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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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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. What is Austria's national flower?
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Edelweiss
Lufthansa
post office
2. What is a Bahnof?
Breme/Bremum
railroad station
Richard Wagner
Gymnasium
3. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
Breme/Bremum
the Rhein
Flowers
Gymnasium
4. The Brandenburg Gate was used for ____ in WWII.
Havel
Prince Alois
Grundschule
separation
5. Grades 5-9
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Adidas
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Hauptschule || Internship school
6. How long is a mile in kilometers?
1.6 km
Munchen
Oberammergau
gymnastics
7. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
Havel
Suhl - Thuringen
Martin Luther
the Bust of Nefertiti
8. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
no school because of heat wave
railroad station
Wind
the Alps
9. Who composed Germany's national anthem?
Rhine River Valley
their nature reserves
Havel
Haydn
10. How was Liechtenstein founded?
'Erpha' - brown water
By an Austrian family
Prince Alois
In front of the city
11. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
Salzburg
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
the bell tower
Munchen
12. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
Brothers Grimm
the Elbe
Berlin
Edelweiss
13. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Gymnasium
Munchen
1000
14. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
Brothers Grimm
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
nine
Martin Luther
15. Berlin
Wind
Berlin
Harz
Switzerland; Austria
16. What are retired people called in Germany?
the Alps
Rentner
Baltic Sea
youth hostels
17. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Grundschule
landlocked
Munchen
1.6 km
18. What city is known ast he city of salt?
The final exam from a gymnasium
L
their nature reserves
Medical improvements and vaccines
19. What is the 'Abitur' ?
Animals
Labor Day
The final exam from a gymnasium
3 months
20. Hessen is a ______ state.
Sirens
Havel
Berlin
landlocked
21. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
Berlin
chemical
May 8th - 1945
on a train
22. Grades K-6
Constitutional Monarchy
Grundschule
Haydn
Rentner
23. Inexpensive hotels for young people
the Elbe
Berlin
Rugen
youth hostels
24. Site of the Dahlem Museum
Munich
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Berlin
25. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
18 after lessons
Breme/Bremum
Wind
on a train
26. Where are the mudflats located?
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Prince Alois
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
27. Site of the Brandenburg Gate
gymnastics
Rugen
foreign-born; Civil War.
Berlin
28. From __________ the Berlin wall kept West and East Berlin separate.
gymnastics
a Day of German Unity
Hamburg
1961 to 1996
29. Magdeburg is located on the ____
the Bust of Nefertiti
Elbe River
Wind
standardized tests
30. Who is the current chancellor of Germany?
Rugen
Angela Merkel
subway
Grundschule
31. How many feet are in a meter?
3.28 feet
Grundschule/Volksschule
Haydn
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
32. Large mountain rangw
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Martin Luther
Lufthansa
the Alps
33. Largest seaport
standardized tests
Berlin
Wien
Hamburg
34. Where is the Oktoberfest celebrated?
Munich
Rhine River Valley
Porsche
Salzburg
35. Hard school; grades 5-10
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
separation
1000
Eifel - Hunsr
36. Kiel lies on the _______
foreign-born; Civil War.
subway
Baltic Sea
Speicherstadt
37. Who are the Landsknechte?
Munchen
Tea
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
the Alps
38. Where is the zip code in a German address?
Wind
In front of the city
Haydn
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
39. Liechtenstein is a _______
advent till january 6
Leipzig
Constitutional Monarchy
Gymnasium
40. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
the Rhein
the Alps
Salzburg
41. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Prince Alois
3 months
Eifel - Hunsr
42. What is the full name of Hamburg?
the bell tower
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
twin alster lakes - elbe river
1961 to 1996
43. Beyreuth is known for...
Richard Wagner
Berlin
18 after lessons
the Rhein
44. Where can you make international phone calls?
Sirens
chemical
foreign-born; Civil War.
post office
45. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
Prince Alois
Rhine River Valley
Eifel - Hunsr
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
46. What is the elementary school called in German?
Labor Day
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Grundschule/Volksschule
A shield volcano
47. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Harz
Weser
Hauptschule || Internship school
excercise paths
48. Water found in Hamburg?
Catholic and Lutheran
Lufthansa
twin alster lakes - elbe river
3 months
49. One river that forms the boundary of 2 countries
Suhl - Thuringen
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Oder-Neisse
the Rhein
50. Bremen was first called what?
Breme/Bremum
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Elbe
Suhl - Thuringen