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Quiz about Blond Beast Reinhard Heydrich

Blond Beast: Reinhard Heydrich Quiz

This quiz concerns the life of Reinhard Heydrich, one of the 20th century's lesser known monsters. I decided to focus on the slightly less infamous details of his life.

A multiple-choice quiz by sarinwrap. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
sarinwrap

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
300,428

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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565

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was Heydrich's full name? Hint

Reinhard Siegfried Heydrich

Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich

Reinhard Richard Dankward Heydrich

Reinhard Wolfram Heydrich

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Question 2 of 10

2. When was Reinhard Heydrich born? Hint

May 16th 1899

March 7th 1904

March 19th 1900

March 17th 1901

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Question 3 of 10

3. Where was Heydrich born? Hint

Halle an der Saale

Frankfurt am Main

Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Rinteln an der Weser

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which branch of the German military was Heydrich originally interested in as a career? Hint

Luftwaffe (Air Force)

The SS

Kriegsmarine (Navy)

Heer (Army)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Why was Heydrich discharged from his military position in 1931? Hint

For insulting a higher ranking officer

For conduct unbecoming of an officer

Because of his arrogance and disregard for others

Because he was caught spying for the Nazis

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Question 6 of 10

6. What was the highest position in the SS that Heydrich attained? Hint

Brigadef�hrer

Oberstgruppenf�hrer

Obergruppenf�hrer

Gruppenf�hrer

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Question 7 of 10

7. What was the name of the operation to assasinate Heydrich? Hint

Reinhard

Anthropoid

Burza

Gaff

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Question 8 of 10

8. The assasination attempt did not kill Heydrich immediately. He clung to life for days afterwards. What was the actual cause of Heydrich's death? Hint

Blood loss

Laceration of the spleen

Gunshot wounds

Septicemia

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Question 9 of 10

9. After Heydrich's death, Himmler hesitated before finally appointing this man as Heydrich's successor, a trained lawyer (and alcoholic!) from Austria. Who was this man? Hint

Heinrich M�ller

Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Kurt Daluege

Karl Hermann Frank

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who gave the eulogy at Heydrich's funeral? Hint

Joseph Goebbels

Henrich Himmler

Kurt Daluege

Adolf Hilter

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Heydrich's full name?

Answer: Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich

Reinhard's first name came from an act in one of his father's operas, the appropriately named, "Reinhard's Crime."

2. When was Reinhard Heydrich born?

Answer: March 7th 1904

Heydrich was a Pisces, along with Josef Mengele (born Mar 16), Adolf Eichmann, and Albert Speer. (Both the latter were born on March 19th!) ... I have no idea what that says about the sign Pisces!

3. Where was Heydrich born?

Answer: Halle an der Saale

Halle an der Saale was in Prussian Saxony at the time (now Sachsen-Anhalt). It is about 30 miles north west of Leipzig.

4. Which branch of the German military was Heydrich originally interested in as a career?

Answer: Kriegsmarine (Navy)

Heydrich made it to Oberleutnant (First Lieutenant). At the time when Heydrich joined the Kriegsmarine (1922) the SS didn't exist and, in any case, didn't become part of the armed forces till the late 1930s.

5. Why was Heydrich discharged from his military position in 1931?

Answer: For conduct unbecoming of an officer

It is unclear what actually happened. It was alleged that he had an affair with the daughter of an officer of the naval dockyards and than refused to honor a marriage proposal. Heydrich was a notorious womanizer, so it's certainly possible!

6. What was the highest position in the SS that Heydrich attained?

Answer: Obergruppenf�hrer

It was the highest rank one could attain in the SS at the time, second only to the Reichsf�hrer SS, a personal rank reserved for Himmler. The rank of Oberstgruppenf�hrer rank was not introduced till 1942.

7. What was the name of the operation to assasinate Heydrich?

Answer: Anthropoid

Operation Gaff was the attempt to kill Erwin Rommel, Operation Reinhard was the first stage of the Final Solution, and Operation Burza was a series of local uprisings by the Polish Home Army. The assassination was carried out by members of the Free Czechoslovak Army; they were flown from Britain to Bohemia by the RAF.

8. The assasination attempt did not kill Heydrich immediately. He clung to life for days afterwards. What was the actual cause of Heydrich's death?

Answer: Septicemia

Heydrich was only 38 years old. His autopsy simply stated that he died as a result of his wounds becoming septic from the pieces of shrapnel that had been lodged into him by the bomb. An interesting sidenote, Heydrich was supposed to have gotten his car fitted with metal sheets for his protection but he just never got around to having it done.

Heydrich was wounded on 27 May 1942 and died on 4 June 1942. The Nazis exacted a terrible revenge.

9. After Heydrich's death, Himmler hesitated before finally appointing this man as Heydrich's successor, a trained lawyer (and alcoholic!) from Austria. Who was this man?

Answer: Ernst Kaltenbrunner

Obergruppenf�hrer Kaltenbrunner possessed almost none of Heydrich's talents of intrigue. After the war, he was a defendant in the main war criminals trial at Nuremberg, the sole representative of the SS. He became known as "the man with no name" because of the number of times he denied his signature. Through most of the trial, he whined and feigned illness.

He was found guilty, hanged, and his remains cremated in the ovens of Dachau in 1946.

10. Who gave the eulogy at Heydrich's funeral?

Answer: Kurt Daluege

Which is an amusing sidenote since Heydrich and Daluege absolutely despised one another, Heydrich referred to Daluege as "the idiot." Daluege replaced Heydrich as Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia. After the war, he was sent back to Czechslovakia and hanged for war crimes in 1946.

I hope this has proved interesting, thank you for taking my quiz!

Source: Author sarinwrap

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