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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Large mountain rangw
Edelweiss
the bell tower
the Alps
'Erpha' - brown water
2. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
Rentner
no school because of heat wave
Rugen
a Day of German Unity
3. How long is the Christmas season?
Grundschule/Volksschule
Brothers Grimm
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.
4. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
their nature reserves
Bayreuth
Tea
Gymnasium
5. Birthplace of Mozart
Lufthansa
Oder-Neisse
Animals
Salzburg
6. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
Martin Luther
Brothers Grimm
Haydn
Leipzig
7. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Elbe
Munchen
Salzburg
Havel
8. What is a U-bahn?
on a train
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
advent till january 6
subway
9. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Labor Day
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
the Bodensee
Harz
10. Famous German Porcelain manufacturer
Rosenthal
Haydn
3 months
Weser
11. What is Nordrhein-Westfalen known for?
their nature reserves
chemical
May 8th - 1945
Rentner
12. Grades K-6
department store
Dresden
Constitutional Monarchy
Grundschule
13. What would you find in a Tierpark in Germany?
Wind
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Animals
Angela Merkel
14. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Martin Luther
railroad station
advent till january 6
peace
15. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
3 months
pig
their nature reserves
Harz
16. What was Erfurt named after?
17. What is Austria's national flower?
Edelweiss
Oder-Neisse
peace
Switzerland; Austria
18. What city is known ast he city of salt?
L
Bayreuth
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
the bell tower
19. What is the full name of Hamburg?
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
youth hostels
Elbe River
Halle
20. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
Hauptschule || Internship school
excercise paths
Haydn
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
21. What animal is considered a sign of good luck for New Years?
pig
Rhine River Valley
18 after lessons
Realschule || general school
22. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Berlin
L
Munchen
austrian schilling
23. Grades 5-10
Richard Wagner
Realschule || general school
no school because of heat wave
Wien
24. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
a Day of German Unity
Elbe River
Baltic Sea
Volkswagen
25. Bremen was first called what?
Weser
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
standardized tests
Breme/Bremum
26. What is Minau known for?
Flowers
Richard Wagner
Wien
Martin Luther
27. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
Brothers Grimm
Munchen
Wind
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
28. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
Salzburg
department store
nine
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
29. 4th graders take....
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Rosenthal
standardized tests
separation
30. One river that forms the boundary of 2 countries
Munchen
the Rhein
railroad station
twin alster lakes - elbe river
31. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Halle
Salzburg
Porsche
32. What is the famous German automobile manufacturer in Stuttgart?
Elbe River
Porsche
the Bust of Nefertiti
The final exam from a gymnasium
33. How was Liechtenstein founded?
By an Austrian family
nine
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Speicherstadt
34. What are retired people called in Germany?
Rentner
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
excercise paths
post office
35. Where are the mudflats located?
Rosenthal
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Rentner
Hauptschule || Internship school
36. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
department store
3 months
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Rhine River Valley
37. The Brandenburg Gate was a symbol for
Flowers
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
the Bodensee
peace
38. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
the Elbe
Salzburg
chemical
Munchen
39. What are two major religious denominations in Germany?
Flowers
Catholic and Lutheran
3 months
a Day of German Unity
40. What do small children receive on their first day of school?
Animals
1000
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
cone filled with candy and gifts
41. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Koln
Havel
Das Boot.
Baltic Sea
42. Water found in Hamburg?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Elbe River
Grundschule/Volksschule
a famous fashion designer
43. Magdeburg is located on the ____
L
Breme/Bremum
Elbe River
Rugen
44. Site of the Dahlem Museum
Berlin
Munchen
subway
their nature reserves
45. Who composed Germany's national anthem?
Haydn
a famous fashion designer
18 after lessons
austrian schilling
46. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
the Bust of Nefertiti
The final exam from a gymnasium
cone filled with candy and gifts
post office
47. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
3 months
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Berlin
Wien
48. Hamburg is a seaport on the
foreign-born; Civil War.
By an Austrian family
Elbe
Haydn
49. Who is Liechtenstein's current Prince?
on a train
Prince Alois
Richard Wagner
Wind
50. Kiel lies on the _______
Edelweiss
Baltic Sea
1000
Gymnasium