Asked in a 1998 paper

The election of this Chancellor on September 27, 1998 signaled a changing of the guard, for he became the first postwar German leader who was too young to remember World War II.

Correct answer: C. Gerhrd Schroeder

  • A. Edmund Stoiber
  • B. Helmut Kohi
  • C. Gerhrd Schroeder
  • D. Horst Kohler

Explanation

Gerhard Schröder became German chancellor after the 1998 election, replacing Helmut Kohl and symbolising a generational change in postwar Germany. The option spells Schröder incorrectly as “Gerhrd,” but it is still clearly identifiable.

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