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German Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Leipzig
the Alps
Munich
Martin Luther
2. What is the name of the German airline?
Lufthansa
Realschule || general school
Prince Alois
their nature reserves
3. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Das Boot.
By an Austrian family
Suhl - Thuringen
Munchen
4. Site of a famous fair twice a year
Leipzig
Porsche
Animals
Berlin
5. Where is the zip code in a German address?
Munchen
less
In front of the city
Catholic and Lutheran
6. What is another name for the Warehouse Complex?
Dresden
Grundschule
Speicherstadt
Angela Merkel
7. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
the bell tower
Rentner
Tea
Breme/Bremum
8. How was Liechtenstein founded?
Bayreuth
Weser
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
By an Austrian family
9. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
Elbe
Gymnasium
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
austrian schilling
10. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
nine
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
11. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
the Elbe
Realschule || general school
Edelweiss
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
12. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
1719
Munchen
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
13. What was Erfurt named after?
14. Water found in Hamburg?
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Salzburg
a Day of German Unity
15. What city is known ast he city of salt?
L
Haydn
Oberammergau
post office
16. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
Rugen
Weser
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Salzburg
17. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
Brothers Grimm
nine
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Flowers
18. Two important people from Sachsen-Anhalt are
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Rentner
Grundschule/Volksschule
nine
19. City noted for perfumes
Munchen
Animals
18 after lessons
Koln
20. What is celebrated on June 17th?
standardized tests
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
a Day of German Unity
Weser
21. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
1719
Switzerland; Austria
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Munich
22. What are two major religious denominations in Germany?
the Elbe
Suhl - Thuringen
Catholic and Lutheran
Speicherstadt
23. Where is the Oktoberfest celebrated?
Leipzig
Munich
Catholic and Lutheran
L
24. Largest seaport
Hamburg
Prince Alois
nine
3.28 feet
25. What river forms a natural boundary between Germany and Poland?
chemical
Oder-Neisse
The final exam from a gymnasium
Hauptschule || Internship school
26. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
austrian schilling
Breme/Bremum
a Day of German Unity
Adidas
27. Grades 5-10
landlocked
Realschule || general school
cone filled with candy and gifts
The final exam from a gymnasium
28. 4 German car companies
the Bust of Nefertiti
3.28 feet
Weser
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
29. Who are the Landsknechte?
Medical improvements and vaccines
peace
no school because of heat wave
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
30. The Brandenburg Gate was used for ____ in WWII.
Switzerland; Austria
separation
1000
Porsche
31. Site of the Brandenburg Gate
youth hostels
Tea
The final exam from a gymnasium
Berlin
32. What do the initials DB stand for?
austrian schilling
Leipzig
Deutsche Bundesbahn
the Bodensee
33. What is the largest island in Germany?
Das Boot.
the bell tower
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Rugen
34. Where is iron-ore mined?
the bell tower
Rentner
Gymnasium
Suhl - Thuringen
35. What is the Vogelsberg?
Hauptschule || Internship school
A shield volcano
Tea
nine
36. Liechtenstein is a _______
Constitutional Monarchy
3.28 feet
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Hamburg
37. Lorelei?
Berlin
gymnastics
Rhine River Valley
Sirens
38. Site of the Dahlem Museum
Berlin
the Alps
Martin Luther
Labor Day
39. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
In front of the city
nine
Salzburg
Porsche
40. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
subway
advent till january 6
chemical
Hamburg
41. Which sport is most often practiced in school?
peace
the Alps
gymnastics
nine
42. Is a liter more or less than an American gallon?
Martin Luther
Animals
less
'Erpha' - brown water
43. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
the bell tower
Wien
Porsche
foreign-born; Civil War.
44. How many feet are in a meter?
the Elbe
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Hauptschule || Internship school
3.28 feet
45. What do small children receive on their first day of school?
Rentner
pig
advent till january 6
cone filled with candy and gifts
46. What is the warehouse complex?
47. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
Rugen
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
May 8th - 1945
Munich
48. George Frideric Handel was born in
cone filled with candy and gifts
1961 to 1996
Halle
Edelweiss
49. What is the 'Abitur' ?
Edelweiss
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
The final exam from a gymnasium
the Alps
50. City noted for art treasures and china
Dresden
Das Boot.
Animals
Oder-Neisse