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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. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Labor Day
Speicherstadt
Berlin
New Year's
2. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
nine
Munich
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Berlin
3. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
Rhine River Valley
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
post office
Das Boot.
4. Inexpensive hotels for young people
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
In front of the city
youth hostels
Labor Day
5. What is the warehouse complex?
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6. What was Erfurt named after?
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7. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
1000
Wind
Tea
Eifel - Hunsr
8. What is Minau known for?
Berlin
Flowers
nine
Munchen
9. What river forms a natural boundary between Germany and Poland?
Medical improvements and vaccines
Oder-Neisse
Prince Alois
Baltic Sea
10. What is the elementary school called in German?
the Bust of Nefertiti
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Grundschule/Volksschule
Richard Wagner
11. Hessen is a ______ state.
landlocked
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Leipzig
1000
12. 4 German car companies
1719
the bell tower
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
department store
13. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
Dresden
Salzburg
Munchen
Medical improvements and vaccines
14. What is the Vogelsberg?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Gymnasium
A shield volcano
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
15. Where does a 'Passionspiel' take place every ten years?
Oberammergau
Lufthansa
In front of the city
no school because of heat wave
16. The Glockenspiel is located in...
the Alps
post office
Hauptschule || Internship school
Munchen
17. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Rentner
Das Boot.
Realschule || general school
Leipzig
18. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Animals
Eifel - Hunsr
Elbe
1.6 km
19. Liechtenstein is a _______
the Elbe
Angela Merkel
Richard Wagner
Constitutional Monarchy
20. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
a famous fashion designer
Elbe
pig
Edelweiss
21. Site of the Dahlem Museum
foreign-born; Civil War.
twin alster lakes - elbe river
excercise paths
Berlin
22. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Elbe River
Baltic Sea
23. Lake on the border of two countries
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Richard Wagner
1719
the Bodensee
24. Who is the current chancellor of Germany?
Munich
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Angela Merkel
Salzburg
25. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Harz
youth hostels
Wien
3 months
26. Who are the Landsknechte?
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Das Boot.
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
the Bust of Nefertiti
27. What is the full name of Hamburg?
Elbe River
Das Boot.
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
28. Birthplace of Mozart
their nature reserves
Breme/Bremum
Bayreuth
Salzburg
29. How long is a mile in kilometers?
Dresden
Volkswagen
Constitutional Monarchy
1.6 km
30. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
Munchen
May 8th - 1945
Rosenthal
tourist information
31. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Rosenthal
Weser
'Erpha' - brown water
Martin Luther
32. Water found in Hamburg?
Halle
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Munchen
Volkswagen
33. City noted for art treasures and china
Havel
Dresden
Lufthansa
the bell tower
34. What is a U-bahn?
Porsche
Switzerland; Austria
Munchen
subway
35. Where is the Oktoberfest celebrated?
Munich
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
less
1719
36. Site of the Brandenburg Gate
a Day of German Unity
less
Berlin
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
37. City noted for perfumes
Prince Alois
Hamburg
cone filled with candy and gifts
Koln
38. 4th graders take....
Angela Merkel
standardized tests
foreign-born; Civil War.
Prince Alois
39. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
post office
Flowers
Eifel - Hunsr
no school because of heat wave
40. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
Elbe
separation
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
41. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
the bell tower
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Grundschule
austrian schilling
42. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Brothers Grimm
Constitutional Monarchy
Bayreuth
43. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Salzburg
Harz
Adidas
the Alps
44. M
the Elbe
Medical improvements and vaccines
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
nine
45. What is the name of the German airline?
New Year's
Medical improvements and vaccines
tourist information
Lufthansa
46. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Volkswagen
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
gymnastics
47. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Berlin
Martin Luther
Hamburg
Munchen
48. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
Das Boot.
1719
nine
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
49. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
Edelweiss
Salzburg
chemical
Deutsche Bundesbahn
50. Beyreuth is known for...
gymnastics
Richard Wagner
'Erpha' - brown water
Catholic and Lutheran