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Where in Europe Is This Museum? Part II

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Museums & Art Galleries : Where in Europe Is This Museum? Part II

Introduction:
"This is a follow-up of the first quiz, highlighting other well known, and not so well known, museums in Europe. Good Luck!"


1. This world-famous museum highlighting German Science and Technology includes a variety of subjects from the relatively old textile industry all the way to telecommunications and aerospace. Two excellent sections contain automobiles and the mining exhibits. With a branch in Bonn and two other smaller cities, the primary location of the Deutsches Museum is in:
    Düsseldorf
    Munich
    Berlin
    Essen


2. The House at Checkpoint Charlie was moved from its original location after the Berlin Wall came down. Now it is actually a museum of artifacts relating the the Berlin Wall. Included are exhibits from escape attempts and related items. Where WAS the original Checkpoint Charlie?
    French sector
    No Man's Land
    British sector
    American sector


3. Can a Church be a museum? The collection of religious artifacts in this Romanesque church is worth the trip to this town. Included in the exhibits are Charlemagne's (Charles the Great's) reliquary and his marble throne. (I hope he had a comfortable cushion!). Where is this church?
    Aachen
    Dortmund
    Trier
    Augsburg


4. We are off to Italy! And what better way to get around Italy than perched on the back of a Ducati Motorcycle. This "Ferrari" of the motorcycle world wins race after race, and introduced the 999 version in Fall, 2002. Showcasing over fifty years making motorcycles, the Ducati Museum is located in
    Florence
    Bologna
    Turin
    San Remo


5. A highlight of the Rijksmuseum is the Nightwatch, a masterpiece by Rembrandt. The museum also has an excellent section devoted to old armor, old weaponry, and early naval history. To see this, you must be in
    Barcelona
    The Hague
    Amsterdam
    Brussels


6. Centered around the collection of King Ludwig I, the Neue Pinakothek (New Picture Gallery) contains 4,500 paintings and 300 statues that belonged to the King. Since the original museum was created, a number of fine examples of more modern art by Cézanne, Gauguin, Matisse and others have benn added. To visit this museum, you would have to travel to:
    Stuttgart
    Cologne
    Munich
    Berlin


7. OK sports fans - this question is for you! Billed as the having the largest foodball club memorabilia collection in Britain, the Arsenal Museum includes the red bus the that was used to show off all their trophies. Check out this museum when you are visiting
    Birmingham
    London
    Leeds
    Manchester


8. The Auto-Technik museum is an automotive museum containing an impressive collection of some 300 old-timer (antique autos) and 200 motorcycles. Additionally, it includes airplanes, tanks, and an impressive Formula One exhibit. It is so popular that a sister museum was opened in Speyer in 1991. Herman "the German" opened the first Auto-Technik Museum in
    Sinsheim
    Kaiserslautern
    Hamm
    Manheim


9. The Rietberg Museum in Switzerland features southeast Asian art, African art and pre-Columbian art from the Americas. The museum is located in the Wesendonck Mansion in
    Zürich
    Lucerne
    Bern
    Geneva


10. The Jeu de Paume is now a well known museum of contemporary art that includes sculpture, photography and paintings. As the name suggests, the structure originally was built as a tennis court. This is located in
    Versailles
    Paris
    Brussels
    Lyon


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