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German Empire Quiz

Germany unified as late as 1871. While it official retained the name Empire until 1945, this quiz is about the time it was ruled by a monarch: 1871-1918. How many answers relating to this period can you answer?
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Last updated: February 20, 2021
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First submittedFebruary 11, 2020
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Dominant state
Prussia
"Iron Chancellor"
Otto von Bismarck
Type of helmet famously worn by the same chancellor
Pickelhaube
Which African colonies were acquired?
South West Africa
Cameroon
East Africa
Togoland
German-language title for the head of state, meaning emperor
Kaiser
Monarch who wanted a "place in the sun" for Germany, and lead it into World War I
Wilhelm II.
Name of the parliament and its seat, which is used again today
Reichstag
Site of the founding of the German Empire, used again in a 1919 treaty
Versailles
Western region that saw a massive growth tanks to coal and steel production
Ruhr Valley
Label intended to warn of German products but became a marker of high quality
Made in Germany
Author who rose to fame after the release of "Buddenbrooks"
Thomas Mann
Empire left out of the German unification
Austria
Opera composer who popularized Germanic myths such as "Der Ring des Nibelungen"
Richard Wagner
Nihilistic philosopher and fan of the above-mentioned, who proclaimed God to be dead
Friedrich Nietzsche
Prussian lieutenant, WWI general, Weimar Republic president, and airship namesake
Paul von Hindenburg
Religious group that was targeted in the Kulturkampf ("struggle of cultures")
Catholics
Marxist who was granted passage through Germany to trigger a revolution in Russia
Vladimir Lenin
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camus
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Level 78
Feb 11, 2020
Fun fact #1: The founding of modern Germany coincided with a military victory over France. To humiliate its neighbor, the Empire was proclaimed in the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles (famous painting). France had its revenge after World War I, when they made Germany sign its capitulation in the same room.
camus
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Level 78
Feb 11, 2020
In a loose chain of events, Versailles is the place where Germany and France alternatingly instilled thirst for revenge against each other, culminating in World War 2.
camus
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Level 78
Feb 11, 2020
Fun fact #2: Despite his tough guy image, Bismarck said that Germany was "satured", i.e. it didn't need expansion. He designed a network of alliances and was very skeptical of colonialization. Only when young Wilhelm II. ascended the throne did Germany pursue imperialist policies. Wilhelm quickly dismissed Bismarck - the pilot left his ship.
camus
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Level 78
Feb 11, 2020
Fun fact #3: Lenin had been in Switzerland over the course of World War I; Russia and Germany were war enemies. German authorities expected Lenin to weaken his motherland, and so let him pass through their country.
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