Question
The film The Lives of Others mentions a government attempt to conceal high suicide rates in this country. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this country, whose high suicide rates were linked to repression by a secret police led by Erich Mielke.
ANSWER: East Germany [accept Ostdeutschland accept DDR or GDR; accept German Democratic Republic or Deutsche Demokratische Republik; prompt on Germany or Deutschland] (The secret police is the Stasi.)
[10h] This publication attributed East Germany’s suicide rate to its prevalence among the elderly. In 1962, this German newspaper’s offices were raided after criticizing Konrad Adenauer’s defense policy.
ANSWER: Der Spiegel [or The Mirror]
[10e] Georg Dreyman wrote the Der Spiegel article on a smuggled one of these devices, since all others were registered with the East German government. The QWERTY keyboard was developed for these devices whose keys punch an inked ribbon.
ANSWER: typewriters [or electric typewriter; or mechanical typewriter; or manual typewriters]
<Jeffrey Liu, History - European - 1900+> ~27451~ <Editor: Hari Parameswaran>
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Summary
| Tournament | Edition | Exact Match? | Heard | PPB | Easy % | Medium % | Hard % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 PACE NSC | 06/08/2024 | Y | 36 | 20.28 | 94% | 67% | 42% |