Berlin Wall - Quiz
Berlin Wall
  • 1. When was the Berlin Wall built?
A) 1961
B) 1945
C) 1989
D) 1979
  • 2. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?
A) 1995
B) 1989
C) 2001
D) 1975
  • 3. Which country constructed the Berlin Wall?
A) West Germany
B) United States
C) Russia
D) East Germany
  • 4. What year did Germany officially reunify following the fall of the Berlin Wall?
A) 1985
B) 1995
C) 2000
D) 1990
  • 5. Which U.S. President famously said 'Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!'?
A) Bill Clinton
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Ronald Reagan
D) George H.W. Bush
  • 6. What day is celebrated as Germany's reunification day following the fall of the Berlin Wall?
A) August 13
B) November 9
C) October 3
D) December 25
  • 7. What did Westerners refer to the Berlin Wall as?
A) The Steel Barrier
B) The Concrete Divide
C) The Iron Curtain
D) The Great Divide
  • 8. Which side of Berlin was considered capitalist during the Cold War?
A) West Berlin
B) East Berlin
C) North 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 Alpha
C) Checkpoint Bravo
D) Checkpoint Charlie
  • 10. What was the Berlin Wall officially called by the GDR authorities?
A) The Great Divide.
B) The Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart (Antifaschistischer Schutzwall).
C) The Iron Curtain.
D) The Concrete Barrier.
  • 11. What was the term used by West Berlin's Mayor Willy Brandt for the Berlin Wall?
A) The 'Wall of Shame'.
B) The Concrete Barrier.
C) The Iron Curtain.
D) The Great Divide.
  • 12. What was the economic system in West Germany after World War II?
A) An autocratic regime.
B) A social market economy with a democratic parliamentary government.
C) A communist state under Soviet control.
D) A centrally planned socialist economy.
  • 13. What was the 'economic miracle' in West Germany known as?
A) "Wiederaufbau" (reconstruction).
B) "Kapitalismus" (capitalism).
C) "Sozialismus" (socialism).
D) "Wirtschaftswunder".
  • 14. What was the term used for East Germans fleeing to West Germany before the Berlin Wall?
A) "Republikflucht."
B) "Blockade."
C) "Unification."
D) "Wirtschaftswunder."
  • 15. How many GDR citizens moved to West Germany in 1950?
A) 331,000
B) 182,000
C) 165,000
D) 187,000
  • 16. Who proposed the introduction of a pass system for visits to East Berlin during discussions with Stalin?
A) Vyacheslav Molotov
B) Walter Ulbricht
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 May 1953
B) 30 September 1954
C) 15 June 1951
D) 1 April 1952
  • 18. What did Stalin advise East Germany to do regarding their border defenses?
A) Negotiate with Western powers
B) Open borders for free movement
C) Remove all border defenses
D) Build up their border defenses and consider the demarcation line a dangerous border
  • 19. What was constructed along the inner German border after it was closed in 1952?
A) Concrete walls
B) Electric fences
C) A barbed-wire fence
D) No barriers were erected
  • 20. In what year did the Soviets give East Germany authority over civilian movement in Berlin?
A) 1955
B) 1961
C) 1953
D) 1956
  • 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) 11 December 1957
C) 1 January 1958
D) 15 June 1956
  • 22. What percentage of East Germans leaving for the West did Berlin account for by the end of 1958?
A) 75%
B) 60%
C) 50%
D) Well over 90%
  • 23. When did construction of the Berlin outer ring railway commence?
A) 1955
B) 1951
C) 1949
D) 1960
  • 24. Who wrote an urgent letter to the Central Committee about the significant increase in the number of East German intelligentsia among refugees?
A) Nikita Khrushchev
B) Konrad Adenauer
C) Walter Ulbricht
D) Yuri Andropov
  • 25. What was the main reason for East German intelligentsia leaving, according to testimony from refugees?
A) Political reasons.
B) Family reunification.
C) Economic reasons.
D) Better climate.
  • 26. What percentage of its pre-war population did East Germany have in terms of working age by 1960?
A) 75%
B) 50%
C) 61%
D) 70.5%
  • 27. How much was the direct cost of manpower losses to East Germany estimated at?
