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Exploring the Kingdom of Prussia: A Historical Quiz

Test your knowledge about the Kingdom of Prussia with this engaging quiz covering its history, government, leaders, and more.

1 What is the native name for Kingdom of Prussia?

2 After 1806, ________ simply was King of Prussia and summus episcopus.

3 What region does Kingdom of Prussia belong to?

4 What type of government does Kingdom of Prussia have?

5 Who of the following is/was the leader of Kingdom of Prussia?

6 With the abdication of Wilhelm II in 1918, the Kingdom of Prussia was dissolved and replaced with the ________.

7 What is the currency of Kingdom of Prussia?

8 What is the national anthem of Kingdom of Prussia?

9 Where does Kingdom of Prussia come from?

10 What is the legislature of Kingdom of Prussia called?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Kłodzko Fortress in present-day southwestern Poland took the Austrians and the Prussians 200 years to build.
  • the Warsaw Lyceum, where Nicolas Chopin was a teacher and his son Frédéric Chopin a pupil, was founded by the Prussian government as a German language school.
  • the arrival of Prussian troops led by Anton Wilhelm von L'Estocq prevented a Russian defeat in the 1807 Battle of Eylau.
  • Solomon Bibo was a Prussian-born Jew who became the equivalent of tribal chief of the Acoma Pueblo.
  • Lorenz Schwietz, who as Royal Prussian executioner beheaded at least 120 people, shot himself dead.
  • Diego von Bergen, who was the ambassador to the Holy See for the Kingdom of Prussia until 1918, continued to serve in this position for the Weimar Republic as well as Nazi Germany.
  • Ernst Heinrich August de la Motte Fouqué, a Prussian general and confidant of Frederick the Great, was wounded thrice in the Battle of Landeshut, fought in 1760 during the Seven Years' War.
  • Tadeusz Kościuszko initially did not want to support the Greater Poland Uprising of 1794 in order to avoid a two-front war against both Russia and Prussia.