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Year	Hints	Answer	% Correct
?	Roughly how long ago did modern humans first settle what is now Germany? Take a guess!	40,000 BCE	88%
October 1944	This 15-year old Jewish girl who has been hiding from the Nazis for several years is caught and transported to a concentration camp. She dies just 2 months before the end of the war and is known for her touching diary.	Anne Frank	74%
Sep. 1, 1939	World War II begins. At 5 a.m., German troops enter this country.	Poland	61%
March 12, 1938	Anschluss: German troops enter this country to "bring it home into the Reich".	Austria	58%
Nov. 15, 1884	An infamous conference in this city is convened to formalize the territorial claims of the various European imperialist powers in Africa.	Berlin	58%
1534	Martin Luther is the first person ever to translate this book into German.	The Bible	58%
Sep. 18, 1973	Both East and West Germany are admitted to what international organization?	The United Nations	58%
1870	Prussia gets attacked by this country but gives its opponent a decisive blow thanks to well-equipped Prussian troops and superior training.	France	56%
1439	Johannes Gutenberg introduces this revolutionary technology originally invented in Korea and further developed in China to Europe.	The Printing Press	56%
Nov. 8, 1923	In the Beer-Hall-Putsch, Adolf Hitler and 600 members of his SA try to overthrow the democratic government. In what city did the attempted coup take place?	Munich	55%
~190 BCE	Migrating Germanic tribes first get into conflict with this empire.	Roman Republic	53%
1740-1786	During the long reign of this king, Prussia wins its competition against Austria, wins the Seven-Year-War and becomes a European superpower. It also becomes a center for the arts, philosophy and natural sciences.	Frederick the Great	52%
800	This talented warrior and statesman is crowned by Pope Leo III. "King of the Romans" and nowadays considered the forefather of Germany.	Charlemagne	48%
1917	The German Empire introduces unrestricted submarine warfare. This policy leads to which country joining the war?	The United States of America	48%
1096-1270	Frederick II. and other German emperors are among the leading figures in these campaigns that last almost 300 years and seek to conquer and christianize the Middle East (especially Jerusalem).	Crusades	47%
1844-1900	This philosopher entered the annals of German History as one of the harshest critics of theism. His words "God is dead" became world-famous. He lost his mind in the last years of his life due to a syphillis infection.	Friedrich Nietzsche	47%
Aug. 30, 1914	In the battle of Tannenberg, one of the first major battles of World War I, the German Empire defeats troops from this country decisively.	Russia	47%
Jan. 30, 1933	After the NSDAP's election victory, Adolf Hitler is appointed what?	Chancellor	45%
April 18, 1951	West Germany and five other European nations found the "European Coal and Steel Community", which works with a single market and supernational institutions. Today we know it as the...?	European Union	45%
1926	This man becomes Gauleiter for the NSDAP and four years later is promoted by Hitler to become national propaganda minister ("Reichspropagandaminister").	Joseph Goebbels	45%
~380 BCE	In a sandstone valley at the banks of the Moselle river, the Celts found a place called Treuorum. It is nowadays considered the oldest German city and it's also the hometown of Karl Marx. What is its modern name?	Trier	45%
1885	This sub-saharan African country becomes a German colony.	Namibia	44%
1905	Albert Einstein publishes his theory of...?	Special Relativity	44%
1942-1945	This German industrial and member of the Nazi-Party is credited with saving over 1,200 Jewish lives in his factories in Poland.	Oskar Schindler	42%
1618-1637	Albrecht von Wallenstein becomes one of the most important and influential figues of German History during this conflict.	Thirty-Year War	42%
1756-1791	Musical pieces such as "Für Elise", "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" or "Rondo alla turca" are composed by this prodigy.	Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	42%
1812	The world-famous Brothers Grimm publish their first collection of what?	Fairy Tales	41%
Sep. 15, 1949	This CDU-politician becomes the first Chancellor of West Germany.	Konrad Adenauer	41%
June 5, 1947	This famous plan introduced by the USA intends to support Germany economically and rebuild its industry and infrastructure.	Marshall Plan	41%
1848	Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels publish this work. It is considered one of the most influential treatises in the world.	The Communist Manifesto	41%
1529	After the siege of this city has failed, the Ottoman Empire is forced to retreat.	Vienna	41%
Jan. 1, 2002	The Euro is introduced in Germany. What was the German currency before that called?	Deutsche Mark	39%
