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Travelling Through Germany

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Germany : Travelling Through Germany

Introduction:
"Let me take you on a 10-day round-trip to some of the most interesting places in Germany. On the way, you can test your knowledge on German history. Have fun!"


1. You land directly at Munich's Franz Josef Strauss Airport. Which place of interest can you not visit during your stay in the city ?
    The Frauenkirche
    The Oktoberfest at the Theresienwiese
    Neuschwanstein Castle
    The Hofbrauhaus


2. Near Munich you take a trip to the darkest era of German history when you visit the Concentration Camp in Dachau. In what year was it installed?
    1935
    1940
    1938
    1933


3. From Dachau you travel northwestward to the city of Augsburg. Besides having been the residence of the mighty Fugger family during the renaissance, this is also the native city of a famous German poet. Who?
    Johann Wolfgang Goethe
    Gottfried Benn
    Friedrich Schiller
    Bertolt Brecht


4. Of course a visit to Germany would be incomplete without a stop at the fairy-tale like castle of Neuschwanstein. Which Bavarian ruler had it erected?
    Friedrich II
    Ludwig II
    Wilhelm II
    Maria Teresia


5. You arrive at Frankfurt am Main, the banking center of Europe and the birthplace of Goethe. Frankfurt is also the city where the first German constitution was drafted. When did this take place?
    1215
    1848
    1648
    1919


6. You make a trip to the river Rhine and visit the rock that the Loreley sat on, luring boatmen into death with her enchanting voice. Which German poet wrote a famous poem about this mythical figure?
    Friedrich Hoelderlin
    Novalis
    Heinrich Heine
    Friedrich Rueckert


7. In Cologne, you are standing before the enormous cathedral. True or false: In the middle Ages, the archbishop of Cologne was one of the seven privileged rulers who had the right to elect the King of Germany (who usually also became Holy Roman Emperor)?
    True
    False


8. Travelling to Eastern Germany, you stop at the beautiful city of Dresden. Located on the river Elbe, German parlance compares this city with what Italian center of arts?
    Venice
    Siena
    Rome
    Florence


9. In Potsdam near Berlin, you visit a palace built by famous Prussian King, Frederick II. Although known as a very strict and disciplined King, the name of this place suggests differently.
    Wahnfried
    Sanssouci
    Wolfsschanze
    Hohenzollern


10. In Berlin, you visit the remnants of the wall that once parted East and West Berlin, East and West Germany, the best known symbol of the iron curtain. It fell in 1989, but which year had it been erected ?
    1961
    1960
    1962
    1963


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