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German Culture

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1. What is celebrated on May 1st?
Labor Day
Speicherstadt
Berlin
New Year's

2. How many years do stundents attend the Gymnasium?
nine
Munich
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Berlin

3. Rheinland-Pfalz is in the ____
Rhine River Valley
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
post office
Das Boot.

4. Inexpensive hotels for young people
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany
In front of the city
youth hostels
Labor Day

5. What is the warehouse complex?

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6. What was Erfurt named after?

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7. ___ farms have become popular in Sachsen-Anhlat.
1000
Wind
Tea
Eifel - Hunsr

8. What is Minau known for?
Berlin
Flowers
nine
Munchen

9. What river forms a natural boundary between Germany and Poland?
Medical improvements and vaccines
Oder-Neisse
Prince Alois
Baltic Sea

10. What is the elementary school called in German?
the Bust of Nefertiti
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma
Grundschule/Volksschule
Richard Wagner

11. Hessen is a ______ state.
landlocked
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Leipzig
1000

12. 4 German car companies
1719
the bell tower
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
department store

13. Which city holds a Mozart festival each year?
Dresden
Salzburg
Munchen
Medical improvements and vaccines

14. What is the Vogelsberg?
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Gymnasium
A shield volcano
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today

15. Where does a 'Passionspiel' take place every ten years?
Oberammergau
Lufthansa
In front of the city
no school because of heat wave

16. The Glockenspiel is located in...
the Alps
post office
Hauptschule || Internship school
Munchen

17. Wolfgang Peterson directed
Rentner
Das Boot.
Realschule || general school
Leipzig

18. What mountain chains line Rheinland-Pfalz?
Animals
Eifel - Hunsr
Elbe
1.6 km

19. Liechtenstein is a _______
the Elbe
Angela Merkel
Richard Wagner
Constitutional Monarchy

20. Who is Karl Lagerfeld?
a famous fashion designer
Elbe
pig
Edelweiss

21. Site of the Dahlem Museum
foreign-born; Civil War.
twin alster lakes - elbe river
excercise paths
Berlin

22. What is Dialogue in the Dark?
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Elbe River
Baltic Sea

23. Lake on the border of two countries
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Richard Wagner
1719
the Bodensee

24. Who is the current chancellor of Germany?
Munich
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Angela Merkel
Salzburg

25. Home of the Spanish Riding School with its white Lippizan stallions
Harz
youth hostels
Wien
3 months

26. Who are the Landsknechte?
Soldiers from north Germany with colorful outfits - puffy sleeves that traveled around looking for work.
Das Boot.
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
the Bust of Nefertiti

27. What is the full name of Hamburg?
Elbe River
Das Boot.
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg Germany

28. Birthplace of Mozart
their nature reserves
Breme/Bremum
Bayreuth
Salzburg

29. How long is a mile in kilometers?
Dresden
Volkswagen
Constitutional Monarchy
1.6 km

30. Germany signed its surrender of Berlin on
Munchen
May 8th - 1945
Rosenthal
tourist information

31. Who hid at the Wartburg Castle?
Rosenthal
Weser
'Erpha' - brown water
Martin Luther

32. Water found in Hamburg?
Halle
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Munchen
Volkswagen

33. City noted for art treasures and china
Havel
Dresden
Lufthansa
the bell tower

34. What is a U-bahn?
Porsche
Switzerland; Austria
Munchen
subway

35. Where is the Oktoberfest celebrated?
Munich
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel
less
1719

36. Site of the Brandenburg Gate
a Day of German Unity
less
Berlin
Martin Luther; George Friederic Handel

37. City noted for perfumes
Prince Alois
Hamburg
cone filled with candy and gifts
Koln

38. 4th graders take....
Angela Merkel
standardized tests
foreign-born; Civil War.
Prince Alois

39. What does Hitzefrei mean in German?
post office
Flowers
Eifel - Hunsr
no school because of heat wave

40. Name two famous people from Hamburg.
Elbe
separation
A museum wehre you experience everyday things but without sight. You use smell - touch - and hearing. Your tour guides are blind.
Johannes Brahms and The Beatles

41. What is the unit of currency in Austria?
the bell tower
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
Grundschule
austrian schilling

42. The ___________ collected fairy tales from around where they lived.
twin alster lakes - elbe river
Brothers Grimm
Constitutional Monarchy
Bayreuth

43. Eisleben is located at the foot of the ___ mts.
Salzburg
Harz
Adidas
the Alps

44. M
the Elbe
Medical improvements and vaccines
The Oktoberfest; a beer festival and a fair
nine

45. What is the name of the German airline?
New Year's
Medical improvements and vaccines
tourist information
Lufthansa

46. What major car comopany is based in Niedersachsen?
a 100 year old storage place that's still used today
Volkswagen
Audi - BMW - Volkswagen - Mercedes
gymnastics

47. Site of the annual Oktoberfest
Berlin
Martin Luther
Hamburg
Munchen

48. What year was Liechtenstien founded?
Das Boot.
1719
nine
Gymnasium || Arbitur test - diploma

49. People in Sachsen-Anhalt work in the ___ industry.
Edelweiss
Salzburg
chemical
Deutsche Bundesbahn

50. Beyreuth is known for...
gymnastics
Richard Wagner
'Erpha' - brown water
Catholic and Lutheran