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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. Hamburg is a seaport on the
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Elbe
Eifel - Hunsr
Oberammergau
2. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
no school because of heat wave
youth hostels
1.6 km
Haydn
3. Which sport is most often practiced in school?
Leipzig
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
gymnastics
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
4. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
Porsche
Das Boot.
department store
Halle
5. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
standardized tests
austrian schilling
Eifel - Hunsr
Munchen
6. Kiel lies on the _______
Baltic Sea
chemical
Rentner
nine
7. Is a liter more or less than an American gallon?
less
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
twin alster lakes - elbe river
subway
8. Birthplace of Mozart
Salzburg
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
9. What is the 'Abitur' ?
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Brothers Grimm
Salzburg
The final exam from a gymnasium
10. What is celebrated on June 17th?
Halle
youth hostels
a Day of German Unity
3.28 feet
11. Wolfgang Peterson directed
youth hostels
chemical
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Das Boot.
12. What is the famous German automobile manufacturer in Stuttgart?
tourist information
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Porsche
Edelweiss
13. What is Austria's national flower?
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Rugen
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Edelweiss
14. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
Oder-Neisse
Rentner
on a train
Rhine River Valley
15. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Tea
Gymnasium
Munchen
16. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
1719
Labor Day
subway
landlocked
17. Who composed Germany's national anthem?
less
Munchen
Prince Alois
Haydn
18. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
3 months
Oberammergau
the Elbe
Munich
19. What is a U-bahn?
the Bodensee
the Elbe
Elbe
subway
20. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
the Rhein
Hamburg
Salzburg
Rentner
21. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
Weser
the Bust of Nefertiti
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Gymnasium
22. Where is the Oktoberfest celebrated?
Munich
Weser
Medical improvements and vaccines
Rugen
23. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
Koln
Angela Merkel
Rhine River Valley
Leipzig
24. Where is iron-ore mined?
railroad station
New Year's
Suhl - Thuringen
landlocked
25. Bremen was first called what?
Breme/Bremum
Rhine River Valley
a famous fashion designer
Wind
26. What are retired people called in Germany?
Halle
Haydn
Rentner
L
27. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
cone filled with candy and gifts
Gymnasium
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Lufthansa
28. What is the largest island in Germany?
Edelweiss
Eifel - Hunsr
Rugen
standardized tests
29. Who are the Landsknechte?
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Catholic and Lutheran
Elbe River
Realschule || general school
30. What can you find at a Fremdenvehrkehrsamt?
a famous fashion designer
1.6 km
Elbe River
tourist information
31. Hard school; grades 5-10
A shield volcano
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
32. What is Minau known for?
Wien
Sirens
Flowers
1961 to 1996
33. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
pig
Weser
a famous fashion designer
Rentner
34. George Frideric Handel was born in
Salzburg
Animals
austrian schilling
Halle
35. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
1961 to 1996
Harz
May 8th - 1945
Speicherstadt
36. Grades K-6
Grundschule
the bell tower
Volkswagen
subway
37. What is the full name of Hamburg?
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Munchen
Hamburg
38. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
Animals
Martin Luther
Volkswagen
chemical
39. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
a Day of German Unity
Constitutional Monarchy
Martin Luther
twin alster lakes - elbe river
40. What city is known ast he city of salt?
Brothers Grimm
Angela Merkel
Adidas
L
41. What was Erfurt named after?
42. What is the elementary school called in German?
Edelweiss
landlocked
Grundschule/Volksschule
3 months
43. Magdeburg is located on the ____
the Elbe
Tea
Elbe River
Medical improvements and vaccines
44. What are two major religious denominations in Germany?
gymnastics
Catholic and Lutheran
Hauptschule || Internship school
Switzerland; Austria
45. which German holiday is celebrated with fireworks?
46. What is a German sportswear company?
The final exam from a gymnasium
Adidas
excercise paths
Elbe
47. City noted for perfumes
railroad station
Harz
Koln
a Day of German Unity
48. How many centimeters in a meter?
no school because of heat wave
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
chemical
1000
49. Liechtenstein is a _______
the bell tower
tourist information
department store
Constitutional Monarchy
50. What river forms a natural boundary between Germany and Poland?
1.6 km
Oder-Neisse
Das Boot.
on a train