Tear Down This Wall Quizzes
Think you’ve got your head wrapped around Tear Down This Wall? Put your knowledge to
the test. Good luck — the Stickman is counting on you!
Q. Why was the name of former U.S. Secretary of State George Marshall on plaques all over West Berlin?
He'd made an impassioned speech many moons ago in which he declared, "Ich bin ein Berliner," and the people of Berlin loved him for it.
He'd been the chief architect of the Marshall Plan, which had given mucho money to European countries like West Germany to help them rebuild their war-ravaged cities.
He'd brought down the house on more than one occasion with his rousing Cold War stand-up routine.
He wrote one of the most famous songs from the movie Titanic, and who doesn't love them some Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio?
Q. Ronald Reagan was the governor of which state before running for President?
California
Illinois
Colorado
Iowa
Q. Who was primarily responsible for crafting West Germany's economic miracle, the Wirtschaftswunder?
Helmut Kohl
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Ludwig Erhard
Q. What was Mikhail Gorbachev's attitude toward communism?
He tolerated it, but as soon as he could, he started implementing reforms that would take it down.
He hated it; communist practices had caused him a lot of heartache in his youth.
He was a big believer in communism and thought it would flourish in a less-bureaucratic environment than the U.S.S.R. had become.
He loved it, but realized it would never, ever work in real life because capitalism and democracy were much more successful.
Q. Which one of these dudes won the Nobel Peace Prize first?
Ronald Reagan
George Marshall
Mikhail Gorbachev
Helmut Kohl