1
What is the day called when the GDR authorities first sealed off West Berlin?
Barbed Wire Sunday
Black Sunday
Bloody Sunday
Cold Sunday
13% got this right
The "Stacheldrahtsonntag" happened on August 13, 1961.
2
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What American president held the famous "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech in 1963?
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
81% got this right
There is a widespread misconception that Kennedy accidentally said a malapropism that he was a Berliner, German doughnut
3
What's the location of this famous border crossing in Berlin?
37% got this right
After the reunification of Germany, the building at Checkpoint Charlie became a tourist attraction.
4
What Soviet leader is kissing Honecker on this mural?
Brezhnev
Andropov
Chernenko
Gorbachev
45% got this right
The socialist fraternal kiss was a special form of greeting between socialist leaders.
5
Who performed "I've been looking for freedom" at the wall in 1989?
David Hasselhoff
Bruce Springsteen
David Bowie
Roger Waters
40% got this right
The album went to triple platinum in Europe, and its lead single went to number one in Germany and Switzerland.
6
What was the colloquial term in the GDR for illegal emigration to West Germany?
Republikflucht
Ausflucht
Grenzübertritt
Zuflucht
17% got this right
"Republikflucht" translates to "Desertion from the republic".
7
Who was encouraged by Ronald Reagan to "tear down this wall"?
Gorbachev
Brezhnev
Honecker
Ulbricht
50% got this right
Helmut Kohl said he would never forget standing near Reagan when he challenged Gorbachev.
8
What was the official name of the wall in GDR?
Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart
Berlin Wall
Peace Wall
People's Safety Barrier
10% got this right
The West Berlin city government sometimes referred to it as the "Wall of Shame".
9
What was the name of the mined corridor of land between the wall's two barriers?
Death Strip
Demilitarized Zone
Iron Curtain
Surveillance Area
37% got this right
Beds of nails in the death strip where also known as "Stalin's Carpet".
10
In what year did the Berlin wall fall?
1989
1990
1991
1992
81% got this right
The wall fell on November 9, 1989.
