| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| At a press conference of the East German Socialist Unity Party, spokesman Günter Schabowski was given a notice that the party plans on developing a new travel policy. What did he accidently do? | He opened the borders to West Germany | 87%
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| In his famous 1963 speech, J.F. Kennedy declared: "Ich bin ein Berliner!" What do some people believe he actually said? | "I am a jelly doughnut!" | 87%
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| In 2018, the governing CDU party elected a succesor of chancellor Angela Merkel. But how is her name correctly written? | Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer | 80%
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| In 1968, Beate Klarsfeld had a short interaction with then chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger. What did that interaction involve? | She slapped him | 73%
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| In 1953, an uprising in East Germany was violently surpressed by the government. How did poet Bertolt Brecht comment on the event? | Wouldn't it be easier if the government dissolves the people and elects another? | 73%
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| Bernd is a childrens TV character, aimed at teaching children that it is ok to be sad or grumpy sometimes. He is also the following: | A bread | 67%
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| Nazis aren't very smart. What did Hitler thought the moon was made off? | Ice | 67%
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| Chancellor Willy Brandt was born as Herbert Frahm. Where did he get his adopted name from? | It was his code name in the anti-nazi resistance | 67%
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| Germany is somewhat famous for its meat products. But what percentage of germans identify as Vegetarians? | 10% | 60%
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| Konrad Zuse is not exactly a household name. What groundbreaking invention did he made? | The programmable computer | 53%
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| Germans are good at building stuff? Oh well. In 2013, the airport-in-construction BER wasted thousands of Euros due to this. | They couldn't turn off the lights, because no one knew where the switch was | 40%
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| Frederick August III was the last king of Saxony. When abdicating in 1918, what where his supposedly last words? | "Well then take care of this crap yourselves!" | 40%
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| What is the best selling book by a german author? | "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque | 33%
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| Controversial philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once said that he only could believe in a God who is able to do that: | Dance | 20%
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| Originally, the Nazis used Gothic Script for their writing, but they abruptly abandoned it in 1941. Why? | People in annexed countries couldn't read it | 20%
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