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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. What is Minau known for?
Havel
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Flowers
cone filled with candy and gifts
2. Who is the current chancellor of Germany?
Angela Merkel
Animals
subway
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
3. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
on a train
Munchen
gymnastics
4. At what age can you obtain a driver's license?
18 after lessons
Munich
the bell tower
Porsche
5. George Frideric Handel was born in
Halle
L
Oberammergau
the Bodensee
6. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Weser
Flowers
Gymnasium
7. What is the elementary school called in German?
A shield volcano
Leipzig
on a train
Grundschule/Volksschule
8. Where is the Oktoberfest celebrated?
Eifel - Hunsr
Munich
A shield volcano
Switzerland; Austria
9. What is the 'Abitur' ?
The final exam from a gymnasium
Switzerland; Austria
1.6 km
Speicherstadt
10. What would you find in a Tierpark in Germany?
Animals
Berlin
the Alps
subway
11. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
New Year's
Elbe
Brothers Grimm
Oberammergau
12. Where is the zip code in a German address?
In front of the city
Oberammergau
Sirens
Berlin
13. Kiel lies on the _______
New Year's
less
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Baltic Sea
14. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Gymnasium
Weser
tourist information
15. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
The final exam from a gymnasium
the Elbe
pig
Wind
16. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
the bell tower
Rhine River Valley
Hamburg
17. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Grundschule/Volksschule
foreign-born; Civil War.
Salzburg
Labor Day
18. What city is known ast he city of salt?
L
Angela Merkel
the Bust of Nefertiti
18 after lessons
19. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Eifel - Hunsr
Berlin
20. What are retired people called in Germany?
Eifel - Hunsr
1719
1000
Rentner
21. What do the initials DB stand for?
Deutsche Bundesbahn
L
Elbe River
1719
22. Hessen is a ______ state.
Hamburg
Speicherstadt
landlocked
3.28 feet
23. What is the name of the German airline?
Munich
May 8th - 1945
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Lufthansa
24. Site of the Brandenburg Gate
Berlin
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
1000
Elbe River
25. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
Switzerland; Austria
the Elbe
the Bust of Nefertiti
advent till january 6
26. Lake on the border of two countries
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
the Rhein
post office
the Bodensee
27. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
Richard Wagner
Salzburg
1000
Volkswagen
28. What is Nordrhein-Westfalen known for?
their nature reserves
Weser
Prince Alois
Tea
29. What animal is considered a sign of good luck for New Years?
their nature reserves
gymnastics
pig
Tea
30. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
1.6 km
youth hostels
Animals
May 8th - 1945
31. One river that forms the boundary of 2 countries
In front of the city
Oberammergau
Das Boot.
the Rhein
32. How was Liechtenstein founded?
no school because of heat wave
By an Austrian family
Catholic and Lutheran
landlocked
33. Where does a 'Passionspiel' take place every ten years?
Sirens
Salzburg
Weser
Oberammergau
34. What is the largest island in Germany?
Dresden
Realschule || general school
Rugen
department store
35. How long is a mile in kilometers?
Munchen
Wind
1.6 km
excercise paths
36. What is a Bahnof?
Oberammergau
Martin Luther
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
railroad station
37. Two important people from Sachsen-Anhalt are
Eifel - Hunsr
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Flowers
Elbe River
38. Hard school; grades 5-10
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Eifel - Hunsr
the bell tower
Angela Merkel
39. What is the full name of Hamburg?
youth hostels
Labor Day
1719
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
40. How many centimeters in a meter?
1000
foreign-born; Civil War.
excercise paths
department store
41. Water found in Hamburg?
department store
Elbe River
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
twin alster lakes - elbe river
42. Beyreuth is known for...
Berlin
Wien
Richard Wagner
Leipzig
43. Magdeburg is located on the ____
Elbe River
the Elbe
Berlin
A shield volcano
44. What is the famous German automobile manufacturer in Stuttgart?
advent till january 6
the bell tower
Porsche
nine
45. Liechtenstein is a _______
Das Boot.
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Constitutional Monarchy
Harz
46. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
the Rhein
1719
Berlin
Martin Luther
47. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
Salzburg
'Erpha' - brown water
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Angela Merkel
48. Large mountain rangw
Elbe River
foreign-born; Civil War.
the Alps
chemical
49. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Eifel - Hunsr
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
New Year's
Elbe
50. What was Erfurt named after?