Bill O'Reilly: O'Reilly's History Quiz

1. On November 9, 1989 the Berlin Wall fell. What year did the wall go up?

1955

1961

1965

1971

1980

2. The opening of what border influenced the opening of the wall?

Hungary-Austria

Hungary-Croatia

Slovenia-Italy

Germany-Austria

Germany-Hungary

3. What conferences partitioned Berlin?

Yalta and Potsdam

Malta and Potsdam

Potsdam and Paris

Paris and Vienna

Berlin and Vienna

4. The Soviets were deeply unhappy with a western influence in Berlin and blockaded the city in 1948. This led to the Allied effort known as what?

Checkpoint Charlie

Charlie Airlift

People's Airlift

Berlin Airlift

Berlin Food Drop

5. What was the largest number of East Germans to defect in one day?

One million

1,500

15,000

100,000

2,400

6. A 1961 disagreement between an East German border guard and an American official led to a serious faceoff. Where was the American going?

A factory inspection

A car factory

The opera

The ballet

To visit his mother

7. The wall was erected under the supervision of what Soviet premier?

Khrushchev

Gorbachev

Yeltsin

Stalin

Lenin

8. The wall came down under the supervision of what Soviet premier?

Gorbachev

Khrushchev

Yeltsin

Brezhnev

Stalin

9. All along the East German side of the wall, there was an open area known as what?

Easy Crossing

Mineshaft

Gauntlet

Death Strip

Easy Passing

10. What year did West and East Germany unify?

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992