--- ---  # Quiz: Test Your Berlin Wall Knowledge by [Lothar Krause](https://time.com/author/lothar-krause/) ## Lothar Krause Nov 9, 2014 12:00 PM UTC  West Germans celebrate atop the Berlin Wall on Nov. 12, 1989. West Germans celebrate atop the Berlin Wall on Nov. 12, 1989.Stephen Jaffe—Getty Images by [Lothar Krause](https://time.com/author/lothar-krause/) ## Lothar Krause Nov 9, 2014 12:00 PM UTC The Berlin Wall began to come down 25 years ago this weekend, on Nov. 9, 1989\. Now that so many years have passed, how much do you remember about the wall and the events surrounding it? Test your knowledge with this quiz — extra points if you don’t use our [Berlin Wall history timeline](http://time.com/3559122/berlin-wall-timeline/) to cheat. **_Read TIME’s 1989 cover story about the fall of the Berlin Wall here in the archives:_** [Freedom!](http://time.com/3558854/freedom-the-berlin-wall/) Berlin Wall History 25 Years After the Fall: History Quiz ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3568030/berlin-wall-quiz/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3568030/berlin-wall-quiz/"},"headline":"Quiz: Test Your Berlin Wall Knowledge","datePublished":"2014-11-09T12:00:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T11:17:32.575Z","description":"For the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, see how much you remember about it","url":"https://time.com/3568030/berlin-wall-quiz/","keywords":["conflict","Germany","Berlin","quiz","Cold War","Berlin Wall"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0b81f2803f84718/698766a8e53aba08674d5af7/berlin-wall.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lothar Krause","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/lothar-krause/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0b81f2803f84718/698766a8e53aba08674d5af7/berlin-wall.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"West Germans Celebrate The Unification Of Berlin Atop The Berlin Wall During The Collaps","caption":"West Germans Celebrate The Unification Of Berlin Atop The Berlin Wall During The Collaps","creditText":"Stephen Jaffe—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/conflict/","name":"conflict"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3568030/berlin-wall-quiz/","name":"Quiz: Test Your Berlin Wall Knowledge"}}]}] ```