German History Quiz

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #240 on:** September 10, 2005, 05:13:34 PM

I'm not sure, but perhaps this link might mention the answer:

http://www.warbirdalley.com/me262.htm

Malte279 · **Reply #241 on:** September 10, 2005, 06:47:33 PM

The answer to the question can indeed be found on that page Kenji.

Nick22 · **Reply #242 on:** September 21, 2005, 12:56:27 PM

Just give us the answer Malte so we can move on to the next question...

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #243 on:** September 21, 2005, 07:34:58 PM

Aha! Hitler made the decision for the plane to be used as a bomber rather than a preferred interceptor, which the latter was the intended use for its performance in combat.

Malte279 · **Reply #244 on:** September 22, 2005, 01:04:44 PM

THANK YOU KENJI!!!

Cheers! Hooray! Yeah! Yes! That's it!
Your turn! Well deserved! Congratulations!

Nick22 · **Reply #245 on:** September 22, 2005, 01:42:53 PM

Didn't I say that in a previous post? :blink: I thought i did malte... oh well, good job Kenji.. your turn. BTw Malte, did you vote in the recent German elections?

Malte279 · **Reply #246 on:** September 22, 2005, 03:52:44 PM

No you didn't Nick. Sorry, but you can check out your earlier posts. The closest statement of yours was that he didn't use the plain effectively which was a bit too vague.

You bet I did not abstain from my right to vote. I consider it a pity that many people take their right to vote as something so granted that they don't bother to vote at all...
Anyway, I voted (my decision is not a secret) for the green party. Strange fact is that there is no clear result in this election. No party or coalition of parties got a majority of votes which would allow them to install their candidate as "Bundeskanzler" (prime minister). Now parties have to try to make up a new coalition in order to get the required majority of votes to install their candidate. Parties who usually get along about as good as fire and water have to work together now. There are two possible outcomes of the current talks and neither constellation seems quite imaginable.

Nick22 · **Reply #247 on:** September 22, 2005, 04:09:21 PM

Hmm I guess I Was too vague.. So you voted for the green party, which is one of chancellor Schroeder's coalition partners. Who was his opponent? Think it was a woman named Merkel(sp) she got around 32% of vote compared to Schroder's 31% Are those figures about right?

Malte279 · **Reply #248 on:** September 22, 2005, 04:44:00 PM

The SPD (Schrˆder's social democratic party) got 34.3 and the CDU/CSU (Merkel's party and it's bavarian faction) got 35.2.
The FDP (in support of Merkel) got 9.8 and the Greens 8.1. The new left wing party got 8.7 percent.
Much as I would personally welcome a female "Bundeskanzler" for a change I do not consider Angela Merkel a person competent to do the job, nor do I agree with a number of points in their party platform.
Right now it seems like either SPD and CDU/CSU will form a coalition (but both insist on their candidate being made "Bundeskanzler" in that case) or the CDU/CSU will form a coalition with the FDP and try to get the Greens along (a coalition often refered to as "Jamaica coalition" as the parties colors (black for the CDU/CSU, yellow for the FDP and green for well, the Greens) are the colors of Jamaica's flag. I doubt however that any kind of coalition will be possible without parties abandoning quite a bit of their platforms during the negotiations.

Mirumoto_Kenjiro · **Reply #249 on:** September 22, 2005, 06:05:44 PM

Going back to the trivia, I kind of got into the last question because I have a thing for planes. Knowing that I don't know much about this topic, I'll hand the mic over to Nick.

Nick22 · **Reply #250 on:** September 23, 2005, 10:34:04 AM

Alright, to finish our disussion, there will be a lot of horse-trading' (i forget the german word for it) by the polticans in order to cobble together a government. Both Merkel and Schroeder would be liberals in American politics, as American politics are on on the whole far more conservative than in Germany. So Merkel and her allies have around 45% and Schroeder and his allies have a little more than 42 %(I'm including the greens as allies for Schroeder, but they may not have allied themselves with him). so it would seem that it would be easier for Merkel to piece togethger a government as her coaltion is slightly closer to having 50.1 % than Schroeder's. however, we will have to wait and see. now for the question. name me the famous Nazi hunter who passed away this week.

Malte279 · **Reply #251 on:** September 28, 2005, 04:21:50 AM

The famous nazi-hunter who died recently is Simon Wiesenthal. He became especially known for hunting down Adolf Eichman, a nazi who was responsible for much of the organization of deportating the victims into the camps where they were murdered.

There is one major party in Germany which can be voted for, but only in one "Bundesland" (district). Name the party, the "Bundesland", and the meaning of the parties abbreviated name.

Nick22 · **Reply #252 on:** September 29, 2005, 09:53:34 AM

i think the Bundesland is Bermin, and I can't thgink of the party's name. I'm probably wrong though.

Malte279 · **Reply #253 on:** September 29, 2005, 10:52:27 AM

You mean Berlin? That's not the one, but to make the rest a bit easier (it is a tough question that came to my mind only because of the recent elections) I will give you the Bundesland. It is Bavaria.

Nick22 · **Reply #254 on:** September 29, 2005, 02:39:18 PM

Bavaria. Is this Party the Centre?

Malte279 · **Reply #255 on:** September 29, 2005, 03:57:31 PM

Nope. The Centre cannot be voted for in Bavaria only. But neither does it deserve to be named a major party. Though it is the oldest existing party in Germany few people even know it exists. Also, like I said, the parties name is an abbreviation.

Nick22 · **Reply #256 on:** September 29, 2005, 04:01:42 PM

oh so it gets only a tiny percentage of votes and is not sucessful enough to be in the Reichstag. Alright let me think... I only know the major poltical parties well, so this may take a while...

Malte279 · **Reply #257 on:** September 30, 2005, 04:25:03 AM

In fact one may name the party I'm looking for as part of a major party. This party has an agreement with another party which rules that while that other party won't run in Bavaria this Bavarian party we are looking for will not run in any other "Bundesland". One of the most (in)famous representative of that Bavarian party is Edmund Stoiber (candidate in the Bundeskanzler election of 2002).

Nick22 · **Reply #258 on:** September 30, 2005, 02:15:37 PM

tHe Christian Social Union? KSU , i think is its initials...

Malte279 · **Reply #259 on:** September 30, 2005, 05:34:48 PM

Right! The abbreviation is CSU (The German word for Christian is also spelled with C). Good going Nick! Your turn.