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German Culture
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culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 4 German car companies
Salzburg
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Dresden
2. At what age can you obtain a driver's license?
May 8th - 1945
Grundschule/Volksschule
18 after lessons
Das Boot.
3. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Volkswagen
Harz
Wien
peace
4. City noted for art treasures and china
Halle
Dresden
Elbe
landlocked
5. Grades 5-9
Hauptschule || Internship school
Realschule || general school
Harz
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
6. Where is the Oktoberfest celebrated?
Haydn
Rhine River Valley
Munich
3 months
7. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
department store
Realschule || general school
Lufthansa
8. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
austrian schilling
1719
their nature reserves
Breme/Bremum
9. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
Angela Merkel
Weser
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
May 8th - 1945
10. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Volkswagen
Martin Luther
Wind
Dresden
11. What is celebrated on June 17th?
Labor Day
a Day of German Unity
Gymnasium
Edelweiss
12. Who is the current chancellor of Germany?
a famous fashion designer
standardized tests
Dresden
Angela Merkel
13. Site of the Dahlem Museum
Koln
subway
Berlin
excercise paths
14. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Wien
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
the Rhein
Munchen
15. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
In front of the city
Deutsche Bundesbahn
1961 to 1996
chemical
16. Which city holds a Wagner festival each year?
Havel
18 after lessons
1000
Bayreuth
17. Two important people from Sachsen-Anhalt are
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Volkswagen
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
peace
18. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
chemical
3 months
'Erpha' - brown water
19. What is the warehouse complex?
20. What was Erfurt named after?
21. which German holiday is celebrated with fireworks?
22. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
Lufthansa
Rhine River Valley
Sirens
Switzerland; Austria
23. George Frideric Handel was born in
twin alster lakes - elbe river
separation
Grundschule
Halle
24. Where is the zip code in a German address?
on a train
excercise paths
In front of the city
Flowers
25. What is the elementary school called in German?
the Bust of Nefertiti
Grundschule/Volksschule
on a train
Munchen
26. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
advent till january 6
no school because of heat wave
Wien
A shield volcano
27. Which sport is most often practiced in school?
gymnastics
no school because of heat wave
chemical
Constitutional Monarchy
28. What animal is considered a sign of good luck for New Years?
pig
Volkswagen
Grundschule/Volksschule
the Bust of Nefertiti
29. What is Austria's national flower?
Edelweiss
standardized tests
L
By an Austrian family
30. How many centimeters in a meter?
Prince Alois
the Alps
1000
the Bust of Nefertiti
31. What is the famous German automobile manufacturer in Stuttgart?
May 8th - 1945
no school because of heat wave
Elbe
Porsche
32. Where is iron-ore mined?
Dresden
Brothers Grimm
Suhl - Thuringen
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
33. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
Bayreuth
Tea
a famous fashion designer
Brothers Grimm
34. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
on a train
Switzerland; Austria
pig
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
35. Where can you make international phone calls?
gymnastics
Hauptschule || Internship school
Elbe River
post office
36. Water found in Hamburg?
New Year's
twin alster lakes - elbe river
austrian schilling
Brothers Grimm
37. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
foreign-born; Civil War.
no school because of heat wave
1.6 km
38. Bremen was first called what?
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Breme/Bremum
Volkswagen
Grundschule/Volksschule
39. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
advent till january 6
a famous fashion designer
Grundschule
Deutsche Bundesbahn
40. Grades 5-10
Lufthansa
Realschule || general school
Animals
Angela Merkel
41. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
nine
Lufthansa
Realschule || general school
Volkswagen
42. The Brandenburg Gate was used for ____ in WWII.
post office
separation
department store
Porsche
43. What is another name for the Warehouse Complex?
gymnastics
the Elbe
Speicherstadt
Animals
44. Who is Liechtenstein's current Prince?
Deutsche Bundesbahn
separation
Weser
Prince Alois
45. Magdeburg is located on the ____
a famous fashion designer
Munich
Elbe River
separation
46. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
railroad station
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Munchen
47. What is the Vogelsberg?
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Wind
A shield volcano
48. How was Liechtenstein founded?
landlocked
By an Austrian family
Havel
Edelweiss
49. M
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
foreign-born; Civil War.
A shield volcano
3.28 feet
50. What city is known ast he city of salt?
In front of the city
L
youth hostels
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma