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Goebbels Trivia Quiz

This is the first in what I hope will be a series of quizzes on WWII figures. How much do you know about Goebbels?

A multiple-choice quiz by natz1027. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
natz1027

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
297,099

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was Goebbels' full name? Hint

Henry Joseph Goebbels

Paul Joseph Goebbels

Paul Stephan Goebbels

Adolf Henry Goebbels

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Question 2 of 10

2. What year was he born? Hint

1887

1897

1877

1907

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Question 3 of 10

3. What year did he die? Hint

1965

1945

1955

1975

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Question 4 of 10

4. What physical impediment kept Goebbels out of WWI? Hint

He was partially blind

He was partially paralysed

He had a heart defect

He had a club foot

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Question 5 of 10

5. What university did he attend during WWI? Hint

Vienna

Berlin

Munich

Heidelberg

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Question 6 of 10

6. When Hitler came to power, Goebbels became minister of what? Hint

Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

Defence

Agriculture

Finance

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which event is Goebbels credited with instigating? Hint

"Kristallnacht"

Pearl Harbour

"The Night of the Long Knives"

Operation Barbarossa

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Question 8 of 10

8. What city was Goebbels appointed Gauleiter (Nazi District Leader) of in 1926? Hint

Berlin

Munich

Bremen

Frankfurt

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Nazi newspaper did Goebbels found in 1927? Hint

'Der Angriff'

'Der Sturmer'

'Das Reich'

'Fronten'

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Question 10 of 10

10. What did he write his thesis on? Hint

An obscure German romantic dramatist

Anti-semitism

Marxism

Eugenics

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Goebbels' full name?

Answer: Paul Joseph Goebbels

He was best known as Joseph Goebbels. He was born in the small industrial town of Rheydt, near Moenchengladbach, about fifteen miles west of Duesseldorf.

2. What year was he born?

Answer: 1897

He was 8 years younger than Hitler. He had two older brothers and two younger sisters. His father Fritz was a staunch Catholic who worked in the W. H. Lennartz wick factory.

3. What year did he die?

Answer: 1945

Goebbels and his wife both committed suicide on 1 May 1945, after killing their six children. In his last few weeks, he had his diaries photographed on to glass plates and carefully stored away as his memorial.

4. What physical impediment kept Goebbels out of WWI?

Answer: He had a club foot

He wore a metal brace on his leg to his death. His mother Katharina favoured him as a child because she had nearly lost her own life giving birth to him. The battle during pregnancy and childbirth is considered the reason Joseph was a sickly child.

5. What university did he attend during WWI?

Answer: Heidelberg

He also attended the University of Bonn, the University of Wuerzburg and the University of Freiburg. It is said that his physical disabilities made Joseph even more determined to outshine is peers in academia.

6. When Hitler came to power, Goebbels became minister of what?

Answer: Public Enlightenment and Propaganda

He was held responsible for the brainwashing of the German nation. His key ambition throughout life was to become a writer.

7. Which event is Goebbels credited with instigating?

Answer: "Kristallnacht"

"The Night of Broken Glass" was the pogrom of 9-10 November 1938, which in many places continued for some days. Over 7,000 Jewish businesses were destroyed, nearly 200 synagogues burned and 76 razed to the ground. Jews were beaten up in the streets and about 30,000 were sent to concentration camps.

8. What city was Goebbels appointed Gauleiter (Nazi District Leader) of in 1926?

Answer: Berlin

This was the same year that Goebbels joined the Nazi party and distinguished himself as an 'intellectual'. He did much to put the party on the map in Berlin, where it had previously been almost unknown.

9. Which Nazi newspaper did Goebbels found in 1927?

Answer: 'Der Angriff'

'Der Angriff' translates to "The Attack". He had previously written for the Cologne newspaper 'Westdeutsche Landeszeitung' as well as several other German newspapers.

10. What did he write his thesis on?

Answer: An obscure German romantic dramatist

The obscure German romantic dramatist was Wilhelm von Schutz. Goebbels dedicated most of his life to the Nazi party and has always been seen as one of Hitler's right-hand men.

Source: Author natz1027

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