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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 is the name of the high school that university-bound stundents attend?
youth hostels
By an Austrian family
the Alps
Gymnasium
2. Most people come to the Neues Museum to see ____
Lufthansa
Haydn
standardized tests
the Bust of Nefertiti
3. Where is the Oktoberfest celebrated?
gymnastics
Munich
Prince Alois
Gymnasium
4. How long must you live in Berlin to be allowed to vote?
3 months
Dresden
The final exam from a gymnasium
less
5. Who is the current chancellor of Germany?
Angela Merkel
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Flowers
subway
6. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
Rosenthal
on a train
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Wind
7. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
A shield volcano
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Brothers Grimm
May 8th - 1945
8. What is the elementary school called in German?
Munich
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Hauptschule || Internship school
Grundschule/Volksschule
9. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
Adidas
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
austrian schilling
Oberammergau
10. How long is the Christmas season?
a famous fashion designer
Animals
chemical
advent till january 6
11. One river that flows through the cities of Dresden and Hamburg
the Rhein
the Bodensee
the Elbe
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
12. Which city holds a Wagner festival each year?
Bayreuth
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Salzburg
pig
13. What do the initials DB stand for?
Haydn
the Rhein
Porsche
Deutsche Bundesbahn
14. Where would you find a Schlafwagen?
nine
Realschule || general school
Rhine River Valley
on a train
15. What is the full name of Hamburg?
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
Flowers
Oberammergau
separation
16. Who are the Landsknechte?
chemical
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
In front of the city
Dresden
17. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
Munich
their nature reserves
no school because of heat wave
Eifel - Hunsr
18. What is celebrated on June 17th?
Brothers Grimm
tourist information
a Day of German Unity
landlocked
19. Largest seaport
May 8th - 1945
Hamburg
Porsche
Rhine River Valley
20. What is another name for the Warehouse Complex?
austrian schilling
no school because of heat wave
Speicherstadt
Munchen
21. What river forms a natural boundary between Germany and Poland?
1.6 km
Oder-Neisse
gymnastics
Hauptschule || Internship school
22. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
'Erpha' - brown water
Havel
In front of the city
a famous fashion designer
23. 4 German car companies
A shield volcano
1000
advent till january 6
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
24. What are retired people called in Germany?
Flowers
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
the Rhein
Rentner
25. Liechtenstein is between ___ and ____
post office
austrian schilling
Rosenthal
Switzerland; Austria
26. which German holiday is celebrated with fireworks?
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27. What is the 'Abitur' ?
Wien
Berlin
The final exam from a gymnasium
foreign-born; Civil War.
28. The Glockenspiel is located in...
Salzburg
Wien
Munchen
Wattenmeer in East Fresia
29. What is Minau known for?
youth hostels
Angela Merkel
Flowers
Rhine River Valley
30. What are Trimm-dich-Strecke?
excercise paths
tourist information
pig
Elbe River
31. What drink is popular in East Frisia?
Prince Alois
L
Catholic and Lutheran
Tea
32. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
Grundschule
May 8th - 1945
the Alps
Oberammergau
33. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Havel
Animals
Bayreuth
Harz
34. Birthplace of Mozart
Das Boot.
Wien
Gymnasium
Salzburg
35. City noted for art treasures and china
Dresden
Elbe
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
1961 to 1996
36. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Switzerland; Austria
Das Boot.
Berlin
Baltic Sea
37. Henry Bohlen is the first ______ Union general in the _____
Realschule || general school
nine
foreign-born; Civil War.
the Bust of Nefertiti
38. The Brandenburg Gate was used for ____ in WWII.
separation
Gymnasium
Berlin
a famous fashion designer
39. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
nine
youth hostels
subway
Richard Wagner
40. What is a Kaufhaus or Kaufhof?
Halle
department store
Berlin
Sirens
41. What is the warehouse complex?
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42. From __________ the Berlin wall kept West and East Berlin separate.
Rhine River Valley
1961 to 1996
Dresden
Adidas
43. What is Nordrhein-Westfalen known for?
their nature reserves
the Elbe
Rentner
Rosenthal
44. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
Hauptschule || Internship school
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
Wind
Volkswagen
45. George Frideric Handel was born in
cone filled with candy and gifts
separation
Halle
Salzburg
46. Where is iron-ore mined?
Baltic Sea
Angela Merkel
Suhl - Thuringen
nine
47. Where is the zip code in a German address?
In front of the city
Hamburg
Baltic Sea
Angela Merkel
48. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Eifel - Hunsr
Koln
Berlin
Labor Day
49. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
austrian schilling
Flowers
Adidas
New Year's
50. What major concentration camp was in Weimar?
Tea
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Berlin
pig