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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 do small children receive on their first day of school?
cone filled with candy and gifts
Elbe River
Rentner
Hauptschule || Internship school
2. What do the initials DB stand for?
Salzburg
Elbe River
A shield volcano
Deutsche Bundesbahn
3. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Labor Day
Angela Merkel
tourist information
standardized tests
4. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
no school because of heat wave
Salzburg
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
department store
5. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
Oberammergau
Oder-Neisse
austrian schilling
A shield volcano
6. What is the Vogelsberg?
pig
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
3.28 feet
A shield volcano
7. Grades 5-10
Tea
Realschule || general school
Elbe
Adidas
8. Lorelei?
3.28 feet
Angela Merkel
Brothers Grimm
Sirens
9. Inexpensive hotels for young people
Speicherstadt
Switzerland; Austria
on a train
youth hostels
10. Where does a 'Passionspiel' take place every ten years?
Halle
Oberammergau
3.28 feet
on a train
11. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Hauptschule || Internship school
nine
Tea
Munchen
12. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
Tea
the Elbe
department store
Wien
13. The Brandenburg Gate was used for ____ in WWII.
nine
Dresden
separation
Oder-Neisse
14. Liechtenstein is a _______
Constitutional Monarchy
Rentner
Porsche
twin alster lakes - elbe river
15. What is Austria's national flower?
Volkswagen
In front of the city
Edelweiss
Elbe River
16. Largest seaport
Salzburg
no school because of heat wave
Berlin
Hamburg
17. Birthplace of Mozart
landlocked
Haydn
Salzburg
Wien
18. Two important people from Sachsen-Anhalt are
Catholic and Lutheran
Flowers
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
youth hostels
19. George Frideric Handel was born in
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Halle
In front of the city
1.6 km
20. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
Switzerland; Austria
Weser
Dresden
1.6 km
21. What can you find at a Fremdenvehrkehrsamt?
pig
tourist information
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
post office
22. Large mountain rangw
separation
the Alps
department store
Havel
23. Potsdam is located on the River
the bell tower
Animals
Havel
Breme/Bremum
24. Where can you make international phone calls?
post office
Gymnasium
Rosenthal
Wien
25. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Das Boot.
Elbe River
Wien
a famous fashion designer
26. What was Erfurt named after?
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27. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
the Alps
nine
post office
Brothers Grimm
28. What are two major religious denominations in Germany?
Deutsche Bundesbahn
peace
Hauptschule || Internship school
Catholic and Lutheran
29. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
Labor Day
foreign-born; Civil War.
Weser
Oder-Neisse
30. What is a U-bahn?
Das Boot.
Bayreuth
separation
subway
31. Is a liter more or less than an American gallon?
Medical improvements and vaccines
less
cone filled with candy and gifts
Haydn
32. Magdeburg is located on the ____
the Bodensee
Elbe River
Berlin
3.28 feet
33. At what age can you obtain a driver's license?
18 after lessons
L
cone filled with candy and gifts
1961 to 1996
34. Where are the mudflats located?
austrian schilling
1.6 km
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
35. What animal is considered a sign of good luck for New Years?
Hauptschule || Internship school
railroad station
pig
a famous fashion designer
36. What river forms a natural boundary between Germany and Poland?
Wind
Oder-Neisse
Realschule || general school
Weser
37. Berlin
department store
cone filled with candy and gifts
Berlin
Edelweiss
38. Site of the Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
Wien
Hamburg
Eifel - Hunsr
39. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
The final exam from a gymnasium
the Rhein
department store
a famous fashion designer
40. What would you find in a Tierpark in Germany?
Constitutional Monarchy
landlocked
Animals
Tea
41. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Weser
department store
Eifel - Hunsr
42. What is the warehouse complex?
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43. City noted for art treasures and china
Salzburg
Dresden
Leipzig
Porsche
44. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
Volkswagen
1.6 km
Hauptschule || Internship school
Bayreuth
45. What city is known ast he city of salt?
Elbe
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
L
chemical
46. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
1.6 km
the Elbe
no school because of heat wave
Munich
47. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
less
Realschule || general school
on a train
Gymnasium
48. Hamburg is a seaport on the
Adidas
Elbe
Berlin
Harz
49. What is the full name of Hamburg?
Sirens
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Rentner
Haydn
50. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Brothers Grimm
Buchenwald Concentration Camp