A REPUTATION EARNED. Part of the reason for the misconception about German engineering is that German automakers did, at one time, earn it. When Consumer Reports started its Long-Term Reliability Tests and Initial Quality Index tests way back in 1972, German brands like Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz came out on top.
The term hokku continues to be used in its original sense, as the opening verse of a linked poem.
(Answer #1). The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is a white supremacist group originally formed in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, when Confederate Army veterans formed what they called a social club. The first leader (called the Grand Wizard) was Nathan Bedford Forrest (1821â1877), a former general in the Confederate Army.s an organization, it is not very relevant today. demon300 | Student, Grade 10 | (Level 1) Valedictorian. Posted on. (Answer #2). The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is a white supremacist group originally formed in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee, when Confederate Army veterans formed what they called a social club.