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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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1. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
Catholic and Lutheran
Grundschule/Volksschule
Tea
gymnastics
2. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
austrian schilling
Medical improvements and vaccines
Edelweiss
Constitutional Monarchy
3. What is Minau known for?
Angela Merkel
Flowers
Havel
Koln
4. What is the name of the German airline?
Haydn
Lufthansa
no school because of heat wave
Weser
5. What do small children receive on their first day of school?
cone filled with candy and gifts
Labor Day
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Richard Wagner
6. which German holiday is celebrated with fireworks?
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7. Bremen was first called what?
Munchen
the Elbe
Breme/Bremum
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
8. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
advent till january 6
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Weser
Rugen
9. What are retired people called in Germany?
Rentner
Wind
L
New Year's
10. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
New Year's
Volkswagen
Switzerland; Austria
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
11. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
Hauptschule || Internship school
Munchen
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
3.28 feet
12. Lake on the border of two countries
L
3.28 feet
the Bodensee
the Alps
13. Hessen is a ______ state.
Rugen
Oberammergau
landlocked
no school because of heat wave
14. Site of the Dahlem Museum
Suhl - Thuringen
Berlin
tourist information
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
15. Site of a famous fair twice a year
Grundschule
3.28 feet
Leipzig
Sirens
16. Two important people from Sachsen-Anhalt are
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Dresden
Porsche
less
17. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Labor Day
18 after lessons
Haydn
the Alps
18. What is the largest island in Germany?
Porsche
A shield volcano
department store
Rugen
19. What is a Bahnof?
subway
advent till january 6
gymnastics
railroad station
20. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
no school because of heat wave
Labor Day
Flowers
Dresden
21. What animal is considered a sign of good luck for New Years?
nine
A shield volcano
the bell tower
pig
22. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
Constitutional Monarchy
the Elbe
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
nine
23. What is the Vogelsberg?
3 months
advent till january 6
the Bodensee
A shield volcano
24. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
the Bodensee
cone filled with candy and gifts
a Day of German Unity
department store
25. One river that forms the boundary of 2 countries
the Rhein
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
separation
twin alster lakes - elbe river
26. 4th graders take....
standardized tests
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Rhine River Valley
separation
27. How many feet are in a meter?
Sirens
Eifel - Hunsr
Rhine River Valley
3.28 feet
28. Robert Koch is famous for what?
pig
less
Medical improvements and vaccines
1961 to 1996
29. From __________ the Berlin wall kept West and East Berlin separate.
Sirens
1000
Volkswagen
1961 to 1996
30. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Prince Alois
Munchen
Weser
31. What do the initials DB stand for?
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Speicherstadt
Animals
on a train
32. George Frideric Handel was born in
Halle
Bayreuth
Grundschule/Volksschule
New Year's
33. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
Berlin
Martin Luther
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
landlocked
34. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
a Day of German Unity
Volkswagen
Prince Alois
1719
35. City noted for perfumes
Koln
Edelweiss
Munchen
the Bodensee
36. How many centimeters in a meter?
gymnastics
Hamburg
1000
Halle
37. Magdeburg is located on the ____
subway
Haydn
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Elbe River
38. Beyreuth is known for...
Hauptschule || Internship school
Edelweiss
Richard Wagner
the Bust of Nefertiti
39. Largest seaport
Hamburg
'Erpha' - brown water
1961 to 1996
twin alster lakes - elbe river
40. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
Switzerland; Austria
'Erpha' - brown water
no school because of heat wave
1.6 km
41. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
a famous fashion designer
Koln
1000
Wind
42. Grades K-6
Grundschule
Havel
1000
Adidas
43. How long is a mile in kilometers?
Oberammergau
Grundschule/Volksschule
1.6 km
Constitutional Monarchy
44. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
subway
Grundschule
Eifel - Hunsr
Munich
45. Famous German Porcelain manufacturer
Volkswagen
foreign-born; Civil War.
Rosenthal
Berlin
46. What city is known ast he city of salt?
Elbe
L
Suhl - Thuringen
Switzerland; Austria
47. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
nine
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Edelweiss
Berlin
48. Water found in Hamburg?
post office
18 after lessons
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Adidas
49. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
Leipzig
Speicherstadt
chemical
the Bodensee
50. What is the warehouse complex?
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