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German History A-Z

Can you guess these people, places, and things from German history starting with each letter of the alphabet?
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Hint
Answer
A
What Karl Benz invented in 1885
Automobile
B
Capital of West Germany
Bonn
C
Great Frankish emperor who ruled much of France and Germany from
his capital at Aachen
Charlemagne
D
Former name of the city now known as Gdańsk
Danzig
E
Germany had this kind of "miracle" following WWII
Economic
F
Great King of Prussia who ruled from 1740–1786
Frederick
G
Brothers who collected and popularized fairy tales such as "Cinderella"
Grimm
H
According to a 1516 Bavarian law, beer can include only water, barley, and these
Hops
I
German military decoration introduced in 1813 and retired in 1945
Iron Cross
J
Country which declared war on Germany in 1914 and promptly seized
most of its Pacific possessions
Japan
K
City annexed by Russia during WWII and renamed Kaliningrad
Königsberg
L
Monk who started the Protestant Reformation in 1517
Martin Luther
M
Bearded 19th century philosopher who inspired many 20th century revolutions
Karl Marx
N
City which was the site of Nazi rallies, and later, war crimes tribunals
Nuremberg
O
First name of "Iron Chancellor" von Bismarck
Otto
P
Stereotypically German food which was commonly used as the emblem
of baker's guilds
Pretzel
Q
Chinese city occupied by Germany from 1898–1914. Today it is the home
of China's second largest beer brewery.
Qingdao
R
River that separated the Roman Empire from the Germanic tribes
Rhine
S
Germanic tribe that invaded England in the 400s
Saxons
T
Group of Crusaders that conquered the Baltic countries and converted
them to Christianity
Teutonic Knights
U
Germany's first one of these was established at Heidelberg in 1386
University
V
In 1944, this rocket became the first man-made object to travel into space
V-2
W
Common name for the German republic between 1918–1933
Weimar Republic
X
Discovered in 1895, they are also known as Röntgen radiation
X-Rays
Y
Pagan holiday whose traditions were incorporated into Christmas celebrations
Yule
Z
Hydrogen filled airship that fell into disuse after the Hindenburg disaster
Zeppelin
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26 Comments
cpgatbyu
+9
Level 88
Dec 6, 2018
The Germans call Frederick *Friedrich*. Maybe give credit for that answer?
kogatora
+1
Level 96
Dec 6, 2018
That's what I tried too
Quizmaster
+2
Level ∞
Dec 6, 2018
Friedrich will work now
mattarosa
+2
Level 68
Dec 7, 2018
Surely car should be acceptable for automobile?
DannyWozza
+10
Level 94
Dec 7, 2018
Only if you say 'A car' as the word car does not begin with the letter A!
creslinwest
+3
Level 73
Mar 10, 2019
I hate to say this but I agree. I mean, who the hell uses the word "automobile" instead of "car" in this day and age. I literally thought the word and dismissed it because, I have never actually heard anyone use it, including ESL speakers.

Edit: I have to take this back now because I googled "what did Karl Benz invent" and the first result was "automobile".

Edit2: @ander317, I did understand the premise of the quiz, I just honestly never use the word automobile. I briefly considered it and (stupidly) discarded it without typing it to try. I was just trying to make excuses for my own idiocy.

I didn't even try "Auto" which 5 years of secondary school German taught me means car. I'm so ashamed. :-(

ander217
+7
Level 73
Mar 10, 2019
The title of this quiz was German History A-Z and this was the first clue, so the answer had to begin with A.
MayaB
+12
Level 73
Dec 7, 2018
I would have never gotten pretzels even though I live in Germany and I've worked in a bakery. In German it's written with a b (Brezel), so my mind didn't even go in that direction. I couldn't stop thinking of potatoes even though they're neither typically German nor that directly connected with baking.
redsplat
+3
Level 72
Dec 7, 2018
Dangit, I kept trying to think of what the V stands for. Didn't even try the answer given.

Fun facts about this rocket: its name translates to "Retribution Weapon." It could fly over 5000km/hr, and the 3000 that were manufactured killed about 9000 people directly. It was manufactured in Mittelbau-Dora, a slave labour concentration camp near Buchenwald; an estimated 20000 inmates died there. If you want to really have fun, look up Operation Paperclip or Operation Osoaviakhim to read about how its Nazi scientists were spirited away by the US and USSR to work on the Cold War.

RondoNo2
+2
Level 53
Mar 7, 2026
You have a very strange idea of 'fun'.
pkerr116
+3
Level 71
Dec 17, 2018
The U answer is pretty generic .... what about U-bahn or U-boat? Something a bit more German? Umlaut?
pkerr116
+1
Level 71
Dec 17, 2018
Also maybe Edelweiss or Essen for E?
Carry
+5
Level 63
Jan 31, 2019
I think the answer to U is just fine. I mean what would the question be to make U-Bahn or U-Boot/Boat historic? Or any less generic?
divantilya
+1
Level 36
Apr 19, 2019
Never even considered Pretzel; did not know that its origin was in Germany. Learn something new every day.
Djinsasa
+6
Level 62
May 15, 2020
What is it all about this Yule holiday at jetpunk? I met it several times related to Germany, but I never heard of it in Germany and know nobody who did. Also wikipedia reveals that there are no significant connections with Germany. It's rather connected to Scandinavia. Is there eventually a confusion of "germanic" and "german"?
EcceHomo
+1
Level 85
Dec 9, 2020
Don't be offended. Can you offer a Germany-related or germanic answer for the letter Y, that your average anglophile would recognise?
felix998
+5
Level 81
Nov 24, 2021
Me as a german has never heard of yule before getting on Jetpunk. Even if there isn't any better word for Y (which there is: Ypsilon), choosing the scandinavian (and maybe germanic) tradition of yule is not in any way acceptable. Germanic isn't the same as german!
normanlamont
+1
Level 72
Mar 6, 2026
What is "ypsilon" in Germany? I searched it on Wikipedia and got an Italian car, a Norwegian bridge, a Greek village, a mountain in Colorado and a Japanese software compiler
brandybuck96
+1
Level 82
Mar 6, 2026
the letter Y
PitifulExcuse
+2
Level 65
Dec 26, 2024
did you mean anglophone?
RuthlessCosmo
+1
Level 78
Mar 6, 2026
How about "Yellow Peril"--the racist theory that Wilhelm II promoted as a pretext for colonizing China?
lexxie
+4
Level 82
Jun 4, 2021
pretzel is gonna confuse most german speakers taking this test, it's really called "Bretzel" in German
MiaMaus
+3
Level 76
May 9, 2022
D is not the former name of Gdansk, it still is the German name of the city.
Styffen
+1
Level 16
Jun 5, 2024
If you look for something else to use for Y, you could use Ypern since it was the place where Germans first used poisonous gas in WW1.
RondoNo2
+1
Level 53
Mar 7, 2026
That would cheer things up enormously. It would also cause huge problems, since it is 'Ypres' in English.
Drannoc
+1
Level 33
Mar 4, 2026
It's not Benz that invented the automobile. Joseph Cugnot invented the first motorized land vehicle (steam powered), Amédé Bollée the first bus (steam powered too), Gustave Trouvé the first electric car, and Edouard Delamare-Deboutteville the first motorized car, all before Benz.
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