| Question | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Paul von Hindenburg served as president from 1925 on. What was he known for? | Being a WWI general | 97%
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| Which event was used by the Nazis to establish a dictatorship? | a Reichstag arson attack | 90%
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| Which 1919 treaty blamed World War I on Germany and demanded high reparations? | Treaty of Versailles | 90%
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| Due to delayed war reparations, France occupied the Ruhr Valley in 1923. Why was this region significant? | It was the center of coal and steel production | 84%
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| What was the Weimar Republic named after? | A town | 81%
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| Who had plotted Germany's WWI defeat, according to the "Stab in the Back" conspiracy theory? | Jews and Leftists | 81%
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| What is the decade between 1920-1929 known as in Germany? | Golden Twenties | 77%
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| Which movie, directed by Fritz Lang, was about a futuristic city? | Metropolis | 77%
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| Which actress gained fame with "The Blue Angel" in the early 1930s, before leaving for Hollywood? | Marlene Dietrich | 68%
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| What percentage did the Nazi party gain at the last free parliamentary elections in November 1932? | 33% | 52%
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| Which of these movements is NOT associated with the Weimar Republic? | Enlightenment | 52%
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| Which of these things is NOT linked particularly to 1920's Berlin? | Piety | 48%
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| Which ancient city was Berlin likened to? | Babylon | 39%
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| Which German author was at his prime during the 1920s, winning the Nobel Prize in 1929? | Thomas Mann | 39%
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