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German Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
Volkswagen
nine
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Bayreuth
2. What do small children receive on their first day of school?
cone filled with candy and gifts
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
standardized tests
Tea
3. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
Berlin
Wind
Catholic and Lutheran
3 months
4. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
no school because of heat wave
Wien
the bell tower
railroad station
5. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Munchen
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Wien
Deutsche Bundesbahn
6. What was Erfurt named after?
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7. Where is the Oktoberfest celebrated?
Munich
their nature reserves
1961 to 1996
Deutsche Bundesbahn
8. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Wind
Eifel - Hunsr
Koln
9. One river that forms the boundary of 2 countries
The final exam from a gymnasium
Rhine River Valley
Salzburg
the Rhein
10. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
Grundschule/Volksschule
The final exam from a gymnasium
3.28 feet
Tea
11. How many feet are in a meter?
Munchen
less
3.28 feet
nine
12. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
foreign-born; Civil War.
Wien
Oder-Neisse
Brothers Grimm
13. What is the largest island in Germany?
May 8th - 1945
railroad station
Rugen
a Day of German Unity
14. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
'Erpha' - brown water
May 8th - 1945
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
18 after lessons
15. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Volkswagen
Munchen
advent till january 6
subway
16. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
the Bodensee
Weser
gymnastics
on a train
17. Who is Liechtenstein's current Prince?
subway
Prince Alois
Labor Day
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
18. Largest seaport
Eifel - Hunsr
Salzburg
austrian schilling
Hamburg
19. What is the name of the German airline?
Lufthansa
1961 to 1996
Adidas
the Alps
20. Magdeburg is located on the ____
advent till january 6
landlocked
Elbe River
twin alster lakes - elbe river
21. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
Adidas
Munchen
Switzerland; Austria
1961 to 1996
22. How long is a mile in kilometers?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Edelweiss
Martin Luther
1.6 km
23. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Realschule || general school
Harz
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Dresden
24. What is Austria's national flower?
Adidas
Grundschule/Volksschule
Angela Merkel
Edelweiss
25. Water found in Hamburg?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
3 months
peace
Animals
26. What are retired people called in Germany?
1.6 km
Rentner
Salzburg
1000
27. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
nine
Hamburg
landlocked
Rentner
28. What is Minau known for?
3 months
separation
no school because of heat wave
Flowers
29. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
the Bust of Nefertiti
1961 to 1996
Haydn
nine
30. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
Adidas
department store
foreign-born; Civil War.
Volkswagen
31. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
the Bodensee
the Alps
Rhine River Valley
1961 to 1996
32. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
'Erpha' - brown water
chemical
Constitutional Monarchy
May 8th - 1945
33. How was Liechtenstein founded?
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Haydn
Constitutional Monarchy
By an Austrian family
34. Famous German Porcelain manufacturer
Munich
advent till january 6
Medical improvements and vaccines
Rosenthal
35. At what age can you obtain a driver's license?
Munchen
Gymnasium
Salzburg
18 after lessons
36. What is the Vogelsberg?
standardized tests
A shield volcano
austrian schilling
1.6 km
37. Potsdam is located on the River
Angela Merkel
Havel
Elbe
Berlin
38. What is the 'Abitur' ?
Brothers Grimm
Berlin
The final exam from a gymnasium
May 8th - 1945
39. Where does a 'Passionspiel' take place every ten years?
the Elbe
Oberammergau
Sirens
peace
40. City noted for perfumes
austrian schilling
Koln
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Porsche
41. What city is known ast he city of salt?
Prince Alois
twin alster lakes - elbe river
L
Realschule || general school
42. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Realschule || general school
Berlin
Wind
Martin Luther
43. Hard school; grades 5-10
Hauptschule || Internship school
Harz
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Wien
44. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Gymnasium
Das Boot.
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
45. Site of the Dahlem Museum
Wien
Salzburg
Dresden
Berlin
46. 4th graders take....
standardized tests
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Adidas
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
47. Hamburg is a seaport on the
Elbe
Animals
Lufthansa
In front of the city
48. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
Weser
Oberammergau
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
49. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Labor Day
cone filled with candy and gifts
Hamburg
Wien
50. Lake on the border of two countries
department store
youth hostels
the Bodensee
Richard Wagner