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German Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Hamburg is a seaport on the
Elbe
18 after lessons
Labor Day
the Rhein
2. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Switzerland; Austria
'Erpha' - brown water
Flowers
Das Boot.
3. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
Labor Day
Flowers
L
department store
4. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
Salzburg
the Elbe
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
5. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
3.28 feet
Wind
Haydn
L
6. What is another name for the Warehouse Complex?
Speicherstadt
advent till january 6
1719
twin alster lakes - elbe river
7. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
Wien
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
a famous fashion designer
Elbe
8. How long is a mile in kilometers?
Rugen
Rhine River Valley
Edelweiss
1.6 km
9. What can you find at a Fremdenvehrkehrsamt?
tourist information
Animals
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
subway
10. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
department store
post office
Koln
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
11. What is the main attraction for the Reinoldikirche?
the bell tower
Bayreuth
Rugen
Labor Day
12. How was Liechtenstein founded?
By an Austrian family
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
1.6 km
Halle
13. Robert Koch is famous for what?
Eifel - Hunsr
Medical improvements and vaccines
Elbe River
Elbe
14. What is the warehouse complex?
15. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
Berlin
Labor Day
department store
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
16. What is the name of the German airline?
Martin Luther
A shield volcano
Lufthansa
1719
17. Who is the current chancellor of Germany?
Angela Merkel
Grundschule/Volksschule
Havel
Rosenthal
18. How long is the Christmas season?
Elbe
Rentner
Lufthansa
advent till january 6
19. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Wien
the Bodensee
Eifel - Hunsr
a famous fashion designer
20. which German holiday is celebrated with fireworks?
21. Where is the Oktoberfest celebrated?
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Richard Wagner
Munich
Harz
22. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Koln
austrian schilling
nine
23. What is a German sportswear company?
Adidas
Lufthansa
3.28 feet
chemical
24. What would you find in a Tierpark in Germany?
Animals
the Bust of Nefertiti
standardized tests
Suhl - Thuringen
25. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
youth hostels
Edelweiss
1719
A shield volcano
26. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
Lufthansa
on a train
Baltic Sea
Gymnasium
27. Famous German Porcelain manufacturer
Leipzig
Animals
Rosenthal
1000
28. Which sport is most often practiced in school?
Havel
gymnastics
excercise paths
Rosenthal
29. What animal is considered a sign of good luck for New Years?
The final exam from a gymnasium
pig
Havel
Deutsche Bundesbahn
30. Lake on the border of two countries
the Alps
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Suhl - Thuringen
the Bodensee
31. Grades 5-9
Flowers
Hauptschule || Internship school
Porsche
Angela Merkel
32. What is Nordrhein-Westfalen known for?
their nature reserves
Realschule || general school
standardized tests
Porsche
33. Which city holds a Wagner festival each year?
In front of the city
May 8th - 1945
Bayreuth
foreign-born; Civil War.
34. City noted for art treasures and china
Munich
1719
Dresden
Halle
35. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
Switzerland; Austria
Das Boot.
1.6 km
May 8th - 1945
36. From __________ the Berlin wall kept West and East Berlin separate.
tourist information
1961 to 1996
Angela Merkel
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
37. What are two major religious denominations in Germany?
Bayreuth
a Day of German Unity
Catholic and Lutheran
Rosenthal
38. George Frideric Handel was born in
Gymnasium
Elbe
Halle
Deutsche Bundesbahn
39. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
Prince Alois
the Elbe
1961 to 1996
Porsche
40. M
Salzburg
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Volkswagen
standardized tests
41. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
Medical improvements and vaccines
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
foreign-born; Civil War.
Catholic and Lutheran
42. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Breme/Bremum
Labor Day
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
43. What is celebrated on June 17th?
Angela Merkel
Edelweiss
Martin Luther
a Day of German Unity
44. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Realschule || general school
Berlin
Rhine River Valley
45. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
Edelweiss
the Bust of Nefertiti
Leipzig
Havel
46. What is Austria's national flower?
Rhine River Valley
Lufthansa
Edelweiss
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
47. What city is known ast he city of salt?
Deutsche Bundesbahn
the Bodensee
1961 to 1996
L
48. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Martin Luther
May 8th - 1945
on a train
Grundschule
49. The Brandenburg Gate was a symbol for
peace
Wind
May 8th - 1945
nine
50. What is the Vogelsberg?
Breme/Bremum
A shield volcano
Richard Wagner
Harz