A) $10 billion to $12 billion
B) $7 billion to $9 billion
C) $5 billion to $6 billion
D) $15 billion to $17 billion
  • 28. How much did Walter Ulbricht claim West Germany owed him in compensation?
A) $17 billion
B) $25 billion
C) $20 billion
D) $10 billion
  • 29. Why did the advantage of reducing the number of citizens hostile to the communist regime prove unhelpful?
A) It resulted in international sanctions.
B) It led to increased hostility in West Germany.
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) Walter Ulbricht
B) James Reston
C) Nikita Khrushchev
D) John F. Kennedy
  • 31. Where did Ulbricht sign the order to close the border and erect a wall?
A) In Berlin at a government office
B) During a press conference on 15 June 1961
C) At the Vienna summit
D) At a garden party in Döllnsee
  • 32. How did the construction of the Berlin Wall affect families?
A) Family reunifications became easier due to new policies.
B) Families were reunited across the sectors.
C) The Wall had no significant impact on family structures.
D) Many families were split apart.
  • 33. Who led the demonstrations against the Berlin Wall in West Berlin?
A) The Soviet Union's leader.
B) Mayor Willy Brandt.
C) Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
D) President Kennedy.
  • 34. Which American intelligence agency was aware of East Germany's plan to close the intra-Berlin border?
A) The National Security Agency
B) FBI
C) DIA
D) CIA
  • 35. Which airport did Kennedy's representatives land at when they visited West Berlin?
A) Tempelhof Airport
B) Schönefeld Airport
C) Tegel Airport
D) Berlin Brandenburg Airport
  • 36. What was the length of the convoy that U.S. troops marched from West Germany to West Berlin?
A) 177 km (110 mi)
B) 160 km (99 mi)
C) 200 km (124 mi)
D) 140 km (87 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) Six meters wide
D) Eight meters wide
  • 38. In October 2009, what percentage of East Germans were unhappy with unification?
A) 12 percent
B) 58 percent
C) 25 percent
D) 8 percent
  • 39. Which documentary film tracks down wall segments located in the U.S.?
A) The American Sector (2020)
B) Rabbit à la Berlin (2009)
C) Something to Do with the Wall (1991)
D) The Road to the Wall (1962)
  • 40. 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
  • 41. What percentage of Russians correctly identified the Soviet Union and East Germany as builders of the Berlin Wall in the 2009 VTsIOM poll?
A) Four percent
B) 24 percent
C) 58 percent
D) Six percent
  • 42. What did the GDR officials issue to border guards dealing with defectors?
A) Shoot-to-kill orders
B) Orders to capture and imprison defectors
C) Instructions to let defectors escape
D) Shooting orders (Schießbefehl)
  • 43. What was the slogan chanted by protesters during the Peaceful Revolution in East Germany?
A) "Honecker muss weg!" (Honecker must go!).
B) "Wir bleiben hier!" (We are staying here!).
C) "Gorby, help us!"
D) "Freiheit jetzt!" (Freedom now!).
  • 44. Which municipality in Dahme-Spreewald shared a border with former West Berlin?
A) Schönefeld (partially)
B) Mittenwalde
C) Lübbenau/Spreewald
D) Königs Wusterhausen
  • 45. What were the ghost stations in East Berlin known as?
A) Schattenbahnhöfe
B) Finsternisbahnhöfe
C) Geisterbahnhöfe
D) Nachtbahnhöfe
  • 46. Which television station aired footage of David Hasselhoff's concert?
A) RTL
B) ProSieben
C) Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF)
D) ARD
  • 47. Which present-day state did the Berlin Wall separate West Berlin from?
A) Thuringia
B) Brandenburg
C) Saxony
D) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • 48. Which Western artist performed a concert close to the Berlin Wall on June 6, 1987?
A) David Hasselhoff
B) David Bowie
C) Elton John
D) Bruce Springsteen
  • 49. Who was pursued by East German soldiers in the outer strip for defacing the wall?
A) Shepard Fairey
B) Banksy
C) Thierry Noir
D) Keith Haring
  • 50. On what date did Ronald Reagan deliver his speech at the Brandenburg Gate?
