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German Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is a Bahnof?
Flowers
landlocked
The final exam from a gymnasium
railroad station
2. Potsdam is located on the River
their nature reserves
Havel
Animals
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
3. What is the 'Abitur' ?
Eifel - Hunsr
The final exam from a gymnasium
1719
the Elbe
4. City noted for art treasures and china
subway
Dresden
Munchen
18 after lessons
5. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Das Boot.
Eifel - Hunsr
Animals
Munchen
6. Which city holds a Wagner festival each year?
Switzerland; Austria
Bayreuth
Salzburg
Realschule || general school
7. What is another name for the Warehouse Complex?
Gymnasium
Speicherstadt
Adidas
Realschule || general school
8. Birthplace of Mozart
Flowers
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Rentner
Salzburg
9. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
Salzburg
Labor Day
1719
Volkswagen
10. Lorelei?
their nature reserves
Labor Day
Sirens
In front of the city
11. What is the elementary school called in German?
Grundschule/Volksschule
on a train
subway
the Bust of Nefertiti
12. Hamburg is a seaport on the
Angela Merkel
tourist information
Elbe
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
13. Kiel lies on the _______
twin alster lakes - elbe river
their nature reserves
Baltic Sea
3 months
14. Wolfgang Peterson directed
the Bust of Nefertiti
the Alps
Elbe
Das Boot.
15. Who is Liechtenstein's current Prince?
youth hostels
Angela Merkel
Prince Alois
L
16. What is the largest island in Germany?
Tea
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
In front of the city
Rugen
17. Famous German Porcelain manufacturer
Rosenthal
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Breme/Bremum
Angela Merkel
18. 4 German car companies
By an Austrian family
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Harz
Berlin
19. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
Wind
Baltic Sea
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Bayreuth
20. How long is the Christmas season?
18 after lessons
advent till january 6
Suhl - Thuringen
Angela Merkel
21. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
railroad station
nine
A shield volcano
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
22. The Brandenburg Gate was a symbol for
peace
Edelweiss
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Breme/Bremum
23. Which sport is most often practiced in school?
gymnastics
Realschule || general school
1961 to 1996
department store
24. Who is the current chancellor of Germany?
Angela Merkel
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Realschule || general school
Baltic Sea
25. How many centimeters in a meter?
1000
Labor Day
3.28 feet
the Bodensee
26. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
Catholic and Lutheran
peace
Rhine River Valley
the Elbe
27. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
department store
1.6 km
Weser
gymnastics
28. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
Wien
Baltic Sea
1.6 km
Gymnasium
29. Large mountain rangw
Baltic Sea
the Alps
Dresden
Suhl - Thuringen
30. Where are the mudflats located?
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Lufthansa
Medical improvements and vaccines
31. Site of the Dahlem Museum
The final exam from a gymnasium
nine
Berlin
1000
32. What is the Vogelsberg?
A shield volcano
Prince Alois
'Erpha' - brown water
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
33. What is a U-bahn?
Rhine River Valley
Salzburg
subway
cone filled with candy and gifts
34. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Berlin
Martin Luther
Brothers Grimm
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
35. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
Munchen
1000
Berlin
Salzburg
36. Where is iron-ore mined?
Wien
Tea
Suhl - Thuringen
Edelweiss
37. Where does a 'Passionspiel' take place every ten years?
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Oberammergau
Halle
38. 4th graders take....
Harz
Weser
standardized tests
Constitutional Monarchy
39. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
landlocked
May 8th - 1945
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
40. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
Havel
May 8th - 1945
the Bust of Nefertiti
austrian schilling
41. What is the name of the German airline?
Munich
Angela Merkel
Lufthansa
youth hostels
42. Water found in Hamburg?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
austrian schilling
By an Austrian family
Lufthansa
43. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
Weser
youth hostels
1719
Gymnasium
44. One river that forms the boundary of 2 countries
Munich
youth hostels
the Rhein
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
45. Lake on the border of two countries
Salzburg
the Bodensee
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Labor Day
46. What are Trimm-dich-Strecke?
Gymnasium
the Alps
Haydn
excercise paths
47. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
Rosenthal
a famous fashion designer
peace
1719
48. What is celebrated on June 17th?
subway
3 months
a Day of German Unity
Oder-Neisse
49. which German holiday is celebrated with fireworks?
50. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
post office
on a train
Grundschule
Salzburg