| Question | Answer | % Correct |
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| Who was the first President of Germany? | Friedrich Ebert | 71%
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| Which WW1 general became President in 1924? | Paul von Hindenburg | 71%
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| The republic was created following the abdication of which kaiser? | Wilhelm II | 71%
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| What is the name of the German Parliament? | Reichstag | 68%
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| What year did Hindenburg appoint Hitler as Chancellor? | 1933 | 66%
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| In what year did Hindenburg’s death allow for the death of the Republic and Hitler’s ascension to power? | 1934 | 66%
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| Following Hindenburg’s death, Hitler combined the Chancellory and Presidency into what new dictatorial title? | Fuhrer | 63%
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| In what city did Hitler’s failed attempt to overthrow the Bavarian Government take place in 1923? | Munich | 63%
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| What was the acronym of Hitler’s paramilitary force? | SA | 63%
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| When did Hitler rise to lead the party above? | 1921 | 61%
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| What type of music reached Germany from the US through the roaring twenties nightlife? | Jazz | 53%
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| Following inadequate reparation repayments, which industrial heartland was occupied by both France and Belgium? | The Ruhr | 50%
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| What Chancellor used his position to provide support for Hitler’s rise into the Reichstag and later Chancellory? | Franz von Papen | 47%
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| Which Chancellor and Foreign Minister solved the German economic disaster of 1923? | Gustav Stresemann | 47%
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| What economic disaster caused the event above? | Hyperinflation | 47%
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| Which group of people gained the vote in 1918? | Women | 47%
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| The German Communist KDP rebelled under the name of what Roman Slave in 1919? | Spartacus | 42%
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| What event led to the Great Depression in 1929 and subsequent surge in Nazi support? | Wall Street Crash | 42%
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| To what was the Nazi Party originally known? | German Worker’s Party / DAP | 39%
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| The Worker’s Party was transformed by Hitler to incorporate Nationalism and what other ideology? | Socialism | 37%
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| Which group took control of Berlin in the 1920 Kapp Putsch? | Freikorps | 34%
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| How many parliament seats did Hitler hold before the Great Depression in 1928? | 12 | 29%
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| Which party founded the republic in 1918? | SDP | 24%
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| What new type of expressive nightclub spread across Germany in the 1920s? | Cabaret | 21%
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| A conference in what city took place in 1926 to reorganise and discourage certain aspects of the party from the above ideology? | Bamberg | 13%
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| Which German actress rose to become influential in Hollywood film during this time? | Marlene Dietrich | 8%
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| Which art movement spread to Germany from Switzerland following WW1? | Dada | 5%
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| Which film director rose to prominence with ‘Metropolis’ and ‘Dr Caligari’s Cabinet’? | Fritz Lang | 3%
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