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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Grades K-6
Volkswagen
Grundschule
Elbe River
Brothers Grimm
2. What is the Vogelsberg?
Haydn
Dresden
A shield volcano
Volkswagen
3. Site of a famous fair twice a year
Haydn
Leipzig
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
department store
4. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
1961 to 1996
their nature reserves
austrian schilling
Speicherstadt
5. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
By an Austrian family
Rhine River Valley
Labor Day
6. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
Eifel - Hunsr
excercise paths
less
Brothers Grimm
7. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
3 months
Das Boot.
1000
Berlin
8. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
the Rhein
no school because of heat wave
pig
chemical
9. Bremen was first called what?
Das Boot.
the Rhein
Rentner
Breme/Bremum
10. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
department store
Haydn
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
11. What is celebrated on June 17th?
a Day of German Unity
Medical improvements and vaccines
Rentner
Angela Merkel
12. What is Minau known for?
Elbe
Wien
Flowers
Berlin
13. Where can you make international phone calls?
post office
Berlin
Prince Alois
The final exam from a gymnasium
14. Kiel lies on the _______
Rentner
Baltic Sea
cone filled with candy and gifts
Munchen
15. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Das Boot.
Munich
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Koln
16. What is the famous German automobile manufacturer in Stuttgart?
Hauptschule || Internship school
Porsche
Salzburg
Eifel - Hunsr
17. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
Wien
Porsche
1000
no school because of heat wave
18. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
Dresden
Wind
pig
Flowers
19. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
Halle
Speicherstadt
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Tea
20. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Eifel - Hunsr
By an Austrian family
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
A shield volcano
21. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
Gymnasium
railroad station
Brothers Grimm
foreign-born; Civil War.
22. What is the main attraction for the Reinoldikirche?
the bell tower
youth hostels
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Angela Merkel
23. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
Tea
separation
1719
Volkswagen
24. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
Elbe
the Elbe
New Year's
foreign-born; Civil War.
25. Beyreuth is known for...
Deutsche Bundesbahn
post office
Richard Wagner
chemical
26. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Munich
Wind
the Bust of Nefertiti
27. What is the warehouse complex?
28. M
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
standardized tests
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
youth hostels
29. The Brandenburg Gate was used for ____ in WWII.
foreign-born; Civil War.
1000
separation
the Alps
30. Who is the current chancellor of Germany?
Bayreuth
Angela Merkel
Breme/Bremum
separation
31. Hard school; grades 5-10
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
post office
the bell tower
Wien
32. Water found in Hamburg?
excercise paths
youth hostels
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Switzerland; Austria
33. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Labor Day
a Day of German Unity
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Dresden
34. How long is the Christmas season?
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
advent till january 6
Prince Alois
Volkswagen
35. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
nine
3.28 feet
Berlin
twin alster lakes - elbe river
36. What is a U-bahn?
By an Austrian family
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
a Day of German Unity
subway
37. What is a German sportswear company?
Salzburg
railroad station
Adidas
Brothers Grimm
38. Site of the Brandenburg Gate
the Bust of Nefertiti
Berlin
Medical improvements and vaccines
department store
39. Who composed Germany's national anthem?
railroad station
Haydn
Elbe River
cone filled with candy and gifts
40. What was Erfurt named after?
41. Hessen is a ______ state.
landlocked
Volkswagen
the Bodensee
chemical
42. Liechtenstein is a _______
Flowers
Constitutional Monarchy
Rosenthal
the Elbe
43. City noted for art treasures and china
Dresden
Grundschule/Volksschule
less
Elbe River
44. How many centimeters in a meter?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
peace
Elbe River
1000
45. Hamburg is a seaport on the
Elbe River
nine
Elbe
pig
46. The Brandenburg Gate was a symbol for
Hamburg
peace
Munchen
Rhine River Valley
47. Which sport is most often practiced in school?
Edelweiss
gymnastics
Das Boot.
L
48. Grades 5-10
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Realschule || general school
Deutsche Bundesbahn
pig
49. One river that forms the boundary of 2 countries
the Rhein
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Angela Merkel
Havel
50. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
18 after lessons
Weser
May 8th - 1945
Munchen