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Hint
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Answer
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A
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What Karl Benz invented in 1885
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Automobile
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B
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Capital of West Germany
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Bonn
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C
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Great Frankish emperor who ruled much of France and Germany from his capital at Aachen
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Charlemagne
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D
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Former name of the city now known as Gdańsk
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Danzig
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E
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Germany had this kind of "miracle" following WWII
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Economic
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F
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Great King of Prussia who ruled from 1740 to 1786
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Frederick
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G
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Brothers who collected and popularized fairy tales such as "Cinderella"
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Brothers Grimm
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H
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According to a 1516 Bavarian law, beer can include only water, barley, and these
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Hops
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I
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German military decoration introduced in 1813 and retired in 1945
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Iron Cross
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J
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This country declared war on Germany in 1914 and promptly seized most of its Pacific possessions
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Japan
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K
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Russia annexed this city after WWII and renamed it Kaliningrad
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Königsberg
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L
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He started the Protestant Reformation in 1517
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Martin Luther
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M
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Bearded 19th century philosopher who inspired many 20th century revolutions
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Karl Marx
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N
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This city was the site of Nazi rallies, and later, war crimes tribunals
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Nuremberg
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O
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First name of "Iron Chancellor" von Bismarck
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Otto
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P
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This stereotypically German food was commonly used as the emblem of baker's guilds
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Pretzel
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Q
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Chinese city occupied by Germany from 1898 to 1914. Today it is the home of China's second largest beer brewery.
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Qingdao
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R
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River that separated the Roman Empire from the Germanic tribes
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Rhine
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S
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Germanic tribe that invaded England in the 400s
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Saxons
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T
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Group of Crusaders that conquered the Baltic countries and converted them to Christianity
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Teutonic Knights
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U
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Germany's first one of these was established at Heidelberg in 1386
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University
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V
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This type of rocket, used to attack Allied cities, became the first man-made object to travel into space in 1944
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V-2
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W
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Common name for the German republic between 1918 and 1933
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Weimar Republic
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X
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Discovered in 1895, they are also known as Röntgen radiation
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X-Rays
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Y
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Pagan holiday whose traditions were incorporated into Christmas celebrations
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Yule
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Z
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Hydrogen filled airship that fell into disuse after the Hindenburg disaster
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Zeppelin
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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. :-(
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.