A) 22 months after the erection of the Berlin Wall
B) 12 June 1987
C) January 1989
D) 26 June 1963
  • 51. Which artist created about 500 artworks along the former border strip around West Berlin?
A) Kremlingames
B) Liza Fox
C) Elsner
D) Veryl Goodnight
  • 52. What was the last method of escape attempt that resulted in death?
A) A homemade natural gas-filled balloon crash
B) Jumping out of an apartment window
C) Driving a sports car through fortifications
D) Swimming across the Spree River
  • 53. Which municipalities in Potsdam-Mittelmark shared a border with former West Berlin?
A) Brandenburg an der Havel, Rathenow, Premnitz
B) Stahnsdorf, Kleinmachnow, Teltow
C) Nuthetal, Glienicke/Nordbahn, Oberkrämer
D) Potsdam, Werder (Havel), Schwielowsee
  • 54. Which film features a segment centered on a house apparently bisected by the Berlin Wall?
A) Casino Royale (1967)
B) The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz (1968)
C) Escape from East Berlin (1962)
D) Funeral in Berlin (1966)
  • 55. Which municipality in Oberhavel shared a border with former West Berlin?
A) Neuruppin
B) Oranienburg
C) Gransee
D) Hohen Neuendorf
  • 56. Which film is set during German unification and depicts the fall of the Berlin Wall through archive footage?
A) Sonnenallee (1999)
B) Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
C) Open The Wall (2014)
D) The Tunnel (2001)
  • 57. According to a 2009 VTsIOM poll, what percentage of Russians did not know who built the Berlin Wall?
A) 10 percent
B) 6 percent
C) 24 percent
D) 58 percent
  • 58. Which band performed 'Chippin' Away', a song about the Berlin Wall?
A) Crosby, Stills & Nash
B) Klein Orkest
C) Sex Pistols
D) Camel
  • 59. Who manned the checkpoints for Allied personnel traveling between West Germany and West Berlin?
A) Neutral international forces.
B) Western Allies themselves.
C) Soviet military personnel.
D) East German border guards.
  • 60. What was the main message Bruce Springsteen conveyed during his East Berlin concert in 1988?
A) He criticized Western policies.
B) He supported the East German government.
C) He hoped that all barriers would be torn down.
D) He announced a new album release.
  • 61. How many successful escape tunnels were dug under the Berlin Wall?
A) 70
B) 19
C) 5
D) 29
  • 62. What was the name of the second wall built parallel to the Berlin Wall?
A) Reinforcement wall
B) Outer wall
C) Secondary barrier
D) Hinterland wall (inner wall)
  • 63. Which autobahn entered East German territory between Helmstedt and Marienborn?
A) Berlin-Helmstedt autobahn
B) B101 highway
C) A10 autobahn
D) B96 highway
  • 64. Which municipality in Teltow-Fläming shared a border with former West Berlin?
A) Jüterbog
B) Großbeeren
C) Trebbin
D) Luckenwalde
  • 65. Which British Prime Minister commented on the moral implications of the Berlin Wall?
A) Theresa May
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Tony Blair
D) Winston Churchill
  • 66. Which crossing allowed West Berlin waste to be transported into East German dumps?
A) Friedrichstraße station
B) Checkpoint Charlie
C) New crossings opened after the 1972 agreements
D) Checkpoint Alpha
  • 67. 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) 12 percent
B) 8 percent
C) 58 percent
D) 25 percent
  • 68. Who delivered the 'Ich bin ein Berliner' speech?
A) U.S. President Ronald Reagan
B) U.S. President John F. Kennedy
C) GDR Leader Erich Honecker
D) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
  • 69. Which album by Camel is themed around families and friends split up by the building of the Berlin Wall?
A) Once (1990) by Roy Harper
B) Holidays in the Sun by Sex Pistols
C) 'Heroes' (1977) by David Bowie
D) Stationary Traveller (1984)
  • 70. 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
  • 71. Which film is a comedy about life in East Berlin during the late 1970s?
