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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. 4th graders take....
Dresden
subway
standardized tests
Breme/Bremum
2. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
austrian schilling
Constitutional Monarchy
subway
Volkswagen
3. What are retired people called in Germany?
Koln
Richard Wagner
Rentner
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
4. What city is known ast he city of salt?
Oder-Neisse
L
Rentner
separation
5. Berlin
Oder-Neisse
on a train
Berlin
May 8th - 1945
6. Birthplace of Mozart
Munich
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
L
Salzburg
7. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
the Elbe
chemical
separation
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
8. What is a U-bahn?
1719
By an Austrian family
chemical
subway
9. Who are the Landsknechte?
Oberammergau
Munchen
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Berlin
10. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Grundschule
the Bust of Nefertiti
cone filled with candy and gifts
Das Boot.
11. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
Volkswagen
a famous fashion designer
Martin Luther
Munchen
12. What is the full name of Hamburg?
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Hamburg
1719
their nature reserves
13. What is the largest island in Germany?
Eifel - Hunsr
less
Rugen
railroad station
14. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
department store
Munchen
Salzburg
Breme/Bremum
15. What is celebrated on June 17th?
railroad station
Rugen
a Day of German Unity
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
16. What is the name of the German airline?
Grundschule/Volksschule
Lufthansa
L
Breme/Bremum
17. At what age can you obtain a driver's license?
1000
18 after lessons
on a train
1.6 km
18. How many centimeters in a meter?
less
1000
1961 to 1996
Prince Alois
19. Potsdam is located on the River
Sirens
Havel
Labor Day
Edelweiss
20. Inexpensive hotels for young people
18 after lessons
Harz
Catholic and Lutheran
youth hostels
21. What are two major religious denominations in Germany?
no school because of heat wave
less
Catholic and Lutheran
Berlin
22. Two important people from Sachsen-Anhalt are
Volkswagen
The final exam from a gymnasium
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
23. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
1719
Rosenthal
department store
Dresden
24. Grades K-6
Harz
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Hauptschule || Internship school
Grundschule
25. What was Erfurt named after?
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26. Lake on the border of two countries
foreign-born; Civil War.
Rosenthal
Tea
the Bodensee
27. Grades 5-9
Hauptschule || Internship school
railroad station
Angela Merkel
1.6 km
28. Bremen was first called what?
Breme/Bremum
the Bust of Nefertiti
Speicherstadt
Elbe River
29. How was Liechtenstein founded?
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
subway
By an Austrian family
A shield volcano
30. How long is a mile in kilometers?
Koln
1.6 km
subway
The final exam from a gymnasium
31. What do small children receive on their first day of school?
Bayreuth
cone filled with candy and gifts
Richard Wagner
1719
32. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Harz
Gymnasium
May 8th - 1945
33. Largest seaport
Hamburg
Munchen
Brothers Grimm
the Rhein
34. Where are the mudflats located?
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Grundschule
Rentner
Martin Luther
35. What is Austria's national flower?
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
landlocked
Edelweiss
Hauptschule || Internship school
36. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
Wind
Switzerland; Austria
Constitutional Monarchy
Berlin
37. Beyreuth is known for...
Rugen
Richard Wagner
Dresden
Leipzig
38. 4 German car companies
Gymnasium
standardized tests
May 8th - 1945
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
39. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
Adidas
Angela Merkel
Rugen
Gymnasium
40. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
Halle
Rosenthal
no school because of heat wave
Baltic Sea
41. Famous German Porcelain manufacturer
Wind
Rosenthal
'Erpha' - brown water
Hauptschule || Internship school
42. Liechtenstein is a _______
Constitutional Monarchy
standardized tests
New Year's
less
43. Hamburg is a seaport on the
Flowers
Elbe
Rentner
Havel
44. How many feet are in a meter?
gymnastics
3.28 feet
youth hostels
a famous fashion designer
45. What are Trimm-dich-Strecke?
Eifel - Hunsr
1000
excercise paths
Prince Alois
46. What is the main attraction for the Reinoldikirche?
the bell tower
Salzburg
1719
Harz
47. What animal is considered a sign of good luck for New Years?
pig
tourist information
Berlin
L
48. Hard school; grades 5-10
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
nine
Munchen
the Bodensee
49. Grades 5-10
Koln
Prince Alois
Realschule || general school
Rentner
50. Which city holds a Wagner festival each year?
Haydn
separation
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Bayreuth