1856	For the very first time, remains of this extinct human species are found in a valley near Düsseldorf, giving archeologists a completely new understanding of prehistory.	Neanderthal	39%
Aug. 13, 1961	Construction begins at the...?	Berlin Wall	38%
1790	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe publishes this possibly most famous work of all German literature.	Faust	38%
1949	To honor and commemorate the courageous revolutionaries of 1848, what colors does the German national flag have since 1949?	Black, Red, and Gold	36%
1869	In his quest to bring the different parts of the German Empire together under one Kaiser, Chancellor Bismarck struggles to convince Ludwig II., duke of Bavaria. He eventually succeeds by giving Ludwig in return for his loyalty a large sum of money to build what famous "fairy-tale" castle located in Füssen?	Neuschwanstein	36%
June 30, 2017	The German parliament (Bundestag) legalizes...?	Same-sex marriage	36%
2010	European Dept Crisis: The relationship between Germany and what other country significantly sours?	Greece	35%
1348/1349	This horrific disease sweaps across Europe and kills over a third of the total German population.	The Plague	35%
October 1915	In this unspeakably barbaric and traumatizing battle, over 1 million French and German lives are lost. The battlefield landscape was described by veterans to have looked so eerie and surreal that it inspired J.R.R. Tolkien who participated in this battle to write "Lord of the Rings".	Battle at Verdun	33%
~510	Germanic chieftain Clovis I. has conquered all of Gaul and is declared King of the...?	Franks	33%
1921	Due to the astronomical reparation payments demanded by the Versailles treaty, the Weimar Republic begins to print as much money as they can, leading to what economic phenomenon?	Hyperinflation	33%
1871	Otto von Bismarck manages to do what?	Unify Germany	33%
June 1948 - May 1949	The Soviet Union blocks all cargo shipments to Berlin by road or rail, forcing the US to establish an...?	Airlift	32%
July 1915	In a famous battle at this French river, over 60,000 British soldiers lose their lives in an effort to drive out the Germans. In the end, there is more stalemate and no success for either side. What was the battle/river called?	Battle at the Somme	32%
April 23, 1516	Thanks to William IV. of Bavaria and his "Reinheitsgebot" ("Purity Commandment"), Germany becomes the very first place in Europe where who/what must be "pure" going forward?	Beer	32%
March 7, 1936	As a first, open provocation to the allied powers, Hitler orders the Wehrmacht to march into this (formerly demilitarized) German region.	The Rhineland	32%
Nov. 9, 1938	In this infamous and nationwide pogrom, thousands of Jews are beaten, mugged and murdered. Their shops and homes are plundered.	Kristallnacht	30%
1858-1947	This theoretical physicist and Nobel Prize loreate is the father of quantum theory. A famous research institute is named after him, as well as a "length", which is believed to be the smallest possible unit in the universe.	Max Planck	30%
1871-1919	This influential female marxist and pacifist fights for democracy, peace, women's suffrage and a communist revolution. She criticizes authoritarian leaders, including Lenin.	Rosa Luxemburg	30%
January 1943	A brave, 21-year old girl named Sophie Scholl is caught distributing anti-Nazi leaflets at the University of Munich with her brother. Together with two friends, they are both executed. What was the group called that Sophie was the head of?	The White Rose	30%
Oct. 31, 1517	Martin Luther sets off the reformation in Europe by posting this document, in which he criticizes the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church, at the door of the All Saint's church in Wittenberg.	Ninety-Five Theses	29%
April 22, 1915	In the battle at Ypres (Belgium), the Germans shock the allied troops by attacking them with something completely new and unexpected. What was it?	Chlorine Gas	27%
1888	This year is known in the German Empire as the year of the Three...?	Emperors	26%
1970	This man becomes the head of state of East Germany and remains in this position for 20 years, until East Germany's dissolution in 1990.	Erich Honecker	26%
1759-1805	This writer, poet and close friend to Johann Wolfang von Goethe became famous with literary works such as "Wilhelm Tell", "The Robbers", "Mary Stuart" or "Intrigue and Love".	Friedrich Schiller	26%
Feb. 27, 1933	This tragic event happens and Hitler uses it for political capital.	Reichstag Fire	26%
1806	After his victory over Prussia, Napoléon steals a part of this famous landmark and takes it back to France.	The Brandenburg Gate	26%
1571-1630	This astronomer and mathematician discovers that planetary orbits are in fact elliptical rather than round as people previously thought. NASA named a telescope after him.	Johannes Kepler	24%
