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German Culture
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Subject
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
a famous fashion designer
Hamburg
on a train
Havel
2. Is a liter more or less than an American gallon?
less
Das Boot.
the Alps
Grundschule
3. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Wien
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
tourist information
L
4. Where can you make international phone calls?
post office
L
Wien
Halle
5. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
Prince Alois
Edelweiss
Lufthansa
the Bust of Nefertiti
6. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
austrian schilling
the Elbe
the Rhein
Hamburg
7. How long is the Christmas season?
1961 to 1996
advent till january 6
tourist information
Rentner
8. What animal is considered a sign of good luck for New Years?
Suhl - Thuringen
excercise paths
railroad station
pig
9. Inexpensive hotels for young people
youth hostels
Rentner
Lufthansa
standardized tests
10. Hard school; grades 5-10
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Harz
Rugen
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
11. What are two major religious denominations in Germany?
Catholic and Lutheran
the Bust of Nefertiti
3 months
the Elbe
12. What is another name for the Warehouse Complex?
Labor Day
Speicherstadt
Oder-Neisse
Dresden
13. Where is the zip code in a German address?
Gymnasium
Leipzig
the Bodensee
In front of the city
14. What is the famous German automobile manufacturer in Stuttgart?
Porsche
post office
L
Berlin
15. Where does a 'Passionspiel' take place every ten years?
post office
nine
Havel
Oberammergau
16. 4th graders take....
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
standardized tests
In front of the city
Elbe
17. Who is Liechtenstein's current Prince?
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Leipzig
Munich
Prince Alois
18. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
The final exam from a gymnasium
Wind
Suhl - Thuringen
no school because of heat wave
19. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
1719
no school because of heat wave
A shield volcano
Animals
20. At what age can you obtain a driver's license?
Breme/Bremum
18 after lessons
1961 to 1996
Halle
21. What is the Vogelsberg?
Oberammergau
excercise paths
A shield volcano
Munich
22. Lake on the border of two countries
the Bodensee
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
a Day of German Unity
L
23. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
Munchen
Oder-Neisse
Martin Luther
on a train
24. The Brandenburg Gate was a symbol for
landlocked
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
peace
Hauptschule || Internship school
25. What is the 'Abitur' ?
18 after lessons
Berlin
The final exam from a gymnasium
Munich
26. What is a U-bahn?
Flowers
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
railroad station
subway
27. Grades 5-10
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Realschule || general school
Volkswagen
By an Austrian family
28. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
Suhl - Thuringen
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Gymnasium
pig
29. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
1961 to 1996
A shield volcano
austrian schilling
Animals
30. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
nine
Breme/Bremum
Switzerland; Austria
on a train
31. One river that forms the boundary of 2 countries
pig
the Rhein
chemical
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
32. What is Nordrhein-Westfalen known for?
Leipzig
their nature reserves
Rentner
Catholic and Lutheran
33. George Frideric Handel was born in
Halle
Koln
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
subway
34. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
Adidas
1961 to 1996
department store
1719
35. Who are the Landsknechte?
L
Grundschule/Volksschule
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
3 months
36. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
Suhl - Thuringen
Switzerland; Austria
Halle
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
37. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Wind
Das Boot.
gymnastics
Berlin
38. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Munchen
Eifel - Hunsr
In front of the city
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
39. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
excercise paths
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
the Bodensee
L
40. What are Trimm-dich-Strecke?
'Erpha' - brown water
Elbe River
By an Austrian family
excercise paths
41. Large mountain rangw
Richard Wagner
Medical improvements and vaccines
1961 to 1996
the Alps
42. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Breme/Bremum
Flowers
Munchen
Deutsche Bundesbahn
43. Birthplace of Mozart
Leipzig
separation
Salzburg
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
44. What is the warehouse complex?
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45. Robert Koch is famous for what?
Baltic Sea
Weser
Medical improvements and vaccines
Porsche
46. Kiel lies on the _______
railroad station
Baltic Sea
their nature reserves
1000
47. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
foreign-born; Civil War.
Munich
Martin Luther
'Erpha' - brown water
48. M
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
18 after lessons
Gymnasium
49. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Breme/Bremum
Harz
Gymnasium
Grundschule
50. Hessen is a ______ state.
Grundschule
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Bayreuth
landlocked