German History Quiz

Petrie · **Reply #20 on:** December 01, 2004, 11:20:58 PM

Helmut Kohl

(I cheated...I had no idea.

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Nick22 · **Reply #21 on:** December 01, 2004, 11:32:07 PM

Helmut Kohl is #1. He served from 1982-1998, when he was defeated by the current Chancellot Gerhard Schroeder. #2 is Konrad Adenauer who served from 1957 to 1971.
Nick

Petrie · **Reply #22 on:** December 02, 2004, 10:35:53 AM

P.S. My global history is severly lacking so someone else pose something...

Nick22 · **Reply #23 on:** December 02, 2004, 10:45:35 AM

Then you need to brush up on your history Arvens. Which German speaking area was not annexed by Germany in the 1930's?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #24 on:** December 02, 2004, 11:04:58 AM

The Sudetenland at the border of (former) Czeckeslovakia. However Nick, I don't know how much you learn about German history at school, but I can imagine that some of the questions surpass what would be considered an average brush up of history knowledge. We want people to have fun and take part in the game, so we better not let it appear to much like a school examination.

Nick22 · **Reply #25 on:** December 02, 2004, 11:29:42 AM

Actually Malte, Germany annexed the Sudetenland in 1938 as part of the Munich agreement.The only Germanic area that was not annexed by Germany in the 1930's was the Southern Tyrol area in Italy. The Tyrolians wanted to join the Reich, but Hitler didn't want to alarm Mussolini by annexing Italian territory. OK I'll make the questions easier

Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #26 on:** December 02, 2004, 11:33:55 AM

Sorry, my mistake as I just overread the "not". It happens to me too often these days as I'm practicing spead-reading but are not very experienced at it yet. Sorry.

Nick22 · **Reply #27 on:** December 02, 2004, 11:37:53 AM

We all make mistakes Malte. I'm good at speed-reading myself, that's how I read books. And no, I don't skim.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #28 on:** December 02, 2004, 11:42:21 AM

Cool!
Do you manage the backward reading of lines already? So far I managed to read three lines at the same time, but only from left to right, and I really had to concentrate very much. It is still difficult for me to really take in the information during speed-reading without missing anything. Is it true that ones you got the hang of it the taking in of information improves same as your reading speed? So far I still have to force myself into speed-reading and it does not come by itself. Does it for you? This is really most interesting for me to know from someone who is more experienced in this (I began practicing about two weeks ago).

Nick22 · **Reply #29 on:** December 02, 2004, 12:00:49 PM

Yes, I can manage to read backward lines. Once you get the hang of reading quickly, your capacity for taking in and retaining information will increase. Here's an example. Cna Yuo raed thsi snetnece? I can. Since I began reading at a very early age, I've learned to read very quickly. Thanks to this acquired ability, I can take in information while reading, and not lose my place. Speed-reading comes naturally for me, since I've been practicing it for a long time. It may take a while for you to get the hang of it, but once you do, speed-reading will be easy.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #30 on:** December 02, 2004, 12:19:40 PM

Thank you! This encourages me.

I've seen sentences similar to the one you put up. I too was able to read most stuff before I got to school, but I never ever did speed-reading before, which is why it may be more difficult for me to accustom to. Do you manage to read 1000 words per minute (which is the aim I set myself)?

Nick22 · **Reply #31 on:** December 02, 2004, 12:25:20 PM

I can read about 2000 words a minute going at top speed, Malte.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #32 on:** December 02, 2004, 12:29:41 PM

2000 :blink: ?
The book on speed reading techiques I'm reading right now mentions Dutch Frank van der Poll as number 10 among the worlds fastest readers!
With 2000 words you would make it on rank 6 in that list! Most likely these are only the people who take part in competitions or scientific experiments or something like that. However, as the book doesn't cease to stress that it is not too difficult to manage 1000 words it would have surprised me if the 1560 words of Frank van der Poll would be that unusual.

Nick22 · **Reply #33 on:** December 02, 2004, 12:33:17 PM

Really

That's very interesting. Although I have never participated in a competition like that, I could do pretty well if I entered one.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #34 on:** December 02, 2004, 12:43:38 PM

I just checked out the book again. It is from 2002, but it is the 8th edition. Maybe that list was still from the time of the first edition (1971). Speed reading made huge progress from since then.

Petrie · **Reply #35 on:** December 02, 2004, 10:01:07 PM

Malte is right....these questions are far beyond any "average" history course so cut me a bit of slack if I have to cheat to find the answer.

Nick22 · **Reply #36 on:** December 02, 2004, 10:07:11 PM

Ok, I'll cut you some slack. What year did modern-day Germany come into existance?(this should be an easy one

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Nick

Petrie · **Reply #37 on:** December 02, 2004, 10:10:13 PM

Modern day unified Germany? 1989...only took 44 years.... :blink:

Malte279 · **Reply #38 on:** December 03, 2004, 03:25:26 AM

I remember the day the Wall fell. Not so much because I understood what was going on (I was 5 years by that time and not enough interested in politics to have a clue of what was going on), but because I was by my grandparents that day. I sure was annoyed that they were sitting in front of the TV almost totally ignoring me.

Nick22 · **Reply #39 on:** December 03, 2004, 10:02:20 AM

That was when Germany was REunified. When did it first come into existence?
(Hint; Bismarck

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Nick