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German Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Who are the Landsknechte?
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Switzerland; Austria
post office
Berlin
2. What are Trimm-dich-Strecke?
the Bodensee
excercise paths
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Martin Luther
3. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
By an Austrian family
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Hauptschule || Internship school
A shield volcano
4. What is celebrated on June 17th?
a Day of German Unity
a famous fashion designer
tourist information
department store
5. Is a liter more or less than an American gallon?
Elbe
less
Flowers
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
6. Where can you make international phone calls?
Munich
Rhine River Valley
post office
3 months
7. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
pig
Rosenthal
3 months
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
8. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
the Elbe
chemical
Oberammergau
Catholic and Lutheran
9. What would you find in a Tierpark in Germany?
subway
Animals
on a train
Angela Merkel
10. How was Liechtenstein founded?
Deutsche Bundesbahn
3 months
twin alster lakes - elbe river
By an Austrian family
11. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
Gymnasium
Sirens
foreign-born; Civil War.
3 months
12. Large mountain rangw
Wien
the Alps
Lufthansa
Volkswagen
13. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
Brothers Grimm
pig
1719
Constitutional Monarchy
14. What are retired people called in Germany?
Rosenthal
Berlin
Rentner
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
15. Who is Liechtenstein's current Prince?
Deutsche Bundesbahn
18 after lessons
Prince Alois
Edelweiss
16. Lake on the border of two countries
peace
the Bodensee
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Volkswagen
17. Hessen is a ______ state.
nine
a Day of German Unity
landlocked
Constitutional Monarchy
18. 4th graders take....
standardized tests
subway
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
L
19. Grades K-6
Grundschule
Edelweiss
Flowers
the Rhein
20. What is a Bahnof?
Flowers
Wien
railroad station
Weser
21. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Berlin
standardized tests
no school because of heat wave
22. City noted for art treasures and china
Salzburg
Harz
Flowers
Dresden
23. Site of a famous fair twice a year
Deutsche Bundesbahn
pig
Leipzig
Rugen
24. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
no school because of heat wave
18 after lessons
Dresden
Harz
25. Where is iron-ore mined?
Suhl - Thuringen
Dresden
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
post office
26. Grades 5-9
Wien
Munich
Oder-Neisse
Hauptschule || Internship school
27. What is a German sportswear company?
Adidas
youth hostels
Berlin
Realschule || general school
28. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
gymnastics
A shield volcano
Wind
Grundschule/Volksschule
29. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
austrian schilling
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Munich
Baltic Sea
30. Bremen was first called what?
gymnastics
the Alps
Breme/Bremum
Havel
31. What are two major religious denominations in Germany?
Munchen
Hamburg
Catholic and Lutheran
1719
32. How many feet are in a meter?
3.28 feet
May 8th - 1945
Medical improvements and vaccines
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
33. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Animals
Koln
Harz
Munchen
34. Who composed Germany's national anthem?
subway
Eifel - Hunsr
Haydn
tourist information
35. Hard school; grades 5-10
Breme/Bremum
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Koln
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
36. What is the main attraction for the Reinoldikirche?
Speicherstadt
Martin Luther
the bell tower
Rosenthal
37. What is the Vogelsberg?
A shield volcano
Martin Luther
Lufthansa
pig
38. Magdeburg is located on the ____
post office
Elbe River
the bell tower
Edelweiss
39. What is the largest island in Germany?
Rugen
department store
Munchen
Berlin
40. Which city holds a Wagner festival each year?
Bayreuth
Berlin
Rhine River Valley
Prince Alois
41. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
Munchen
a famous fashion designer
the bell tower
18 after lessons
42. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
Catholic and Lutheran
May 8th - 1945
Speicherstadt
Wien
43. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Flowers
Martin Luther
1.6 km
Switzerland; Austria
44. What river forms a natural boundary between Germany and Poland?
Oder-Neisse
18 after lessons
post office
1.6 km
45. Who is the current chancellor of Germany?
the Bust of Nefertiti
Angela Merkel
Koln
tourist information
46. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Salzburg
Switzerland; Austria
Dresden
Labor Day
47. George Frideric Handel was born in
Halle
Berlin
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Munchen
48. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
subway
a famous fashion designer
Eifel - Hunsr
Weser
49. Birthplace of Mozart
Salzburg
Breme/Bremum
The final exam from a gymnasium
Elbe River
50. What was Erfurt named after?
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