1
Where is Berlin located?
36% got this right
2
What is the name of the state that surrounds Berlin?
Brandenburg
Braunschweig
Mecklenburg
Saxony
56% got this right
Berlin itself is a city-state.
3
Which of the following is NOT a district of Berlin?
Eppendorf
Pankow
Spandau
Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
22% got this right
Berlin has a total of twelve districts.
4
What two leaders are kissing in this Berlin wall graffiti?
Honecker & Brezhnev
Queen Elizabeth & Prince Charles
Kohl & Yong-nam
Gorbachev & Hitler
69% got this right
The socialist fraternal kiss was a special form of greeting between socialist leaders.
5
What's the name of this cold war border checkpoint in Berlin?
Charlie
Cheddar
Chance
Chestnut
61% got this right
Today, it is a tourist attraction.
6
What was the name of this prison, demolished in 1987?
Spandau
Lichtenberg
Reinickendorf
Köpenick
31% got this right
After WW2, it held seven top Nazi leaders convicted in the Nuremberg trials.
7
What's the name of this ancient gate which is on display at Berlin's Pergamon museum?
Ishtar gate
Nebuchadnezzar gate
Marduk gate
Hammurabi gate
21% got this right
The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon.
8
Arguably one of the world's most famous night clubs, what is its name?
Berghain
Concrete
Ministry of Sound
Faust
36% got this right
It is named after its location near the border between Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain.
9
What's the name of this street?
Unter den Linden
Oranienburger Strasse
Reeperbahn
Weißgerbergasse
45% got this right
This avenue links numerous Berlin sights, landmarks and rivers for sightseeing.
10
What river runs through Berlin?
Spree
Main
Elbe
Weser
33% got this right
The Spree is, with a length of approximately 400 kilometres (250 mi), the main tributary of the River Hen and Spremberg.
