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German Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What city is known ast he city of salt?
youth hostels
Wind
Salzburg
L
2. Where is the zip code in a German address?
In front of the city
Flowers
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
1719
3. What is a German sportswear company?
Animals
Adidas
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Porsche
4. What is the full name of Hamburg?
Munchen
Salzburg
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Catholic and Lutheran
5. What is a Bahnof?
Switzerland; Austria
railroad station
Hamburg
Grundschule/Volksschule
6. What is the Vogelsberg?
'Erpha' - brown water
Bayreuth
A shield volcano
Gymnasium
7. Who is Liechtenstein's current Prince?
Harz
a famous fashion designer
Prince Alois
1961 to 1996
8. Hessen is a ______ state.
Gymnasium
Wind
Halle
landlocked
9. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
austrian schilling
the Bust of Nefertiti
Salzburg
Das Boot.
10. Largest seaport
Hamburg
Edelweiss
1000
on a train
11. What is another name for the Warehouse Complex?
Speicherstadt
no school because of heat wave
on a train
Weser
12. Grades 5-9
Berlin
Switzerland; Austria
Hauptschule || Internship school
Berlin
13. What is Minau known for?
Porsche
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Flowers
landlocked
14. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Oder-Neisse
Angela Merkel
Eifel - Hunsr
Weser
15. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
subway
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
the Bust of Nefertiti
Constitutional Monarchy
16. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
Berlin
Berlin
Volkswagen
Elbe River
17. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
Dresden
A shield volcano
Tea
youth hostels
18. Who composed Germany's national anthem?
a Day of German Unity
Lufthansa
Halle
Haydn
19. How long is a mile in kilometers?
1.6 km
department store
18 after lessons
tourist information
20. Grades K-6
Speicherstadt
their nature reserves
Grundschule
Martin Luther
21. How many feet are in a meter?
a famous fashion designer
the Elbe
3.28 feet
Elbe
22. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Oberammergau
Munchen
their nature reserves
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
23. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
Prince Alois
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Wien
Koln
24. What is the elementary school called in German?
3.28 feet
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Lufthansa
Grundschule/Volksschule
25. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Harz
Rhine River Valley
Brothers Grimm
Grundschule
26. City noted for art treasures and china
Edelweiss
Dresden
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
youth hostels
27. Birthplace of Mozart
The final exam from a gymnasium
Salzburg
Berlin
Sirens
28. Which city holds a Wagner festival each year?
Munchen
Wien
Bayreuth
Berlin
29. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
1719
By an Austrian family
Oder-Neisse
30. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
nine
New Year's
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Hauptschule || Internship school
31. Inexpensive hotels for young people
youth hostels
Brothers Grimm
Angela Merkel
department store
32. What do the initials DB stand for?
Wien
May 8th - 1945
Deutsche Bundesbahn
austrian schilling
33. Kiel lies on the _______
landlocked
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
L
Baltic Sea
34. The Glockenspiel is located in...
1.6 km
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Munchen
Haydn
35. What is the name of the German airline?
Flowers
Baltic Sea
Lufthansa
Munchen
36. What can you find at a Fremdenvehrkehrsamt?
Brothers Grimm
Constitutional Monarchy
Harz
tourist information
37. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
Deutsche Bundesbahn
subway
the Elbe
Richard Wagner
38. Wolfgang Peterson directed
May 8th - 1945
department store
gymnastics
Das Boot.
39. Liechtenstein is a _______
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Adidas
excercise paths
Constitutional Monarchy
40. Potsdam is located on the River
Havel
'Erpha' - brown water
Munchen
Rosenthal
41. Hamburg is a seaport on the
standardized tests
Elbe
Tea
Dresden
42. Robert Koch is famous for what?
Medical improvements and vaccines
Munich
Flowers
Richard Wagner
43. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
pig
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
standardized tests
subway
44. What is celebrated on May 1st?
the Elbe
Porsche
Gymnasium
Labor Day
45. Who are the Landsknechte?
May 8th - 1945
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Rentner
the Bodensee
46. Which sport is most often practiced in school?
department store
Bayreuth
gymnastics
Medical improvements and vaccines
47. The Brandenburg Gate was a symbol for
landlocked
In front of the city
peace
the Bust of Nefertiti
48. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
the Alps
1.6 km
the Bust of Nefertiti
Gymnasium
49. Hard school; grades 5-10
a Day of German Unity
Animals
Leipzig
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
50. Where can you make international phone calls?
Speicherstadt
Havel
the Alps
post office