#1 Buttons 20 seconds
What is the day called when the GDR authorities first sealed off West Berlin?
Barbed Wire Sunday
Bloody Sunday
Black Sunday
Cold Sunday
The "Stacheldrahtsonntag" happened on August 13, 1961.
#2 Buttons 20 seconds
What American president held the famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in 1963?
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
There is a widespread misconception that Kennedy accidentally said a malapropism that he was a Berliner, German doughnut
#3 Location 50 seconds
What's the location of this famous border crossing in Berlin?
After the reunification of Germany, the building at Checkpoint Charlie became a tourist attraction.
#4 Buttons 20 seconds
What Soviet leader is kissing Honecker on this mural?
Brezhnev
Andropov
Gorbachev
Chernenko
The socialist fraternal kiss was a special form of greeting between socialist leaders.
#5 Buttons 20 seconds
Who performed "I've been looking for freedom" at the wall in 1989?
David Hasselhoff
David Bowie
Roger Waters
Bruce Springsteen
The album went to triple platinum in Europe, and its lead single went to number one in Germany and Switzerland.
#6 Buttons 20 seconds
What was the colloquial term in the GDR for illegal emigration to West Germany?
Republikflucht
Ausflucht
Zuflucht
Grenzübertritt
"Republikflucht" translates to "Desertion from the republic".
#7 Buttons 20 seconds
Who was encouraged by Ronald Reagan to "tear down this wall"?
Gorbachev
Brezhnev
Honecker
Ulbricht
Helmut Kohl said he would never forget standing near Reagan when he challenged Gorbachev.
#8 Buttons 20 seconds
What was the official name of the wall in GDR?
Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart
Berlin Wall
People's Safety Barrier
Peace Wall
The West Berlin city government sometimes referred to it as the "Wall of Shame".
#9 Buttons 20 seconds
What was the name of the mined corridor of land between the wall's two barriers?
Death Strip
Iron Curtain
Demilitarized Zone
Surveillance Area
Beds of nails in the death strip where also known as "Stalin's Carpet".
#10 Buttons 20 seconds
In what year did the Berlin wall fall?
1989
1990
1991
1992
The wall fell on November 9, 1989.