1770-1827	Ludwig van Beethoven composes this world-famous piece of music which later becomes the official anthem of the European Union.	Ode to Joy	24%
1875	This political party is founded in Germany.	Social Democratic Party (SPD)	24%
1875-1955	This German author becomes well-known thanks to novels such as "The Magic Mountain" and "Buddenbrooks".	Thomas Mann	24%
1837	Educator Friedrich Fröbel believes that little children are very curious about the world and that we should nourish them "like plants in a garden". Based on this belief, he invents and founds the first what?	Kindergarten ("Children garden")	23%
1990	On what date did German unification take place?	October 3	23%
Jan. 11, 1923	France invades and occupies this economically important region of Germany.	The Ruhr	23%
962	This man is crowned the very first Kaiser of the Holy Roman Empire.	Otto I.	21%
Aug. 1, 1945	After the end of the war, Germany is split by the allies into four "zones" at this conference.	Potsdam-Conference	21%
1895	Physicist Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen makes this break-through discovery.	X-Rays	21%
Dec. 19, 2016	An islamist terrorist attack is committed in Berlin at a...?	Christmas market	20%
1770-1831	This philosopher and historian is credited with laying the foundations for Karl Marx' works. Among other things, he came up with the idea that progress is never linear but moves like a pendulum from one extreme to another.	Georg Friedrich Hegel	20%
1927-2015	This novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize laureate serves as a member of the Waffen-SS in World War II in his youth but becomes a staunch progressive in his later life. He is best known for his novel "The Tin Drum".	Günter Grass	20%
1877-1962	This novelist, poet and Nobel Prize laureate is chiefly interested in topics such as self-knowledge, authenticity and spirituality. His best-known works are "Steppenwolf", "Siddhartha" and "The Glass Bead".	Hermann Hesse	20%
98	In his book titled "Germania", this famous historian writes extensively about the culture, politics and society of the Germanic tribes outside of Roman-controlled territory.	Publius Cornelius Tacitus	20%
Nov. 3, 1918	After being ordered to uselessly sacrifice their lives in a desperate attempt to save Germany's honor, these members of the military revolt in Kiel, triggering the German Revolution of 1918/1919 six days later.	Sailors (Navy)	20%
1905	A German Field Marshall develops a military plan to invade France over Belgium and the Netherlands in the case of a two-front war. What was this plan called?	Schlieffen-Plan	20%
1291	The ancestors of this modern-day country form an alliance against the Habsburgs and make the first step towards eventual independence.	Switzerland	20%
1950	The rapid post-war economic growth of Germany is known as the...? (German term)	Wirtschaftswunder	20%
1471-1528	This renaissance painter, printmaker and theorist accomplishes great fame thanks to his beautiful and intricate woodcuts.	Albrecht Dürer	18%
9	In this famous battle, the Roman military suffers a devastating defeat by the Cherusci-Germanic chieftain Arminius who fooled them by pretending to be their ally.	Battle of the Teutoburg Forest	18%
1777-1855	This mathematician made important contributions to many fields of mathematics, including statistics, algebra and calculus. He is most famous for a type of statistical "distribution" named after him.	Carl Friedrich Gauss	18%
June 30, 1934	During this night, SS paramilitaries kill over 85 threats to Hitler's power, including Ernst Röhm and Georg Strasser.	Night of the Long Knives	18%
1892	A special type of engine, named after its inventor, is created by this man.	Rudolf Diesel	18%
Oct. 29, 1929	What foreign event tanks the German economy just when it had begun to recover?	Wall Street Crash	18%
March 24, 1999	German troops as part of NATO begin to bomb what country?	Yugoslavia	18%
1788	Prussia establishes an university admission exam that still exists in Germany today. What is it called?	Abitur	17%
1684	This German intellectual publishes his work on calculus.	Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz	17%
772	In the war against this pagan Germanic tribe, the tribe is subjugated, christianized and their sacred pillar "Irminsul" near the city of Paderborn is destroyed.	The Saxons	17%
1901-1976	This theoretical physicist becomes a pioneer of quantum mechanics and is best known for his "uncertainty principle". A TV character has been named after him.	Werner von Heisenberg	17%
December 1918	This man becomes the first Chancellor of the Weimar Republic.	Friedrich Ebert	15%
55 BCE	This general, statesman and author leads the first organized, military effort to cross the Rhine and invade Germania.	Gaius Julius Ceasar	15%
