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German Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are retired people called in Germany?
no school because of heat wave
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Das Boot.
Rentner
2. Beyreuth is known for...
peace
Richard Wagner
'Erpha' - brown water
Medical improvements and vaccines
3. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
Berlin
the Bust of Nefertiti
the Elbe
standardized tests
4. Berlin
Salzburg
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Berlin
landlocked
5. What is the largest island in Germany?
Rugen
3.28 feet
excercise paths
the Rhein
6. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
L
austrian schilling
Wind
separation
7. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Angela Merkel
Eifel - Hunsr
Berlin
austrian schilling
8. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
Catholic and Lutheran
Hauptschule || Internship school
3 months
railroad station
9. What is the name of the German airline?
separation
Labor Day
Lufthansa
tourist information
10. Bremen was first called what?
Breme/Bremum
Martin Luther
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Brothers Grimm
11. Lorelei?
Deutsche Bundesbahn
department store
Sirens
Volkswagen
12. From __________ the Berlin wall kept West and East Berlin separate.
1961 to 1996
standardized tests
the bell tower
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
13. Largest seaport
Das Boot.
Hamburg
Porsche
1.6 km
14. What is the main attraction for the Reinoldikirche?
The final exam from a gymnasium
Medical improvements and vaccines
the Bust of Nefertiti
the bell tower
15. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Salzburg
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Hauptschule || Internship school
16. Robert Koch is famous for what?
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
the bell tower
the Rhein
Medical improvements and vaccines
17. What do the initials DB stand for?
Berlin
Richard Wagner
Edelweiss
Deutsche Bundesbahn
18. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
the Bodensee
railroad station
chemical
Berlin
19. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
Flowers
In front of the city
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Oberammergau
20. Lake on the border of two countries
Dresden
the Bodensee
cone filled with candy and gifts
post office
21. What would you find in a Tierpark in Germany?
Medical improvements and vaccines
Animals
separation
By an Austrian family
22. Grades K-6
post office
Grundschule
Leipzig
Das Boot.
23. What are Trimm-dich-Strecke?
Munich
Richard Wagner
excercise paths
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
24. Where are the mudflats located?
Havel
Elbe
Realschule || general school
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
25. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
their nature reserves
twin alster lakes - elbe river
a famous fashion designer
By an Austrian family
26. How many feet are in a meter?
Das Boot.
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Bayreuth
3.28 feet
27. Birthplace of Mozart
Medical improvements and vaccines
The final exam from a gymnasium
pig
Salzburg
28. Where can you make international phone calls?
Medical improvements and vaccines
post office
3 months
3.28 feet
29. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
Grundschule
Berlin
Weser
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
30. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Brothers Grimm
Edelweiss
the Elbe
Wien
31. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
Wien
Hamburg
nine
1719
32. Magdeburg is located on the ____
Volkswagen
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Harz
Elbe River
33. Where is the zip code in a German address?
Gymnasium
cone filled with candy and gifts
In front of the city
the Elbe
34. How long is a mile in kilometers?
austrian schilling
Angela Merkel
1.6 km
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
35. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
Grundschule
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Wind
chemical
36. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
In front of the city
Angela Merkel
1719
37. Hessen is a ______ state.
Dresden
Eifel - Hunsr
landlocked
Tea
38. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Salzburg
Gymnasium
foreign-born; Civil War.
39. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Edelweiss
Brothers Grimm
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Harz
40. What was Erfurt named after?
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41. Water found in Hamburg?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Prince Alois
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Elbe River
42. How many centimeters in a meter?
the bell tower
1000
Adidas
Berlin
43. What is the Vogelsberg?
Koln
Deutsche Bundesbahn
A shield volcano
Bayreuth
44. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
landlocked
Switzerland; Austria
peace
Elbe River
45. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
Halle
1961 to 1996
the Elbe
the Bust of Nefertiti
46. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Rhine River Valley
Labor Day
New Year's
The final exam from a gymnasium
47. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
3.28 feet
nine
Salzburg
48. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
the Rhein
Munchen
Halle
49. What city is known ast he city of salt?
L
Speicherstadt
A shield volcano
Martin Luther
50. The Brandenburg Gate was a symbol for
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
peace
no school because of heat wave
In front of the city