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German Culture
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culture
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. From __________ the Berlin wall kept West and East Berlin separate.
Sirens
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
1961 to 1996
Hauptschule || Internship school
2. What is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
In front of the city
Berlin
standardized tests
Gymnasium
3. Hamburg is a seaport on the
department store
tourist information
Tea
Elbe
4. What are retired people called in Germany?
Adidas
In front of the city
Lufthansa
Rentner
5. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
foreign-born; Civil War.
Harz
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Medical improvements and vaccines
6. What is the elementary school called in German?
peace
18 after lessons
Hamburg
Grundschule/Volksschule
7. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
By an Austrian family
on a train
cone filled with candy and gifts
Labor Day
8. Two important people from Sachsen-Anhalt are
chemical
no school because of heat wave
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Suhl - Thuringen
9. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
nine
Speicherstadt
Tea
10. City noted for art treasures and china
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Berlin
Dresden
Hauptschule || Internship school
11. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Weser
the Bodensee
Oberammergau
Das Boot.
12. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Harz
New Year's
Eifel - Hunsr
Dresden
13. Is a liter more or less than an American gallon?
less
Prince Alois
Porsche
landlocked
14. What river forms a natural boundary between Germany and Poland?
nine
Oder-Neisse
pig
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
15. What city is known ast he city of salt?
Constitutional Monarchy
1719
the Bust of Nefertiti
L
16. What do small children receive on their first day of school?
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
cone filled with candy and gifts
Grundschule
'Erpha' - brown water
17. What is a U-bahn?
Das Boot.
subway
Realschule || general school
twin alster lakes - elbe river
18. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Eifel - Hunsr
Oberammergau
standardized tests
19. Birthplace of Mozart
peace
Salzburg
Speicherstadt
no school because of heat wave
20. Lake on the border of two countries
Havel
the Bodensee
Grundschule/Volksschule
standardized tests
21. Where is iron-ore mined?
Flowers
post office
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles
Suhl - Thuringen
22. Kiel lies on the _______
Baltic Sea
Rhine River Valley
Breme/Bremum
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
23. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
a Day of German Unity
Wien
the Alps
the Bust of Nefertiti
24. What is the famous German automobile manufacturer in Stuttgart?
subway
Speicherstadt
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Porsche
25. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
'Erpha' - brown water
Leipzig
3 months
advent till january 6
26. How many centimeters in a meter?
1000
A shield volcano
cone filled with candy and gifts
Elbe
27. What is the largest island in Germany?
chemical
Berlin
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Rugen
28. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
A shield volcano
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
May 8th - 1945
Havel
29. What is the 'Abitur' ?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
The final exam from a gymnasium
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
nine
30. At what age can you obtain a driver's license?
Gymnasium
Adidas
Bayreuth
18 after lessons
31. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
pig
Martin Luther
a famous fashion designer
32. Robert Koch is famous for what?
Speicherstadt
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
separation
Medical improvements and vaccines
33. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
tourist information
1719
Wien
Dresden
34. What is Minau known for?
Labor Day
less
Flowers
foreign-born; Civil War.
35. What is the full name of Hamburg?
A shield volcano
Realschule || general school
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Catholic and Lutheran
36. Grades 5-9
Oder-Neisse
Hauptschule || Internship school
'Erpha' - brown water
standardized tests
37. Site of the Dahlem Museum
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Berlin
no school because of heat wave
pig
38. Where can you make international phone calls?
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
3 months
post office
Tea
39. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
youth hostels
Constitutional Monarchy
a famous fashion designer
40. What is the main attraction for the Reinoldikirche?
a famous fashion designer
the Alps
Haydn
the bell tower
41. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
By an Austrian family
Martin Luther
Edelweiss
tourist information
42. What is celebrated on June 17th?
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
railroad station
a Day of German Unity
separation
43. What would you find in a Tierpark in Germany?
1000
Animals
Berlin
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
44. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
Animals
less
Switzerland; Austria
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
45. What animal is considered a sign of good luck for New Years?
Grundschule
pig
Wien
standardized tests
46. which German holiday is celebrated with fireworks?
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47. Magdeburg is located on the ____
Martin Luther
Elbe River
May 8th - 1945
Weser
48. City noted for perfumes
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
Koln
the Rhein
standardized tests
49. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Baltic Sea
Flowers
Labor Day
nine
50. Liechtenstein is a _______
department store
gymnastics
Constitutional Monarchy
Salzburg