monaco in 1946?
A) The Austrian Chancellor
B) Charles de Gaulle
C) The Pope
D) The King of Spain
  • 21. What name was Otto required to accept to have his Austrian citizenship approved in 1957?
A) Dr. Otto Habsburg-Lothringen
B) Archduke Otto
C) Otto of the House of Habsburg
D) Otto von Austria
  • 22. On what date did Otto officially declare his loyalty to the Republic of Austria?
A) 31 May 1961
B) 5 June 1961
C) 8 May 1956
D) 20 July 1965
  • 23. What reason did Otto give for renouncing his claims to the throne in 1961?
A) Pressure from the Vatican
B) Purely practical reasons
C) To become a professional politician
D) Personal belief in democracy
  • 24. How did Otto describe the demand to abstain from politics in his 2007 interview?
A) An infamy
B) A reasonable request
C) A minor inconvenience
D) A necessary compromise
  • 25. Which political group was particularly ill-disposed to welcoming back the heir of the deposed dynasty?
A) The Monarchist League
B) The Green Party
C) The People's Party
D) The Socialists
  • 26. Which political party winning an outright majority allowed for Otto to be issued an Austrian passport?
A) The Socialist Party
B) The People's Party
C) The Communist Party
D) The Liberal Party
  • 27. On what date did Otto finally visit his home country for the first time in 48 years?
A) 20 July 1965
B) 5 July 1967
C) 1 June 1966
D) 31 October 1966
  • 28. When did Otto visit Vienna for the first time after his return?
A) 5 July 1967
B) 24 May 1963
C) 1 June 1966
D) 31 October 1966
  • 29. What was Otto von Habsburg's stance on Nazi Fascism in Austria?
A) He remained neutral.
B) He supported it for stability.
C) He was indifferent to its impact.
D) He absolutely rejected it.
  • 30. Whom did Otto urge to resist Nazi Germany in 1938?
A) Adolf Hitler
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Winston Churchill
D) Kurt Schuschnigg
  • 31. Which group was reported to be among the strongest supporters of a Habsburg restoration?
A) The German military
B) Soviet communists
C) The Nazi regime
D) Austrian Jews
  • 32. What was the result of the Nazi regime's sentencing of Otto?
A) He was imprisoned in Austria.
B) He was exiled to Russia.
C) He was sentenced to death.
D) He was offered a diplomatic position.
  • 33. What happened to the personal property of the House of Habsburg after the German annexation of Austria?
A) It was donated to the Red Cross.
B) It was confiscated.
C) It was protected by international law.
D) It was returned to the people.
  • 34. Which concentration camp were Otto's cousins Max and Ernst of Hohenberg sent to?
A) Treblinka
B) Auschwitz
C) Bergen-Belsen
D) Dachau
  • 35. Approximately how many Austrians did Otto help flee the country at the beginning of World War II?
A) 1,500
B) 15,000
C) 50,000
D) 500
  • 36. To which country did the family flee after the German invasion of France?
A) Switzerland
B) United Kingdom
C) Portugal
D) Spain
  • 37. Who issued instructions to provide visas for the family to help them leave France?
A) Winston Churchill
B) António Salazar
C) Joseph Stalin
D) Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • 38. Where did Otto live from 1940 to 1944?
A) Vienna
B) Cascais
C) London
D) Washington, D.C.
  • 39. What happened to Otto's citizenship in 1941?
A) Hitler personally revoked it.
B) It was restored by Austria.
C) It was never challenged.
D) It was granted by the United States.
  • 40. What was the name of the Nazi document that listed Otto?
A) The Death Warrant List
B) The Resistance Directory
C) The Habsburg Law
D) Sonderfahndungsliste G.B.
  • 41. Which of these was a concern Otto expressed regarding Austria's future after the war?
A) The return of the monarchy
B) Economic collapse
C) Becoming a Soviet satellite state
D) Becoming a German province
  • 42. What series of U.S. stamps did Otto try to influence to keep his homeland in the public mind?
A) The Allied Victory series
B) The Independence series
C) Overrun Countries series
D) The Patriot series
  • 43. Who put an end to the plans for a restoration of Austria-Hungary?
A) Joseph Stalin
B) Winston Churchill
C) Franklin D. Roosevelt
D) Adolf Hitler
  • 44. Which region's German-speaking population rights did Otto lobby for?
A) Poland
B) South Tyrol
C) Bohemia
D) Hungary
  • 45. Why were bombardments on Vienna delayed until 1943?
A) Due to Nazi diplomatic pressure
B) Due to bad weather
C) Due to Otto's influence
D) Due to a lack of Allied fuel
  • 46. How old was Otto when his father died?
A) Ten
B) Twelve
C) Nine
D) Seven
  • 47. Where did the Habsburg family relocate after Madeira?
A) Lequeitio
B) Switzerland
C) Hungary
D) Belgium
  • 48. When was the Habsburg Law passed?
A) 12 May 1922
B) 10 October 1918
C) 1 January 1935
D) 3 April 1919
  • 49. How many Austrian municipalities named Otto an honorary citizen between 1931 and 1938?
A) 1,603
B) 1,000
C) 2,000
D) 500
  • 50. Where did Otto's family spend time immediately following the years in Switzerland?
