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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. How was Liechtenstein founded?
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Angela Merkel
By an Austrian family
A shield volcano
2. M
Oberammergau
L
Lufthansa
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
3. Two important people from Sachsen-Anhalt are
Catholic and Lutheran
less
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Hauptschule || Internship school
4. What is the warehouse complex?
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5. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
the Elbe
Wind
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
the Bust of Nefertiti
6. Kiel lies on the _______
Rhine River Valley
Martin Luther
the bell tower
Baltic Sea
7. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Harz
standardized tests
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Porsche
8. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Rhine River Valley
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Das Boot.
Medical improvements and vaccines
9. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
twin alster lakes - elbe river
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Dresden
10. What are Trimm-dich-Strecke?
excercise paths
Edelweiss
pig
Richard Wagner
11. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
foreign-born; Civil War.
Medical improvements and vaccines
on a train
Sirens
12. Where is iron-ore mined?
railroad station
L
1.6 km
Suhl - Thuringen
13. Where are the mudflats located?
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
1961 to 1996
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
14. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
May 8th - 1945
Grundschule/Volksschule
Grundschule
Adidas
15. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
no school because of heat wave
Weser
Harz
16. Large mountain rangw
3.28 feet
the Alps
Munchen
Rhine River Valley
17. How long is the Christmas season?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Halle
advent till january 6
18. Potsdam is located on the River
a famous fashion designer
standardized tests
Havel
'Erpha' - brown water
19. What city is known ast he city of salt?
L
1961 to 1996
Deutsche Bundesbahn
railroad station
20. Inexpensive hotels for young people
youth hostels
Berlin
Speicherstadt
In front of the city
21. Site of the Brandenburg Gate
Prince Alois
1.6 km
advent till january 6
Berlin
22. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Munchen
a famous fashion designer
peace
Oberammergau
23. What is the Vogelsberg?
A shield volcano
standardized tests
excercise paths
Dresden
24. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
Elbe
Martin Luther
Wind
1.6 km
25. What is the name of the German airline?
Elbe River
Lufthansa
Elbe
peace
26. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
the Alps
on a train
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
27. What is another name for the Warehouse Complex?
L
By an Austrian family
Prince Alois
Speicherstadt
28. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
18 after lessons
the Alps
Wind
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
29. Hessen is a ______ state.
landlocked
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Munchen
a Day of German Unity
30. Robert Koch is famous for what?
Medical improvements and vaccines
1961 to 1996
Wien
Prince Alois
31. Bremen was first called what?
Breme/Bremum
nine
3 months
the Bodensee
32. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
Martin Luther
Das Boot.
Halle
no school because of heat wave
33. What is Minau known for?
Speicherstadt
Dresden
Flowers
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
34. What is a U-bahn?
excercise paths
the Bust of Nefertiti
Prince Alois
subway
35. Magdeburg is located on the ____
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Elbe River
Animals
36. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
Havel
3 months
a famous fashion designer
standardized tests
37. The Brandenburg Gate was used for ____ in WWII.
Volkswagen
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
separation
1719
38. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Haydn
railroad station
Labor Day
In front of the city
39. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
1719
Bayreuth
Grundschule/Volksschule
Realschule || general school
40. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Hauptschule || Internship school
Martin Luther
Dresden
3.28 feet
41. What do the initials DB stand for?
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Switzerland; Austria
no school because of heat wave
separation
42. What would you find in a Tierpark in Germany?
Lufthansa
Animals
Brothers Grimm
the Alps
43. What is Nordrhein-Westfalen known for?
Berlin
their nature reserves
By an Austrian family
peace
44. Lake on the border of two countries
the Bodensee
18 after lessons
Munich
the bell tower
45. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
Brothers Grimm
Volkswagen
3 months
Hauptschule || Internship school
46. Who composed Germany's national anthem?
Rosenthal
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
the Bodensee
Haydn
47. Where is the zip code in a German address?
Wind
tourist information
In front of the city
Grundschule
48. George Frideric Handel was born in
the Bodensee
Halle
Animals
Berlin
49. Site of a famous fair twice a year
Rentner
pig
Leipzig
Koln
50. City noted for perfumes
standardized tests
Koln
Flowers
peace