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Multiple Choice Quiz - Ruhr Area

How much do you know about this German urban area?
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1. What is the Ruhr Area named after?
A Germanic tribe
A mountain
A noble family
A river
2. In which part of Germany is it located?
North
East
South
West
3. Which natural resource caused a massive influx of migrants starting in the 1800s?
Wheat
Gold
Oil
Coal
4. Which Essen-based steel company was Germany's major arms producer during the World Wars?
Krupp
BASF
Aldi
Opel
5. Which of these countries has NOT been a major source of migrants?
Poland
Turkey
Japan
Syria
6. Which local football teams have maintained an intense historic rivalry, known as "Revierderby"?
Leverkusen vs. Kaiserslautern
Hamburg vs. Bremen
Dortmund vs. Schalke
Bayern vs. Mönchengladbach
7. Which major river flows through a small part of the Area?
Elbe
Danube
Rhine
Main
8. Which of these is a staple dish not only of Berlin, but also of the Ruhr Area?
Frankfurter sausage
Pretzel
Apfelstrudel
Currywurst
9. Which of these cities is part of the Ruhr Area?
Düsseldorf
Bielefeld
Duisburg
Cologne
10. The Ruhr is part of which highly urbanized European region stretching from Northern England to Northern Italy?
Yellow Apple
Blue Banana
Green Orange
Red Pear
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