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