German History Quiz

Malte279 · **Reply #100 on:** December 22, 2004, 02:23:13 PM

Still it is not the Point on the picture. You can Check it out and add the international spelling alpahbet C to it. (Hints).

Nick22 · **Reply #101 on:** December 22, 2004, 02:25:18 PM

Hold on.. I'll go look up the map of Berlin again.
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #102 on:** December 22, 2004, 03:20:09 PM

I'm not so sure wether or not the Point is marked on a contempory map of Berlin, as it is no longer "in use". It is still a sight for tourists though, so the Point may be on the map.

Nick22 · **Reply #103 on:** December 30, 2004, 01:55:35 AM

Point Central?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #104 on:** December 30, 2004, 08:01:42 PM

Point is good. It was a Checkpoint at the border between east- and westberlin. This checkpoint had a special name though on which I gave a hint already.

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...add the international spelling alpahbet C to it.

Nick22 · **Reply #105 on:** January 01, 2005, 02:20:42 AM

So something with a C in it? Hmm. This is a puzzler.
Nick

Nick22 · **Reply #106 on:** January 01, 2005, 02:21:15 AM

Checkpoint Charlie?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #107 on:** January 01, 2005, 06:54:00 AM

Yes! Yes! Yes! That's it! Right!
Checkpoint Charlie is the name of the famous checkpoint in Berlin were US and Soviet tanks were facing each other waiting for the order to open fire. The thing that provoked this whole incident was the refusal of a western diplomat to show his passport to the GDR border guards when he wanted to enter eastern Berlin. Showing his passport, this diplomat stated, would mean a recognition of the GDR.
I think in the end they agreed on something silly, something like the diplomat had to show his passport but just through the closed window of his car, or something like that.

Nick22 · **Reply #108 on:** January 01, 2005, 06:08:36 PM

Finally!
Let me have a moment to think of a question.
Nick

Nick22 · **Reply #109 on:** January 03, 2005, 04:57:34 PM

Who succeeded Hitler after his death, and how long did he rule Germany?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #110 on:** January 03, 2005, 05:17:38 PM

The immediate successor of Hitler was Joseph Goebbels who commited suicide just a few hours after Hitler did (Hitler's suicide was on April 30th, Goebbels on May 1st). In his testament (apparently aware that Goebbels would commit suicide within a short time) Hitler appointed Admiral Karl Dˆnitz as his sucessor. Dˆnitz and his government were arrested on May 23rd.

Nick22 · **Reply #111 on:** January 03, 2005, 05:28:59 PM

Correct. Your turn malte
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #112 on:** January 03, 2005, 05:38:40 PM

Which gesture of chancellor Willy Brandt became especially famous?

Nick22 · **Reply #113 on:** January 05, 2005, 11:42:45 AM

I believe it was some sort of hand gesture. Perhaps the V for Victory?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #114 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:03:48 PM

Nope, that would be Winston Churchill. Willy Brandt's gesture didn't really involve his hands. He made that gesture in Poland.

Nick22 · **Reply #115 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:06:00 PM

Perhaps he was famous for winking?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #116 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:17:14 PM

Well, not exactly now. Remember he was Kanzler from 1969 to 1974. You wouldn't find any German politician in the post war and cold war times making any ambiguous or funny gestures in Poland.
He made that gesture in Warsaw.
With that you have keywords which should make it very easy to find out about the gesture.

Nick22 · **Reply #117 on:** January 05, 2005, 01:32:56 PM

Perhaps it was a spoken gesture, the support for reunification with Eastern Germany perhaps?
Nick

Malte279 · **Reply #118 on:** January 05, 2005, 03:09:19 PM

No it wasn't!
Please try to research at google or elsewhere with the keywords we have already. It would take very long to just guess through all possible gestures.

Nick22 · **Reply #119 on:** January 05, 2005, 03:46:36 PM

I got it. He knelt at the foot of a monument honoring the Warsaw uprising, which no one else in his delegation did.
Nick