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German Culture
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culture
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
the Bust of Nefertiti
1719
twin alster lakes - elbe river
2. which German holiday is celebrated with fireworks?
3. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
Porsche
Catholic and Lutheran
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
4. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
Bayreuth
foreign-born; Civil War.
subway
department store
5. Where is the zip code in a German address?
In front of the city
excercise paths
Sirens
gymnastics
6. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Harz
austrian schilling
Wien
chemical
7. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
tourist information
'Erpha' - brown water
Volkswagen
Rugen
8. Largest seaport
their nature reserves
no school because of heat wave
Hamburg
The final exam from a gymnasium
9. What is the 'Abitur' ?
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Munchen
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
The final exam from a gymnasium
10. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
chemical
Berlin
Salzburg
Martin Luther
11. What can you find at a Fremdenvehrkehrsamt?
Adidas
3.28 feet
Angela Merkel
tourist information
12. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
Haydn
Tea
Wind
Munich
13. Kiel lies on the _______
Das Boot.
Baltic Sea
'Erpha' - brown water
Tea
14. Magdeburg is located on the ____
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Edelweiss
Elbe River
Hamburg
15. What is the warehouse complex?
16. Lake on the border of two countries
the Bodensee
Weser
Adidas
1961 to 1996
17. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
Harz
post office
Medical improvements and vaccines
chemical
18. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
department store
a famous fashion designer
Berlin
Baltic Sea
19. How was Liechtenstein founded?
By an Austrian family
subway
In front of the city
Elbe River
20. What are two major religious denominations in Germany?
Catholic and Lutheran
chemical
Lufthansa
Grundschule
21. Inexpensive hotels for young people
their nature reserves
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
the Bodensee
youth hostels
22. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Munchen
1961 to 1996
less
Adidas
23. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Berlin
Rentner
Munchen
Catholic and Lutheran
24. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
Switzerland; Austria
Brothers Grimm
peace
austrian schilling
25. What is a U-bahn?
Edelweiss
separation
Rhine River Valley
subway
26. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
Grundschule/Volksschule
nine
Tea
Weser
27. At what age can you obtain a driver's license?
18 after lessons
Berlin
Martin Luther
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
28. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
the Elbe
Gymnasium
Breme/Bremum
1000
29. Is a liter more or less than an American gallon?
a famous fashion designer
less
the Bust of Nefertiti
excercise paths
30. Where is the Oktoberfest celebrated?
Munich
'Erpha' - brown water
Halle
New Year's
31. City noted for art treasures and china
Breme/Bremum
Dresden
Baltic Sea
Halle
32. How many centimeters in a meter?
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Constitutional Monarchy
1000
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
33. Bremen was first called what?
Breme/Bremum
nine
standardized tests
less
34. How long is a mile in kilometers?
1.6 km
Berlin
Berlin
Flowers
35. What is Austria's national flower?
advent till january 6
standardized tests
Volkswagen
Edelweiss
36. Two important people from Sachsen-Anhalt are
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Prince Alois
separation
Harz
37. 4 German car companies
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
a Day of German Unity
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Edelweiss
38. What is the name of the German airline?
Lufthansa
a famous fashion designer
the Rhein
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
39. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Eifel - Hunsr
Salzburg
A shield volcano
40. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
Rhine River Valley
cone filled with candy and gifts
no school because of heat wave
Havel
41. Who are the Landsknechte?
Munchen
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
42. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
advent till january 6
Labor Day
Elbe
43. Hard school; grades 5-10
Medical improvements and vaccines
youth hostels
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
44. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
Weser
Adidas
Salzburg
Rugen
45. Large mountain rangw
1961 to 1996
A shield volcano
Realschule || general school
the Alps
46. Site of a famous fair twice a year
Leipzig
Hauptschule || Internship school
a famous fashion designer
subway
47. Beyreuth is known for...
the Bodensee
Das Boot.
1961 to 1996
Richard Wagner
48. Robert Koch is famous for what?
Martin Luther
tourist information
Medical improvements and vaccines
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
49. What are Trimm-dich-Strecke?
18 after lessons
excercise paths
Weser
standardized tests
50. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
the Elbe
1.6 km
Suhl - Thuringen
Tea