Statistics for Still More Embarrassing Chapters in German History

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
This type of transportational building near Berlin was scheduled to open in 2011. It still hasn't.	Airport	87%
Misunderstanding a memo, an East German politician accidentally causes the fall of this construction	Berlin Wall	87%
Germany has to sign the WWI surrender at this place - the same that its Empire was founded	Versailles	78%
Comedian Jan Böhmermann causes a legal and diplomatic crisis after profanely mocking this Turkish president	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	74%
What virtual 'place' was referred to as "Unknown territory" by chancellor Merkel?	Internet	71%
Emperor Henry treks to Canossa Castle, where he waits three days in dead winter before being pardoned by this religious figure	Pope Gregory VII.	66%
The US continues to carry out drone attacks from this air base in Germany (think of a German rock band)	Ramstein	64%
Angela Merkel's phone was likely tapped by this foreign agency, as came to light in 2013	NSA	57%
This emperor likens Germans to Huns in an anti-Chinese speech	Wilhelm II.	53%
This former chancellor refuses to name illegal donors, citing an "oath of honor" to them	Helmut Kohl	50%
Chancellor Brandt resigns after it is found out that one of his assistants is a spy from this country	East Germany	47%
This state enters a crisis after a marginal party's man is elected PM thanks to votes by right extremists. He resigns after a few days.	Thuringia	38%
Public film subsidy pays this actor-director 9 million euros for shooting scenes of "The Monuments Men" in Germany	George Clooney	37%

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