A) Madeira
B) Belgium
C) Lequeitio
D) Vienna
  • 51. When was Otto von Habsburg born?
A) 20 November 1918
B) 4 July 2011
C) 20 November 1912
D) 16 July 1916
  • 52. In what year did Otto become the pretender to the former thrones?
A) 1938
B) 1916
C) 1922
D) 1918
  • 53. In what year did Otto resign as head of the Imperial House?
A) 2000
B) 2007
C) 1999
D) 2011
  • 54. From 1954 until his death, where did Otto reside?
A) Brussels, Belgium
B) Bavaria, Germany
C) Madrid, Spain
D) Vienna, Austria
  • 55. Which political movement did Otto lead as President from 1973 to 2004?
A) International Paneuropean Union
B) Austrian Resistance Movement
C) European Parliament
D) Christian Social Union
  • 56. What event in 1989 was Otto a co-initiator of?
A) The dissolution of Austria-Hungary
B) The fall of the Berlin Wall
C) Pan-European Picnic
D) The Anschluss
  • 57. Where is Otto's heart buried?
A) The Imperial Crypt
B) St. Stephen's Cathedral
C) Pannonhalma Archabbey
D) Villa Austria
  • 58. Where was Otto's funeral held?
A) St. Stephen's Cathedral
B) The Imperial Crypt
C) Pannonhalma Archabbey
D) Bavaria
  • 59. Which group did Otto fierceley oppose?
A) Catholicism
B) The Order of Malta
C) European integration
D) Nazism
  • 60. Who baptized Otto von Habsburg?
A) Franz Xaver Cardinal Nagl
B) Franz Joseph I
C) Archduke Charles
D) Franz Ferdinand
  • 61. Who served as the representative for Otto's godfather at his baptism?
A) Franz Ferdinand
B) Archduke Charles
C) Franz Joseph I
D) Franz Xaver Cardinal Nagl
  • 62. When did Otto become Crown Prince?
A) 1912
B) 1916
C) 1918
D) 1944
  • 63. Who ruled Hungary as regent starting in 1920?
A) Franz Ferdinand
B) Archduke Charles
C) Miklós Horthy
D) Franz Joseph I
  • 64. What happened to the monarchies in 1918?
A) They were united
B) They were abolished
C) They became republics led by kings
D) They were expanded
  • 65. With which individual did Otto von Habsburg have a physical altercation in the European Parliament?
A) Karl Habsburg
B) Francisco Franco
C) Norbert Darabos
D) Ian Paisley
  • 66. Which organization was a secretive conservative network that Habsburg was part of during the Cold War?
A) Le Cercle
B) World Vision
C) The Paneuropean Union
D) Mont Pelerin Society
  • 67. How did Otto von Habsburg describe Vladimir Putin in his criticisms from 2002 to 2005?
A) A stone cold technocrat
B) A charismatic leader
C) A democratic reformer
D) A visionary statesman
  • 68. What controversy arose in 1998 regarding Otto von Habsburg's son, Karl?
A) Public criticism of the Pope
B) Involvement in an election scandal
C) The World Vision donation affair
D) Illegal lobbying for the CSU
  • 69. Which dictator did Otto von Habsburg hold in high regard for helping refugees?
A) Engelbert Dollfuss
B) Joseph Stalin
C) Francisco Franco
D) Adolf Hitler
  • 70. Which publication did Otto von Habsburg support that was classified as 'right-wing extremist'?
A) Junge Freiheit
B) The Paneuropean Bulletin
C) Neue Rechte Gazette
D) The Bavarian Conservative
  • 71. What was the subject of the poster held by Ian Paisley during the Pope's speech?
A) Down with the European Parliament
B) Support for the Communist Bloc
C) Pope John Paul II Antichrist
D) Freedom for Northern Ireland
  • 72. How old was Otto von Habsburg when he died?
A) 97
B) 99
C) 100
D) 98
  • 73. How long did the period of mourning last in countries formerly part of Austria-Hungary?
A) 3 days
B) 30 days
C) 7 days
D) 13 days
  • 74. In which year did Otto von Habsburg become a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany?
A) 1916
B) 1990
C) 1978
D) 1957
  • 75. Which academic institution in France awarded Otto von Habsburg a medal?
A) University of Nancy
B) Royal Moroccan Academy
C) Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques
D) University of Paris
  • 76. The European Charles Prize of the Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft is associated with which organization?
A) Paneuropean Union
B) Institut de France
C) Sudetendeutsche Landsmannschaft
D) Academia da Cultura Portuguesa
  • 77. Where is the university located that awarded Otto von Habsburg an honorary senator title?
A) Pécs, Hungary
B) Ferrara, Italy
C) Maribor, Slovenia
D) Tampa, Florida
  • 78. In what year did Otto von Habsburg become a citizen of the Republic of Croatia?
A) 1919
B) 1957
C) 1978
D) 1990
  • 79. Otto von Habsburg was an honorary doctor of a university in which US state?
A) Ohio
B) New York
C) Texas
D) California
  • 80. In which city is the Academia da Cultura Portuguesa located?
A) Lisbon
B) Veszprém
C) Paris
D) Madrid
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