A Germany Question Tour

Guten tag! Or guten abend? I cannot realistically account for when you take this quiz. Here's a set of 32 questions about the nation of Germany. Good luck, and with German precision may your victory be won!

Vocab will be in standard German.

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Cities 1: Capital of Bavaria

Munich

Cities 2: City where the automobile is said to have been invented.

Stuttgart

Cities 3: The second largest city in Germany; in medieval times to the 19th century, it was a member of the Hanseatic League

Hamburg

Cities 4: City home to the oldest university in Germany

Heidelberg

Artificial Landmarks 1: Castle built under Ludwig II, the last king of Bavaria, to honor the composer Richard Wagner

Neuschwanstein

Artificial Landmarks 2: Center of the German parliament

Reichstag

Artificial Landmarks 3: The quadriga atop this Berlin monument was briefly stolen by the French army under Napoleon

Brandenburg Gate

Artificial Landmarks 4: Tallest church in the world

Ulm Minster

Natural Landmarks 1: The tallest mountain in Germany, overlooking Lake Eibsee

Zugspitze

Natural Landmarks 2: In ancient times, this famous forest was home to the Suebi Gallic people

Black Forest

Natural Landmarks 3: Chalky landmark on the Pomeranian coast

Rugen Cliffs

Natural Landmarks 4: This national park crosses into Czechia and is named for its similarity to an Alpine country

Saxon Switzerland

People 1: Famous Prussian monarch who, despite his reputation for military strength, originally sought a career in music

Frederick the Great

People 2: E=MC^2

Albert Einstein

People 3: Famous king of the Franks

Charlemagne

People 4: Inventor of the printing press.

Johannes Gutenberg

History 1: Religious movement started by Martin Luther and his 95 theses against the Catholic Church

Protestant Reformation

History 2: Period following the Thirty Years War that brought stability to the Holy Roman Empire

Peace of Westphalia

History 3: Period of the slaughter of minorities in Nazi Germany; most notably Jewish people, but Romani, disabled, and LGBTQ+ people as well.

Holocaust

History 4: The fall of this structure marked a key point in the end of the Cold War.

Berlin Wall

Culture 1: A scholar is approached by and makes a contract with the Devil in this play by Johann Wolfgang van Goethe

Faust

Culture 2: Bavarian festival known for beer consumption

Oktoberfest

Culture 3: Two brothers compiled this collection of fables, much of which remain iconic to this day.

Grimm's Fairy Tales

Culture 4: Released in 1927, this movie, directed by Fritz Lang and written by Thea von Harbeau, is considered the first major science fiction film.

Metropolis

Composers 1: "Brandenburg Concertos," "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor"

Johann Sebastian Bach

Composers 2: "Symphony No. 9 (Ode to Joy)," "Moonlight Sonata"

Ludwig Van Beethoven

Composers 3: "Songs without Words," "Wedding March."

Felix Mendelssohn

Composers 4: Soundtracks for "Gladiator (2000)," "The Lion King (1994)," and "Dune (2021)"

Hans Zimmer

Vocab 1: (Noun) Leben

Life

Vocab 2: (Verb) Sehen

To See

Vocab 3: (Adjective) Bose

Evil

Vocab 4: (Conjunction) Und

And

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