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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. Where can you make international phone calls?
the Elbe
post office
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Adidas
2. Grades K-6
Grundschule
May 8th - 1945
youth hostels
Oder-Neisse
3. What is a German sportswear company?
Volkswagen
Adidas
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Constitutional Monarchy
4. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
Volkswagen
Baltic Sea
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Oder-Neisse
5. City noted for perfumes
Koln
on a train
The final exam from a gymnasium
their nature reserves
6. From __________ the Berlin wall kept West and East Berlin separate.
Sirens
Deutsche Bundesbahn
1961 to 1996
separation
7. What was Erfurt named after?
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8. Two important people from Sachsen-Anhalt are
Realschule || general school
cone filled with candy and gifts
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Animals
9. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
subway
chemical
Rugen
Oder-Neisse
10. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
Adidas
Rugen
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Wind
11. Magdeburg is located on the ____
Gymnasium
Elbe River
nine
peace
12. Beyreuth is known for...
May 8th - 1945
Richard Wagner
Wind
Breme/Bremum
13. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
1719
Rhine River Valley
The final exam from a gymnasium
14. The Brandenburg Gate was a symbol for
peace
Brothers Grimm
Munich
Bayreuth
15. What is the main attraction for the Reinoldikirche?
the bell tower
The final exam from a gymnasium
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Haydn
16. What is the elementary school called in German?
Oder-Neisse
Grundschule/Volksschule
standardized tests
austrian schilling
17. What is a Bahnof?
excercise paths
a Day of German Unity
a famous fashion designer
railroad station
18. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Wien
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Berlin
Constitutional Monarchy
19. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
Rugen
department store
the Bust of Nefertiti
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
20. Where are the mudflats located?
Breme/Bremum
their nature reserves
Havel
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
21. One river that forms the boundary of 2 countries
Edelweiss
the Rhein
the Bodensee
Das Boot.
22. Lorelei?
Flowers
Porsche
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Sirens
23. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
Das Boot.
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
a famous fashion designer
Medical improvements and vaccines
24. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
Elbe
foreign-born; Civil War.
Realschule || general school
Harz
25. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Eifel - Hunsr
Oder-Neisse
Munchen
Catholic and Lutheran
26. How many feet are in a meter?
Berlin
Tea
3.28 feet
'Erpha' - brown water
27. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Eifel - Hunsr
Martin Luther
Tea
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
28. What would you find in a Tierpark in Germany?
cone filled with candy and gifts
May 8th - 1945
Animals
Lufthansa
29. How many centimeters in a meter?
Tea
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
austrian schilling
1000
30. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
less
Munchen
chemical
Hamburg
31. How long is a mile in kilometers?
Speicherstadt
Berlin
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
1.6 km
32. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
Angela Merkel
peace
nine
standardized tests
33. What is Nordrhein-Westfalen known for?
In front of the city
their nature reserves
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
3 months
34. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
Koln
the Bodensee
Rhine River Valley
Munich
35. What is celebrated on June 17th?
austrian schilling
a Day of German Unity
New Year's
Berlin
36. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
less
3 months
standardized tests
Oder-Neisse
37. How was Liechtenstein founded?
the Bust of Nefertiti
1719
New Year's
By an Austrian family
38. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
'Erpha' - brown water
youth hostels
Gymnasium
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
39. What are Trimm-dich-Strecke?
Tea
Deutsche Bundesbahn
excercise paths
1.6 km
40. What is a U-bahn?
Catholic and Lutheran
subway
Halle
foreign-born; Civil War.
41. George Frideric Handel was born in
Halle
less
landlocked
Koln
42. Hamburg is a seaport on the
In front of the city
Leipzig
Elbe
the Bodensee
43. Inexpensive hotels for young people
youth hostels
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Speicherstadt
Harz
44. The Brandenburg Gate was used for ____ in WWII.
3 months
Porsche
separation
gymnastics
45. Largest seaport
excercise paths
Breme/Bremum
Hamburg
Brothers Grimm
46. Robert Koch is famous for what?
Medical improvements and vaccines
Salzburg
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
foreign-born; Civil War.
47. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
Grundschule
Wind
a famous fashion designer
Salzburg
48. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Salzburg
Volkswagen
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
49. Kiel lies on the _______
The final exam from a gymnasium
Gymnasium
Baltic Sea
austrian schilling
50. Birthplace of Mozart
Angela Merkel
Weser
'Erpha' - brown water
Salzburg