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German Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
Medical improvements and vaccines
Salzburg
tourist information
subway
2. Two important people from Sachsen-Anhalt are
Leipzig
Angela Merkel
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
'Erpha' - brown water
3. From __________ the Berlin wall kept West and East Berlin separate.
Richard Wagner
Berlin
1961 to 1996
advent till january 6
4. which German holiday is celebrated with fireworks?
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5. What river forms a natural boundary between Germany and Poland?
A shield volcano
chemical
Oder-Neisse
Volkswagen
6. Bremen was first called what?
Grundschule/Volksschule
Breme/Bremum
a Day of German Unity
a famous fashion designer
7. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Volkswagen
Labor Day
no school because of heat wave
Rosenthal
8. Site of a famous fair twice a year
Leipzig
Volkswagen
Munchen
Tea
9. Magdeburg is located on the ____
Angela Merkel
standardized tests
Elbe River
Labor Day
10. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
Rhine River Valley
Elbe River
Tea
Angela Merkel
11. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
Breme/Bremum
subway
less
May 8th - 1945
12. What are two major religious denominations in Germany?
Deutsche Bundesbahn
A shield volcano
Catholic and Lutheran
Oder-Neisse
13. Lake on the border of two countries
the Bodensee
Eifel - Hunsr
Labor Day
Weser
14. City noted for art treasures and china
Rugen
3.28 feet
Medical improvements and vaccines
Dresden
15. What is a U-bahn?
subway
Dresden
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Constitutional Monarchy
16. What is a German sportswear company?
the Bust of Nefertiti
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
Adidas
17. What animal is considered a sign of good luck for New Years?
3 months
pig
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
18. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
Suhl - Thuringen
Wind
Elbe
nine
19. Bremen is a port city because it is located on the ____ River.
Weser
Angela Merkel
Constitutional Monarchy
Grundschule/Volksschule
20. What can you find at a Fremdenvehrkehrsamt?
advent till january 6
Leipzig
tourist information
Richard Wagner
21. Hessen is a ______ state.
Tea
1000
Constitutional Monarchy
landlocked
22. How was Liechtenstein founded?
By an Austrian family
Suhl - Thuringen
Prince Alois
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
23. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
Salzburg
department store
Volkswagen
the Bust of Nefertiti
24. City noted for perfumes
landlocked
Rhine River Valley
Angela Merkel
Koln
25. How long is a mile in kilometers?
Tea
1.6 km
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Wind
26. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
Elbe
Dresden
the Bust of Nefertiti
1719
27. Grades 5-10
Realschule || general school
Harz
Constitutional Monarchy
their nature reserves
28. What do the initials DB stand for?
New Year's
A shield volcano
Deutsche Bundesbahn
tourist information
29. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
Martin Luther
Berlin
Switzerland; Austria
Lufthansa
30. What is the Vogelsberg?
Rentner
Havel
A shield volcano
Rosenthal
31. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Rhine River Valley
Baltic Sea
Wien
Leipzig
32. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
Dresden
a Day of German Unity
Wien
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
33. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Flowers
Harz
Edelweiss
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
34. What city is known ast he city of salt?
Leipzig
L
Speicherstadt
Edelweiss
35. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Porsche
Munchen
Rugen
Oberammergau
36. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
Koln
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Rentner
Salzburg
37. How long is the Christmas season?
the Bust of Nefertiti
Bayreuth
advent till january 6
Breme/Bremum
38. Who composed Germany's national anthem?
Munchen
separation
Halle
Haydn
39. George Frideric Handel was born in
Labor Day
Halle
Berlin
Das Boot.
40. Who are the Landsknechte?
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Harz
L
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
41. 4th graders take....
1.6 km
By an Austrian family
standardized tests
Munchen
42. Robert Koch is famous for what?
Berlin
standardized tests
Medical improvements and vaccines
on a train
43. What is celebrated on June 17th?
a Day of German Unity
L
Havel
By an Austrian family
44. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
separation
Angela Merkel
Eifel - Hunsr
45. What was Erfurt named after?
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46. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Hauptschule || Internship school
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Munchen
47. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
railroad station
landlocked
chemical
L
48. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
Elbe River
foreign-born; Civil War.
Berlin
Oberammergau
49. What are retired people called in Germany?
Dresden
Animals
Realschule || general school
Rentner
50. Largest seaport
Oberammergau
Volkswagen
Hamburg
Munchen