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Which secret police kept files on about 5.6 million people?
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Which area did the Berlin Wall surround?
Answer: West Berlin
Why: Only 43.1 km of the Wall's 155 km split East from West Berlin; the other 111.9 km cut West Berlin off from the rest of East Germany.
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Which US rock star drew about 300,000 fans to East Berlin in 1988?
Answer: Bruce Springsteen
Why: Officially 160,000 tickets were sold for the Weißensee concert, but many more fans got in without one.
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Who was East Germany's only president?
Answer: Wilhelm Pieck
Why: After Pieck died in 1960, the office was scrapped for a Council of State, first chaired by Walter Ulbricht.
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What were the Trabant's body panels made of?
Answer: duroplast
Why: Duroplast is a hard plastic made from recycled cotton waste and phenol resin, so the car was never made of cardboard.
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Which future German president ran the Stasi files agency?
Answer: Joachim Gauck
Why: The archive his agency took over holds about 111 kilometres of Stasi files.
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Where did East Germany help build a coffee industry?
Answer: Vietnam
Why: Vietnam has since become the world's second-largest coffee producer, behind only Brazil.
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