It's All Germane Trivia Quiz

Answer: Kiel

The city of Kiel is annually home to the world's biggest sailing event, Kiel Week, or the Kiel Regatta. What started as a ship race in 1882 has become a festival featuring fairs, musical performances, a Tall Ships Parade, and more.

Answer: Austria

Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze at 2,962 m (9,718 ft) above sea level, is on its southern border with Austria. Austria's own highest peak, the Grossglockner or Großglockner, reaches 3,798 m (12,461 ft) above sea level and is the second tallest of the Alps by relative height.

Answer: Rhine

Duisburg, home to the world's largest inland harbor, is the only city mentioned in the question to be located in Germany. Strasbourg is in France while Basel is in Switzerland, though both are very close to the German border.

Answer: Lower Saxony

Lower Saxony, or Niedersachsen, is home to the city of Braunschweig (Brunswick) which, because of the significant power it has had throughout history, has lent its name to both the New Brunswick province in Canada and the city of New Brunswick in New Jersey, U.S.

Bavaria, called Bayern in German, is the largest of the German states, with an area of 70,548 sq km (27,200 sq mi).

Answer: Stuttgart

Stuttgart is a very significant scientific, academic, and research region, and more patents and designs are registered there than any other in Germany. It is also the location of Germany's second largest stock exchange and, being in the middle of the Württemberg wine growing area, over 400 hectares of vineyards.

Answer: Rügen

The Königsstuhl is one of several famous Stubbenkammer chalk cliffs found on the island of Rügen, which is part of the German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The Stubbenkammer are part of Germany's smallest national park, the Jasmund National Park, at 30 sq km in area.

Answer: Ulm

Ulm Minster, Ulmer Münster in German, is a Lutheran church whose construction has spanned over four centuries, with the foundation and planning started in the late 14th century. The master builder, Ulrich Ensingen, wanted from the beginning to make a church with the tallest spire, but the building would not be completed until the year 1890.

The city of Ulm, in Baden-Württemberg, has a twin city called Neu-Ulm (New Ulm) located across the River Danube in the neighboring state of Bavaria. Ulm is also home to a solar-powered ferry which crosses the river in the summertime and the city hopes to convert its entire region to 100% renewable energy by the year 2030.

Answer: Hochwanner

The 19th century German mountaineer Hermann von Barth was the first to climb the Hochwanner in 1870. He had quite a history of exploring mountain ranges, often climbing them by himself. In the year 1870 alone he was the first person at 12 of the 88 peaks he ascended. By 1874 he had published a book detailing his experiences, called "Aus den Nördlichen Kalkalpen" (From the Northern Limestone Alps).

Answer: Elbe

The Magdeburg Water Bridge, built in October 2003, connects two of Germany's canals (one of them being its longest- the Mittelland Canal) while crossing over the Elbe. These canals had previously had a 12 km (7.5 mi) detour to take while making use of a boat lift and a lock to get in and out of the Elbe, because of the difference in elevation.

The plan to link these canals was conceived as early as the year 1919 but construction was continuously put on hold until the year 1997. The aqueduct is a total of 918 m (3,012 ft) long.

Answer: Karlsruhe

A 6.5 m (21 ft) sandstone pyramid, the Karlsruhe Pyramid, is located in the city's market square. It stands above the burial vault of the city's founder, Margrave Charles III William. Legend says the city's name, which means "Charles' repose", came from Charles III William having a dream in which he was founding a city.

"Margrave" was a masculine medieval title for a nobleman originally responsible for military matters within the provinces of a kingdom, which later became a rank without any such military connotation.