Q 01/05

Otto von Bismarck's firm rule and Realpolitik earned him what nickname?

A) The Grey Fox

B) The Iron Duke

C) The Iron Chancellor

D) The Prussian Eagle

Answer · why

C) The Iron Chancellor

The Iron Chancellor. After three wars made Germany, he fought no more: he spent his two decades as chancellor keeping Europe at peace through a web of...

Q 02/05

Under Bismarck, Prussia fought three short wars against which three countries?

A) Denmark, Austria and France

B) Russia, Austria and France

C) Denmark, Sweden and France

D) Austria, Italy and Russia

Answer · why

A) Denmark, Austria and France

Denmark, Austria and France. The three quick victories in seven years united Germany around Prussia and left the German-speaking Austrians outside the...

Q 03/05

Bismarck took office in 1862 amid a deadlock over funding what?

A) A new navy

B) A larger army

C) State railways

D) Royal palaces

Answer · why

B) A larger army

A larger army. Deputies had refused to fund the king's military reforms, and he was ready to abdicate before Bismarck offered to govern without an app...

Q 04/05

Bismarck said in 1862 the great questions of the day would be decided not by speeches and votes but by what?

A) Steel and gold

B) Fire and sword

C) Iron and blood

D) Coal and iron

Answer · why

C) Iron and blood

Iron and blood. He said it to parliament's budget committee days after taking office, and the line, popularly flipped to 'blood and iron', came to sta...

Q 05/05

Where was Bismarck born in 1815?

A) Friedrichsruh

B) Königsberg

C) Potsdam

D) Schönhausen

Answer · why

D) Schönhausen

Schönhausen. His family sold part of the estate when he was young, so for his 70th birthday in 1885 a national fund bought it back and presented it to...