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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. Who composed Germany's national anthem?
L
Haydn
3.28 feet
Halle
2. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
Angela Merkel
Tea
Edelweiss
the bell tower
3. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
Havel
Weser
Porsche
Das Boot.
4. Berlin
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
less
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Berlin
5. Largest seaport
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Berlin
Hamburg
Suhl - Thuringen
6. Where does a 'Passionspiel' take place every ten years?
Prince Alois
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Oberammergau
1000
7. Who is Liechtenstein's current Prince?
no school because of heat wave
Labor Day
Prince Alois
tourist information
8. How many feet are in a meter?
department store
3.28 feet
Grundschule/Volksschule
Halle
9. What is a German sportswear company?
Salzburg
Berlin
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Adidas
10. Magdeburg is located on the ____
1.6 km
a famous fashion designer
3 months
Elbe River
11. What city is known ast he city of salt?
youth hostels
L
1719
Berlin
12. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
chemical
Lufthansa
Brothers Grimm
Animals
13. 4th graders take....
chemical
standardized tests
L
Rhine River Valley
14. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
Grundschule/Volksschule
on a train
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
peace
15. Grades 5-10
Catholic and Lutheran
3.28 feet
Realschule || general school
Flowers
16. What is the warehouse complex?
17. Hamburg is a seaport on the
Breme/Bremum
Haydn
Elbe
separation
18. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Salzburg
New Year's
the Elbe
Harz
19. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
May 8th - 1945
Koln
Catholic and Lutheran
Gymnasium
20. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
separation
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Munchen
21. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
Salzburg
By an Austrian family
the Bust of Nefertiti
Volkswagen
22. Where are the mudflats located?
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
advent till january 6
Hauptschule || Internship school
1961 to 1996
23. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Oder-Neisse
Eifel - Hunsr
Labor Day
tourist information
24. Large mountain rangw
Leipzig
Hauptschule || Internship school
Rosenthal
the Alps
25. What do the initials DB stand for?
Haydn
standardized tests
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Porsche
26. Beyreuth is known for...
Tea
Hauptschule || Internship school
Medical improvements and vaccines
Richard Wagner
27. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
the Rhein
Haydn
landlocked
Gymnasium
28. Lake on the border of two countries
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
the Bodensee
Prince Alois
foreign-born; Civil War.
29. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
less
Salzburg
Realschule || general school
a famous fashion designer
30. One river that forms the boundary of 2 countries
the Rhein
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
L
Lufthansa
31. What is the 'Abitur' ?
Salzburg
The final exam from a gymnasium
advent till january 6
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
32. What is the famous German automobile manufacturer in Stuttgart?
Koln
Porsche
Haydn
the Elbe
33. Water found in Hamburg?
Adidas
Speicherstadt
Grundschule
twin alster lakes - elbe river
34. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
Grundschule
Wind
Das Boot.
Leipzig
35. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
tourist information
Hauptschule || Internship school
3 months
Salzburg
36. Which city holds a Wagner festival each year?
department store
Bayreuth
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Rosenthal
37. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
no school because of heat wave
Realschule || general school
Richard Wagner
Sirens
38. What is the largest island in Germany?
Rugen
the bell tower
Havel
Deutsche Bundesbahn
39. Is a liter more or less than an American gallon?
Munchen
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Berlin
less
40. What do small children receive on their first day of school?
Oder-Neisse
cone filled with candy and gifts
on a train
Grundschule
41. What is another name for the Warehouse Complex?
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
pig
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Speicherstadt
42. City noted for art treasures and china
Speicherstadt
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Dresden
A shield volcano
43. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Salzburg
Leipzig
nine
44. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Flowers
Sirens
on a train
45. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Munich
Angela Merkel
In front of the city
Wien
46. Lorelei?
Sirens
cone filled with candy and gifts
Salzburg
Leipzig
47. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
the Bodensee
'Erpha' - brown water
foreign-born; Civil War.
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
48. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
Baltic Sea
the bell tower
Hauptschule || Internship school
the Elbe
49. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Edelweiss
The final exam from a gymnasium
Martin Luther
standardized tests
50. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
Rhine River Valley
Wien
Grundschule
The final exam from a gymnasium