1886	These two men invent and build independently from one another the first automobiles that run on gasoline-powered combustion engines.	Karl Benz and Gottlieb Daimler	15%
1929-1995	This author of children's stories becomes world-famous with classics such as "The Neverending Story", "Momo" and "Jim Button and Luke the Engine Driver".	Michael Ende	15%
2022	By this date, Germany will completely get rid of...?	Nuclear Energy	15%
1968	The leader of the progressive student movement narrowly survives an assassination attempt by a right-wing extremist but dies 11 years later at age 39 of a seizure caused by remaining brain damage. What was his name?	Rudi Dutschke	15%
June 5, 1970	The left-extremist terrorist group Red Army Faction (RAF) is founded. Who are its two most prominent and leading figures?	Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof	14%
1898-1956	This famous marxist playwright and poet is best known for works such as "The Threepenny Opera", "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" or "The Good Person of Szechwan".	Bertold Brecht	14%
1843-1910	This physician, microbiologist and Nobel Prize laureate is responsible for the discovery of the tuberculosis and the cholera bacteria, as well as many other important breakthroughs in medicine.	Robert Koch	14%
1930s	Sociologists such as Herbert Marcuse, Theodor Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Walter Benjamin and Erich Fromm develop their "Critical Theory". Under what name is this group generally known as today?	The Frankfurt School	14%
Oct. 24, 1648	The conflict mentioned above was concluded with this pan-European peace agreement.	Treaty of Westphalia	14%
Jan. 20, 1942	The "final solution", the purposeful extinction of all European Jews, is discussed at this secret conference.	Wannsee Conference	14%
March 13, 1920	In this putsch, the Freikorps occupies Berlin and unsuccessfully tries to overthrow the Weimar Republic.	Kapp-Putsch	12%
1842-1912	This German novelist writes realistically about the American Wild West, the Middle East and South America - although he never actually manages to visit any of these place. He is best-known for his characters Winnetou and Old Shatterhand.	Karl May	12%
1769-1859	This brilliant naturalist, explorer, polymath and philosopher travels around the globe to study our planet's flora and fauna. He is the first person ever to describe anthropogenic climate change and he is also credited with discovering plate tectonics.	Alexander von Humboldt	11%
March 24, 1933	This Act de facto abolishes the separation of powers. It moves all power to Hitler and his cabinet.	Enabling Act	11%
1179	This abbess, polymath, writer, philosopher and healer considered the most influential woman of Germany's Middle Ages dies at age 81.	Hildegard of Bingen	11%
1631	In this city, the Catholic alliance commits a giant massacre and murders some 20,000 civilians, many of whom are women and children.	Magdeburg	11%
1832-1908	Wilhelm Busch makes a lasting impact on German culture as a humorist, satirist and writer. He loves to make fun of bigotry, philistinism and religious morality. His best-known work tells the adventures of two naughty boys and is called...?	Max and Moritz	11%
1190	This epic poem, which is considered one of the most important pieces of all German literature and whose oral roots reach back to the 5th century is written down for the first time in Middle High German.	Nibelungenlied	11%
1230	This man considered the most important poet and Minnesänger of Germany's Middle Ages dies at age 60.	Walther von der Vogelweide	11%
1729-1781	This German becomes famous not only as a prolific writer but also as a fighter for tolerance and religious moderation over zeal.	Gotthold Ephraim Lessing	9%
Nov. 9, 1918	This socialist and publisher proclaims the "Free Socialist Republic".	Karl Liebknecht	9%
1941	This German civil engineer invents and builds the world's first programmable computer and is nowadays considered the inventor of the modern computer.	Konrad Zuse	9%
Sep. 4, 1989	A series of peaceful protests occur across East Germany, demanding democracy and the right for citizens to travel abroad. What were these demonstrations called?	Monday Demonstrations	9%
1555	After losing his battle against the rise of Protestantism, Kaiser Charles V. is forced to sign this treaty, giving German dukes the authority to decide for themselves whether they want their territories to be Catholic or Protestant.	Peace of Augsburg	9%
Nov. 9, 1918	Under immense pressure from the various protests on the streets, this SPD-politician proclaims the (non-socialist) Republic.	Philipp Scheidemann	9%
Nov. 22, 2005	Angela Merkel becomes Chancellor of Germany. What was her job before that?	Physicist	9%
March 1918	This is the last, large-scale German military attempt to turn the war around.	Spring Offensive	9%
