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1. What is the 'Abitur' ?
Realschule || general school
Brothers Grimm
twin alster lakes - elbe river
The final exam from a gymnasium

2. Kiel lies on the _______
The final exam from a gymnasium
Baltic Sea
Haydn
Constitutional Monarchy

3. What would you find in a Tierpark in Germany?
Brothers Grimm
Animals
Haydn
the Bodensee

4. What are Trimm-dich-Strecke?
Munchen
The final exam from a gymnasium
excercise paths
Rosenthal

5. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Martin Luther
the Elbe
Sirens
Porsche

6. Lorelei?
Sirens
Volkswagen
Eifel - Hunsr
excercise paths

7. How was Liechtenstein founded?
3.28 feet
Salzburg
the Bust of Nefertiti
By an Austrian family

8. Site of a famous fair twice a year
no school because of heat wave
In front of the city
The final exam from a gymnasium
Leipzig

9. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
Switzerland; Austria
Haydn
Salzburg
peace

10. Hard school; grades 5-10
Gymnasium
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Speicherstadt

11. How long is a mile in kilometers?
Haydn
1.6 km
New Year's
Switzerland; Austria

12. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
a famous fashion designer
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
1719
Speicherstadt

13. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
no school because of heat wave
the Bodensee
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Grundschule

14. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
chemical
landlocked
Das Boot.
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today

15. Where is the zip code in a German address?
In front of the city
gymnastics
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Wien

16. Bremen was first called what?
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
18 after lessons
Breme/Bremum
Munchen

17. What is Minau known for?
department store
Flowers
the Rhein
advent till january 6

18. At what age can you obtain a driver's license?
the Bodensee
18 after lessons
austrian schilling
landlocked

19. Berlin
New Year's
Hauptschule || Internship school
Berlin
excercise paths

20. M
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
nine
excercise paths
the bell tower

21. What river forms a natural boundary between Germany and Poland?
Oder-Neisse
Rentner
Labor Day
cone filled with candy and gifts

22. Grades 5-9
Hauptschule || Internship school
the bell tower
Wind
Elbe

23. George Frideric Handel was born in
Hauptschule || Internship school
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
1.6 km
Halle

24. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
nine
Oder-Neisse
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
the Elbe

25. 4th graders take....
youth hostels
foreign-born; Civil War.
standardized tests
In front of the city

26. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Suhl - Thuringen
Das Boot.
subway
Porsche

27. Which sport is most often practiced in school?
Flowers
gymnastics
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Eifel - Hunsr

28. What is the Vogelsberg?
A shield volcano
post office
3 months
gymnastics

29. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
3 months
Weser
'Erpha' - brown water
Munchen

30. Who is Liechtenstein's current Prince?
Berlin
1000
peace
Prince Alois

31. What is a U-bahn?
Martin Luther
the Elbe
the Bodensee
subway

32. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
Rhine River Valley
Weser
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany

33. What is the main attraction for the Reinoldikirche?
Das Boot.
the bell tower
A shield volcano
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.

34. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
Rosenthal
Wien
Tea
Edelweiss

35. Grades K-6
Grundschule
18 after lessons
Oder-Neisse
L

36. What can you find at a Fremdenvehrkehrsamt?
gymnastics
post office
subway
tourist information

37. Where can you make international phone calls?
Das Boot.
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
a Day of German Unity
post office

38. What is a Bahnof?
gymnastics
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
foreign-born; Civil War.
railroad station

39. What is the largest island in Germany?
pig
Weser
Suhl - Thuringen
Rugen

40. Where is iron-ore mined?
1719
Volkswagen
nine
Suhl - Thuringen

41. Grades 5-10
'Erpha' - brown water
Munchen
Realschule || general school
Breme/Bremum

42. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Wien
peace
In front of the city
Bayreuth

43. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
Prince Alois
Baltic Sea
no school because of heat wave
Elbe River

44. Birthplace of Mozart
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Munchen
Constitutional Monarchy
Salzburg

45. Liechtenstein is a _______
Edelweiss
Constitutional Monarchy
1000
Gymnasium

46. Magdeburg is located on the ____
Elbe River
Berlin
The final exam from a gymnasium
Grundschule/Volksschule

47. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Eifel - Hunsr
Koln
1000
May 8th - 1945

48. Hamburg is a seaport on the
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Elbe
Constitutional Monarchy
Richard Wagner

49. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
Haydn
excercise paths
Wien
Wind

50. What is the warehouse complex?

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