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German Culture
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culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Berlin
Wien
excercise paths
Salzburg
2. Which sport is most often practiced in school?
gymnastics
Wind
Grundschule
Elbe River
3. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
Prince Alois
Porsche
Rosenthal
Gymnasium
4. Bremen was first called what?
Breme/Bremum
cone filled with candy and gifts
Rentner
advent till january 6
5. Who composed Germany's national anthem?
Haydn
youth hostels
The final exam from a gymnasium
Grundschule
6. Which city holds a Wagner festival each year?
May 8th - 1945
Bayreuth
Adidas
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
7. Hard school; grades 5-10
The final exam from a gymnasium
foreign-born; Civil War.
Brothers Grimm
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
8. How many feet are in a meter?
Rentner
3.28 feet
1000
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
9. What do small children receive on their first day of school?
Havel
In front of the city
standardized tests
cone filled with candy and gifts
10. What do the initials DB stand for?
Adidas
Baltic Sea
Deutsche Bundesbahn
less
11. Water found in Hamburg?
Munich
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Harz
12. Site of a famous fair twice a year
Leipzig
Berlin
chemical
tourist information
13. From __________ the Berlin wall kept West and East Berlin separate.
Volkswagen
1961 to 1996
no school because of heat wave
Berlin
14. What are Trimm-dich-Strecke?
a famous fashion designer
excercise paths
Wien
Medical improvements and vaccines
15. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
Salzburg
'Erpha' - brown water
separation
Havel
16. Liechtenstein is a _______
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Tea
Constitutional Monarchy
post office
17. Lorelei?
the bell tower
Berlin
Sirens
excercise paths
18. What is the largest island in Germany?
the Elbe
Rugen
Prince Alois
Munich
19. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Eifel - Hunsr
Rhine River Valley
May 8th - 1945
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
20. Who is the current chancellor of Germany?
Halle
Labor Day
Angela Merkel
Oder-Neisse
21. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
the Elbe
excercise paths
Switzerland; Austria
Dresden
22. Beyreuth is known for...
Richard Wagner
'Erpha' - brown water
Rosenthal
gymnastics
23. What is the warehouse complex?
24. How long is the Christmas season?
advent till january 6
landlocked
Grundschule/Volksschule
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
25. City noted for perfumes
Koln
Gymnasium
Animals
Rosenthal
26. Grades K-6
Suhl - Thuringen
the Elbe
Grundschule
Baltic Sea
27. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Weser
1961 to 1996
advent till january 6
Munchen
28. Where are the mudflats located?
Haydn
chemical
Koln
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
29. Famous German Porcelain manufacturer
Wind
subway
standardized tests
Rosenthal
30. The Brandenburg Gate was used for ____ in WWII.
By an Austrian family
separation
the bell tower
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
31. What is a Bahnof?
Berlin
railroad station
Volkswagen
tourist information
32. Hamburg is a seaport on the
pig
Elbe
a Day of German Unity
1719
33. Berlin
Berlin
on a train
1.6 km
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
34. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
subway
Weser
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Tea
35. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Labor Day
Sirens
Brothers Grimm
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
36. Largest seaport
May 8th - 1945
Berlin
their nature reserves
Hamburg
37. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
Rhine River Valley
1.6 km
Eifel - Hunsr
Suhl - Thuringen
38. How many centimeters in a meter?
Tea
Grundschule/Volksschule
3 months
1000
39. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
austrian schilling
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
A shield volcano
nine
40. 4th graders take....
standardized tests
the Bodensee
Weser
tourist information
41. What is the full name of Hamburg?
Halle
post office
the Bodensee
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
42. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
Martin Luther
department store
peace
Hamburg
43. Site of the Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
Halle
Prince Alois
Animals
44. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
'Erpha' - brown water
Martin Luther
Animals
Grundschule/Volksschule
45. What are retired people called in Germany?
Baltic Sea
Speicherstadt
Volkswagen
Rentner
46. Kiel lies on the _______
the Rhein
1961 to 1996
Lufthansa
Baltic Sea
47. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
foreign-born; Civil War.
Lufthansa
on a train
48. Who are the Landsknechte?
1961 to 1996
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
railroad station
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
49. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
Rosenthal
nine
twin alster lakes - elbe river
1.6 km
50. What is Nordrhein-Westfalen known for?
their nature reserves
Volkswagen
chemical
Grundschule