The Heidelberg Quiz - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
River that flows through the city	Neckar	98%
German state in which the city resides	Baden-Württemberg	94%
Nearest large city	Mannheim	93%
Well-known walking path across the river from the castle	Philosophenweg (Philosopher's Way)	47%
Name of the hill/mountain on which it stands	Königstuhl	46%
Germany's oldest institution of higher learning	Heidelberg University	41%
Forest that covers that hill (and extends much further)	Odenwald	39%
Who destroyed much of the castle in 1693?	The French	39%
Amphitheatre on that hill that hosted Nazi/SS events	Thingstätte	34%
Hill across the river, opposite the castle	Heiligenberg	31%
	Johann Wolfgang von Goethe	29%
Largest downtown religious edifice	Heiliggeistkirche (Church of the Holy Spirit)	27%
Remains found nearby, earliest evidence of human life in Europe	Homo Heidelbergensis (Heidelberg Man)	27%
	Patrick Henry Village	27%
Operetta performed annually at the castle	The Student Prince	25%
There is a statue of this famous chemist downtown	Robert Bunsen	24%
Famous 19th century visitors to the city	Mark Twain	20%
Renowned research facilities close to ^	Max Planck Institute	17%
Style of much of the city's downtown architecture	Baroque	14%
Famous general who died in the American hospital in 1945	General George S. Patton	14%
Famous actor born here	Michael Fassbender	13%
Former American housing areas named after famous Americans	Mark Twain Village	12%
Famous musician born here	Jackson Browne	4%
	Victor Hugo	1%

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