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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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1. What would you find in a Tierpark in Germany?
Animals
the Elbe
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
twin alster lakes - elbe river
2. What are retired people called in Germany?
cone filled with candy and gifts
the Bust of Nefertiti
Rentner
Tea
3. Site of the Dahlem Museum
gymnastics
Elbe
In front of the city
Berlin
4. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Martin Luther
Wind
1.6 km
5. What is Minau known for?
Halle
In front of the city
Berlin
Flowers
6. Who are the Landsknechte?
Breme/Bremum
L
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Suhl - Thuringen
7. Who composed Germany's national anthem?
Haydn
Elbe River
Weser
excercise paths
8. The Brandenburg Gate was used for ____ in WWII.
Flowers
the Rhein
separation
1.6 km
9. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
1719
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Grundschule/Volksschule
austrian schilling
10. Large mountain rangw
Martin Luther
Koln
Leipzig
the Alps
11. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
pig
Brothers Grimm
nine
Berlin
12. What is the 'Abitur' ?
gymnastics
twin alster lakes - elbe river
The final exam from a gymnasium
Sirens
13. Kiel lies on the _______
Baltic Sea
May 8th - 1945
Elbe
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
14. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
Salzburg
the Rhein
Bayreuth
Catholic and Lutheran
15. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
Animals
the Elbe
Gymnasium
Adidas
16. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
Porsche
Berlin
3 months
youth hostels
17. How long is the Christmas season?
on a train
advent till january 6
Berlin
the Alps
18. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
Wind
3.28 feet
austrian schilling
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
19. Grades 5-10
'Erpha' - brown water
their nature reserves
Realschule || general school
Grundschule/Volksschule
20. What is the full name of Hamburg?
1719
Constitutional Monarchy
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Switzerland; Austria
21. How many feet are in a meter?
Switzerland; Austria
Wien
3.28 feet
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
22. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
the Elbe
excercise paths
gymnastics
May 8th - 1945
23. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
the Bust of Nefertiti
Switzerland; Austria
Havel
Angela Merkel
24. M
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
excercise paths
1000
1961 to 1996
25. City noted for art treasures and china
Flowers
The final exam from a gymnasium
Dresden
subway
26. How was Liechtenstein founded?
Baltic Sea
standardized tests
By an Austrian family
1961 to 1996
27. Hard school; grades 5-10
department store
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Constitutional Monarchy
Rentner
28. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
a famous fashion designer
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
1719
Realschule || general school
29. Magdeburg is located on the ____
Elbe River
youth hostels
Das Boot.
chemical
30. Famous German Porcelain manufacturer
Rosenthal
excercise paths
Sirens
Berlin
31. Inexpensive hotels for young people
foreign-born; Civil War.
Richard Wagner
Koln
youth hostels
32. Where are the mudflats located?
Switzerland; Austria
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
their nature reserves
Suhl - Thuringen
33. From __________ the Berlin wall kept West and East Berlin separate.
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Sirens
1961 to 1996
Speicherstadt
34. What city is known ast he city of salt?
Grundschule/Volksschule
Rosenthal
Halle
L
35. What is Austria's national flower?
Edelweiss
New Year's
1961 to 1996
Richard Wagner
36. Where does a 'Passionspiel' take place every ten years?
Oberammergau
Elbe River
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Porsche
37. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
Halle
1000
the bell tower
on a train
38. City noted for perfumes
Koln
Suhl - Thuringen
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
landlocked
39. What is the elementary school called in German?
Edelweiss
Munich
Salzburg
Grundschule/Volksschule
40. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Tea
Animals
Martin Luther
Eifel - Hunsr
41. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Harz
chemical
Koln
their nature reserves
42. What was Erfurt named after?
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43. 4 German car companies
Harz
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Angela Merkel
landlocked
44. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
Das Boot.
no school because of heat wave
gymnastics
their nature reserves
45. Is a liter more or less than an American gallon?
Havel
Munchen
less
Salzburg
46. Berlin
Munchen
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Berlin
Grundschule/Volksschule
47. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
the Bust of Nefertiti
Grundschule/Volksschule
Tea
Haydn
48. which German holiday is celebrated with fireworks?
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49. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Wien
Berlin
Rentner
less
50. Who is Liechtenstein's current Prince?
Halle
Prince Alois
Grundschule
gymnastics