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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. Kiel lies on the _______
Baltic Sea
their nature reserves
landlocked
1.6 km
2. Which sport is most often practiced in school?
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
tourist information
gymnastics
Sirens
3. Grades 5-9
the Alps
Hauptschule || Internship school
Tea
Flowers
4. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Oberammergau
Munchen
Volkswagen
no school because of heat wave
5. George Frideric Handel was born in
the Rhein
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Halle
Realschule || general school
6. What is the full name of Hamburg?
Harz
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
3.28 feet
7. What is the largest island in Germany?
their nature reserves
Rugen
Munchen
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
8. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
In front of the city
Porsche
3 months
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
9. Large mountain rangw
the Bust of Nefertiti
the Alps
chemical
Flowers
10. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
a famous fashion designer
Hamburg
pig
foreign-born; Civil War.
11. Berlin
Wien
Berlin
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Prince Alois
12. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
subway
Wind
landlocked
13. What is Austria's national flower?
Edelweiss
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Dresden
Berlin
14. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
A shield volcano
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
austrian schilling
twin alster lakes - elbe river
15. What can you find at a Fremdenvehrkehrsamt?
Das Boot.
tourist information
excercise paths
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
16. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
Porsche
the Alps
on a train
no school because of heat wave
17. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
Richard Wagner
Grundschule/Volksschule
the Rhein
Switzerland; Austria
18. Is a liter more or less than an American gallon?
Edelweiss
Breme/Bremum
less
Porsche
19. Who is Liechtenstein's current Prince?
Munchen
on a train
Prince Alois
Weser
20. How long is the Christmas season?
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
advent till january 6
nine
Rhine River Valley
21. Liechtenstein is a _______
Constitutional Monarchy
Rentner
In front of the city
advent till january 6
22. What do the initials DB stand for?
Elbe River
standardized tests
Deutsche Bundesbahn
landlocked
23. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Grundschule
Berlin
Oberammergau
Labor Day
24. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
3 months
In front of the city
a famous fashion designer
Angela Merkel
25. How was Liechtenstein founded?
Catholic and Lutheran
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
By an Austrian family
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
26. Site of the Dahlem Museum
Munchen
austrian schilling
Berlin
no school because of heat wave
27. Hard school; grades 5-10
1000
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Lufthansa
3.28 feet
28. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
department store
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Adidas
Prince Alois
29. What is Minau known for?
Rentner
Flowers
Koln
Haydn
30. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
Baltic Sea
Munchen
chemical
1000
31. Site of a famous fair twice a year
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
landlocked
Elbe River
Leipzig
32. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
on a train
Gymnasium
1000
separation
33. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
18 after lessons
Salzburg
Munchen
Rugen
34. City noted for perfumes
Koln
the Bust of Nefertiti
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Wind
35. How many centimeters in a meter?
Weser
foreign-born; Civil War.
1000
Breme/Bremum
36. Largest seaport
Oberammergau
Hamburg
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Richard Wagner
37. What city is known ast he city of salt?
peace
Adidas
L
department store
38. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Catholic and Lutheran
Elbe River
Weser
Eifel - Hunsr
39. Potsdam is located on the River
Rugen
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Hamburg
Havel
40. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
twin alster lakes - elbe river
L
Halle
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
41. What is a U-bahn?
A shield volcano
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
subway
Lufthansa
42. What is the warehouse complex?
43. What is Nordrhein-Westfalen known for?
their nature reserves
New Year's
Salzburg
By an Austrian family
44. What was Erfurt named after?
45. Water found in Hamburg?
Oder-Neisse
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Martin Luther
1719
46. Robert Koch is famous for what?
Medical improvements and vaccines
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Prince Alois
chemical
47. Where can you make international phone calls?
Rugen
post office
pig
Animals
48. What would you find in a Tierpark in Germany?
Animals
Porsche
Elbe
Lufthansa
49. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
the Elbe
Oder-Neisse
a Day of German Unity
Berlin
50. Bremen was first called what?
Speicherstadt
1961 to 1996
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Breme/Bremum