June 1919	Germany signs the treaty of Versailles. Believing this humiliation had not been necessary and the war could have still been won if it had not been for the "treasonous" pacifists, Adolf Hitler will later invent a myth called the...?	Stab-in-the-back-myth	9%
March 2014	Angela Merkel heavily criticizes what international act of hostility?	The annexation of the Crimea	9%
1817	Baron Karl von Drais invents the first verifiable prototype of something almost everyone today uses. What is it?	The bicycle	9%
~250	Along with the Lombards, Franks, Saxons, Burgundians and Ostrogoths, these two famous tribes migrate south beyond the limes and eventually lead to the destruction of the West Roman Empire.	Visigoths and Vandals	9%
Oct. 18, 1817	Several hundred liberal university students organize this festival at the former refuge of Martin Luther to protest reactionary politics and authoritarianism.	Wartburg Festival	9%
June 2, 1967	During the massive student protests against the state visit of the Shah of Iran in West Germany, this unarmed student gets shot and killed by a Berlin police detective.	Benno Ohnesorg	8%
Oct. 14, 1806	On one single day, Napoléon Bonaparte defeats the Prussian kingdom in two decisive battles in these two cities.	Jena and Auerstedt	8%
1724-1804	Enlightenment-philosopher Immanuel Kant argues that the true "objective" nature of reality is unknowable because we are all imprisoned in our sensory, subjective realities. Kant's most famous concept however is...?	The Categorical Imperative	8%
1626-1631	During the 17th century and especially during these 5 years, this Bavarian city becomes a sad example for the atrocity of the witch trials sweeping across Germany.	Bamberg	6%
Sep. 23, 1122	This famous agreement between Pope Callixtus II. and Kaiser Henry V. terminated the Investiture Controversy and regulated in what way German bishops and abbots will be elected.	Concordat of Worms	6%
Oct. 28, 1969	In his famous address to the Bundestag in Bonn, Chancellor Willy Brandt (SPD) says: "Let us dare to have more..."?	Democracy	6%
1848	Publisher, poet and politician Robert Blum supports democracy and opposes antisemitism and ethnocentrism. He is a leading figure in this event.	March Revolution	6%
Jan. 15, 1919	In this marxist uprising, its leaders as well as over 150 protesters are brutally killed by the Freikorps.	Spartacus-Uprising	6%
Nov. 8, 1939	Years before General Stauffenberg, a German craftsman called Georg Elser comes insanely close to successfully assassinate Adolf Hitler. He does this by building a time bomb and hiding it in what iconic building central to Nazi lore?	The Bürgerbräukeller	6%
1525	This radical theologian of the reformation and vehement opponent to feudalism dies in battle as the leader of Germany's peasant war.	Thomas Müntzer	6%
85	Parts of modern-day Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France and the Netherlands are officially made into two Roman provinces with these names.	Germania Inferior, Germania Superior	5%
1487	In Speyer, a Catholic clergyman named Heinrich Kramer publishes an infamous treatise that claims the existence of witches. It endorses their extermination and gives instructions on how to spot and kill them. What was this treatise called?	Malleus Maleficarum	5%
1889	In an effort to loosen political and social tensions, Bismarck founds the first kind of what?	Welfare Insurance	5%
Sep. 5, 1972	Eight members of this Palestinian terrorist organization sneak into the Olympic Village during the Summer Olympics in Munich, take 11 Israeli athletes hostage and kill them together with a West German police officer.	Black September Organization	3%
Sep. 20, 1819	In these decrees, the states of the German confederation pledge to one another to dissolve liberal student protests, censor liberalist publications and make it illegal for universities to hire liberal-minded professors.	Carlsbad Decrees	3%
1881	Thanks to Werner von Siemens, Berlin becomes the first city in the world where people can enjoy an electrical...?	Streetcar	3%
1878-1890	Bismarck enacts these antidemocratic laws and tries to enforce them over the next 12 years but with no success.	Anti-Socialist Laws	2%
Dec. 1937 - Jan. 1938	This German businessman and Nazi-Party member saves roughly 200,000 Chinese civilians' lives by establishing a safety zone and protecting them from the horrific massacre and mass-rape by the Japanese army in Nanking.	John Rabe	2%
1942 - present	This musician is perhaps the most influential post-war German singer-songwriter.	Reinhard Mey (Frédéric Mey)	2%
787	Peter of Pisa and Alcuin of York are called to the Frankish court where they initiate the "Carolingian renaissance". What was this medieval movement of monastic learning and studying called?	Scholasticism	2%
~750	These famous "magic" texts are among the very first written in Old High German.	Merseburg Incantations	0%