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German Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Oberammergau
Elbe
2. What animal is considered a sign of good luck for New Years?
Prince Alois
Angela Merkel
pig
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
3. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Munchen
Hamburg
Edelweiss
Weser
4. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
3 months
tourist information
Gymnasium
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
5. Berlin
no school because of heat wave
Berlin
a famous fashion designer
the Alps
6. What are Trimm-dich-Strecke?
Adidas
excercise paths
gymnastics
Suhl - Thuringen
7. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Oberammergau
Rugen
Switzerland; Austria
Labor Day
8. Water found in Hamburg?
Munchen
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Adidas
Rosenthal
9. Where are the mudflats located?
Rhine River Valley
Munchen
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Grundschule/Volksschule
10. Hard school; grades 5-10
no school because of heat wave
foreign-born; Civil War.
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Rentner
11. One river that forms the boundary of 2 countries
department store
New Year's
Realschule || general school
the Rhein
12. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
Tea
the Bust of Nefertiti
foreign-born; Civil War.
Suhl - Thuringen
13. Magdeburg is located on the ____
Elbe River
tourist information
Breme/Bremum
Koln
14. Grades 5-10
Realschule || general school
Das Boot.
the Bodensee
New Year's
15. City noted for art treasures and china
Brothers Grimm
Dresden
A shield volcano
Oder-Neisse
16. The Glockenspiel is located in...
the Alps
Munchen
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
separation
17. What is the name of the German airline?
Lufthansa
3 months
nine
Wien
18. Kiel lies on the _______
L
Baltic Sea
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Hamburg
19. Who is Liechtenstein's current Prince?
peace
cone filled with candy and gifts
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Prince Alois
20. How long is a mile in kilometers?
post office
Rosenthal
Volkswagen
1.6 km
21. Liechtenstein is a _______
May 8th - 1945
foreign-born; Civil War.
Constitutional Monarchy
'Erpha' - brown water
22. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
The final exam from a gymnasium
cone filled with candy and gifts
Eifel - Hunsr
their nature reserves
23. What is the famous German automobile manufacturer in Stuttgart?
separation
subway
on a train
Porsche
24. George Frideric Handel was born in
In front of the city
Breme/Bremum
Halle
3 months
25. Beyreuth is known for...
Brothers Grimm
Porsche
Richard Wagner
Berlin
26. Robert Koch is famous for what?
Lufthansa
Medical improvements and vaccines
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Catholic and Lutheran
27. From __________ the Berlin wall kept West and East Berlin separate.
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
'Erpha' - brown water
1961 to 1996
foreign-born; Civil War.
28. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
cone filled with candy and gifts
Speicherstadt
'Erpha' - brown water
Volkswagen
29. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
on a train
gymnastics
the Rhein
the Elbe
30. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
a famous fashion designer
18 after lessons
Berlin
Animals
31. Largest seaport
austrian schilling
Munchen
Rhine River Valley
Hamburg
32. What do small children receive on their first day of school?
Elbe River
18 after lessons
cone filled with candy and gifts
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
33. Lorelei?
1.6 km
Sirens
Bayreuth
Speicherstadt
34. Where can you make international phone calls?
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
post office
the Bodensee
cone filled with candy and gifts
35. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
youth hostels
Switzerland; Austria
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Edelweiss
36. How many feet are in a meter?
Das Boot.
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Hauptschule || Internship school
3.28 feet
37. What is Minau known for?
youth hostels
In front of the city
Flowers
1719
38. What is the largest island in Germany?
Hauptschule || Internship school
Grundschule
Rugen
Salzburg
39. Which sport is most often practiced in school?
Dresden
Flowers
separation
gymnastics
40. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
foreign-born; Civil War.
In front of the city
Eifel - Hunsr
a famous fashion designer
41. Who are the Landsknechte?
Animals
Rhine River Valley
Oberammergau
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
42. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
Oberammergau
Rhine River Valley
Rosenthal
Deutsche Bundesbahn
43. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
18 after lessons
Wind
3 months
3.28 feet
44. Where is iron-ore mined?
Constitutional Monarchy
a Day of German Unity
Suhl - Thuringen
Volkswagen
45. Who composed Germany's national anthem?
the Bodensee
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Haydn
46. City noted for perfumes
Richard Wagner
Das Boot.
Koln
Rhine River Valley
47. Site of the Dahlem Museum
the Elbe
Haydn
Porsche
Berlin
48. What can you find at a Fremdenvehrkehrsamt?
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
gymnastics
tourist information
Deutsche Bundesbahn
49. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Hamburg
tourist information
Eifel - Hunsr
50. Potsdam is located on the River
Angela Merkel
Leipzig
Sirens
Havel