A) Sonnenallee (1999)
B) The Tunnel (2001)
C) Good Bye Lenin! (2003)
D) Open The Wall (2014)
  • 72. 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) The Boy and the Ball and the Hole in the Wall (1965)
C) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
D) Escape from East Berlin (1962)
  • 73. Which song's music video contains clips of the fall of the Berlin Wall?
A) Stationary Traveller by Camel
B) Chippin' Away
C) 'Heroes' by David Bowie
D) 'Free' by Liza Fox (2013)
  • 74. Who was the first East German border guard to escape to West Berlin?
A) Günter Litfin
B) Conrad Schumann
C) Wolfgang Engels
D) Thomas Krüger
  • 75. Which song by David Bowie was inspired by a couple kissing at the Berlin Wall?
A) The Day the Wall Came Down
B) Holidays in the Sun
C) Chippin' Away
D) 'Heroes'
  • 76. Who was the headlining performer at the Freedom Tour Live concert on December 31, 1989?
A) Madonna
B) Bruce Springsteen
C) David Hasselhoff
D) Elton John
  • 77. What percentage of Russians thought Berlin residents built the Wall themselves, according to the 2009 VTsIOM poll?
A) 24 percent
B) Ten percent
C) Six percent
D) 58 percent
  • 78. Which historical figure did John F. Kennedy compare to a 'Berlin citizen' in his speech?
A) A Roman citizen
B) A Soviet citizen
C) An American citizen
D) A British citizen
  • 79. Who was the first person to be shot and killed while trying to cross to West Berlin?
A) Günter Litfin
B) Thomas Krüger
C) Conrad Schumann
D) Wolfgang Engels
  • 80. Which station became a major crossing point for Westerners with permission to cross?
A) Alexanderplatz
B) Friedrichstraße
C) Potsdamer Platz
D) Kurfürstendamm
  • 81. Which Dutch pop band released a song about East and West Berlin during the period of the Berlin Wall?
A) Sex Pistols
B) Klein Orkest
C) Camel
D) Crosby, Stills & Nash
  • 82. On what date did John F. Kennedy deliver his famous speech in West Berlin?
A) 22 months after the erection of the Berlin Wall
B) 26 June 1963
C) January 1989
D) 12 June 1987
  • 83. Who was the first casualty at the Berlin Wall?
A) Winfried Freudenberg
B) Ida Siekmann
C) Peter Fechter
D) Günter Litfin
  • 84. Which song by Roy Harper includes lyrics about the fall of the Berlin Wall?
A) Holidays in the Sun by Sex Pistols
B) 'Heroes' by David Bowie
C) 'Berliners'
D) Over de muur
  • 85. According to a 2011 Forsa poll, what percentage of Berliners thought constructing the Wall was not so wrong?
A) 35%
B) 87%
C) 50%
D) 74%
  • 86. Which band's song 'Holidays in the Sun' mentions the Berlin Wall?
A) Sex Pistols
B) Camel
C) Crosby, Stills & Nash
D) Klein Orkest
  • 87. Who predicted that the Berlin Wall would stand for 50 to 100 more years?
A) British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
B) GDR Leader Erich Honecker
C) U.S. President Ronald Reagan
D) U.S. President John F. Kennedy
  • 88. Which organization was concerned about losing an entire generation in East Germany?
A) East German Communist Party
B) West Berlin government
C) Stasi
D) FDJ youth organization
  • 89. Which film is a dramatization about a joint CIA/MI6 operation to build a tunnel under East Berlin in the 1950s?
A) Berlin Tunnel 21 (1981)
B) Bridge of Spies (2015)
C) The Innocent (1993)
D) Night Crossing (1982)
  • 90. 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)
  • 91. What was the nickname for the layer of nails under balconies overhanging the death strip?
A) 'Hitler's Highway'
B) 'Lenin's Ladder'
C) 'Stalin's Carpet'
D) 'Napoleon's Pathway'
  • 92. Which municipality in Havelland shared a border with former West Berlin?
A) Wustermark
B) Kleinmachnow
C) Falkensee
D) Nauen
  • 93. Which group of East Germans could travel to the West starting in 1964?
A) Only artists and musicians.
B) West Berliners.
C) Elderly pensioners.
D) All citizens without restrictions.
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