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Germany - Essentials Trivia Quiz

Economically and politically there can be no doubting the importance of Germany, especially in Europe. Test your knowledge of the country.

A multiple-choice quiz by bloomsby. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
bloomsby

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
34,401

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
5772

Awards
Top 10% Quiz

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Question 1 of 15

1. What is the capital of Germany?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 2 of 15

2. What is the financial capital of Germany? Hint

Frankfurt

Leipzig

Hamburg

Cologne (K�ln)

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Question 3 of 15

3. How many states (L�nder) does Germany have? Hint

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Question 4 of 15

4. What is the full official name of Germany? Hint

German Republic (Deutsche Republik)

German Federal Republic (Deutsche Bundesrepublik)

Germany (Deutschland)

Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland)

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Question 5 of 15

5. Germany has three city-states. Which of these is NOT a city-state? Hint

Bremen

Berlin

Frankfurt

Hamburg

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Question 6 of 15

6. What is the capital of Bavaria (Bayern)?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 7 of 15

7. What was the population of Germany in 2011 (to the nearest million)? Hint

99 million

75 million

82 million

101 million

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Question 8 of 15

8. On which river is Hamburg? Hint

The Elbe

The Ems

The Weser

The Rhine

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Question 9 of 15

9. Which of these cities is the capital of the state (Land) of Northrhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)? Hint

Dortmund

Cologne (K�ln)

D�sseldorf

Bonn

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Question 10 of 15

10. Germany shares a land frontier with nine other countries. Which of these is NOT one of them? Hint

Russia

Denmark

Austria

France

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Question 11 of 15

11. Which river is traditionally regarded as the dividing-line between North and South Germany? Hint

The Mosel

The Danube

The Main

The Inn

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which of these ports is NOT on the Baltic Sea? Hint

Rostock

L�beck

Emden

Wismar

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which state (Land) borders on both Poland and the Czech Republic? Hint

Thuringia (Th�ringen)

Saxony (Sachsen)

Brandenburg

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Question 14 of 15

14. What are the three colours of the German flag (from top to bottom)? Hint

Black-white-red

Black-red-gold

Red-white-gold

Red-green-blue

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Question 15 of 15

15. If one disregards countries with under one million inhabitants Germany is the most prosperous country in Europe measured in terms of the Gross Domestic Product divided by the population.

True

False

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What is the capital of Germany?

Answer: Berlin

When Germany was divided into West and East the capital of West Germany was Bonn, while East Berlin was the capital of East Germany.

2. What is the financial capital of Germany?

Answer: Frankfurt

Frankfurt has been a major commercial and financial center since the Middle Ages. It also has Germany's busiest airport and is the seat of European Central Bank - the central bank of the Euro.

3. How many states (L�nder) does Germany have?

Answer: 16

The states are: Baden-W�rttemberg, Bayern, Berlin, Brandenburg, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Niedersachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Sachsen, Sachsen-Anhalt, Schleswig-Holstein and Th�ringen.

4. What is the full official name of Germany?

Answer: Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland)

The name 'Deutsche Bundesrepublik' was that used for the Federal Republic (West Germany) by the former German Democratic Republic (East Germany) and is best avoided.

5. Germany has three city-states. Which of these is NOT a city-state?

Answer: Frankfurt

Frankfurt lost its status as a city-state in 1866. Until 1933 L�beck was also a city-state, but it was not revived as a state after WWII. In earlier centuries, the Holy Roman Empire had a large number of Free Cities, which were subject only to the Emperor. Well known examples included Frankfurt, Mainz, Aachen and Cologne as well as many of the leading Hanseatic ports.

6. What is the capital of Bavaria (Bayern)?

Answer: Munich

Other major cities in Bavaria include: Nuremberg (N�rnberg), Augsburg, Regensburg, Passau, W�rzburg, Bamberg.

7. What was the population of Germany in 2011 (to the nearest million)?

Answer: 82 million

This figure includes foreigners resident in Germany.

8. On which river is Hamburg?

Answer: The Elbe

The Elbe rises in the Czech Republic as the Labe and flows into the North Sea near Cuxhaven. Other major cities on the Elbe include Dresden and Magdeburg. The other rivers are all well to the west of the Elbe.

9. Which of these cities is the capital of the state (Land) of Northrhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen)?

Answer: D�sseldorf

D�sseldorf is also a financial center of some significance.

10. Germany shares a land frontier with nine other countries. Which of these is NOT one of them?

Answer: Russia

Starting in the north and working round clockwise Germany borders on: Denmark, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands.

11. Which river is traditionally regarded as the dividing-line between North and South Germany?

Answer: The Main

Obviously, like all such dividing-lines, this is only a very rough guide and should not be taken entirely seriously.

12. Which of these ports is NOT on the Baltic Sea?

Answer: Emden

Until 1933 L�beck was a city-state. An alliance made in 1241 between L�beck and Hamburg formed the basis of the Hanseatic League. In the Middle Ages and the early modern period up to about 1600, L�beck (not Hamburg) was the leading Hanseatic city.

13. Which state (Land) borders on both Poland and the Czech Republic?

Answer: Saxony (Sachsen)

The capital of Saxony is Dresden, which was bombed exceptionally severely in February 1945 for no good military reason.

14. What are the three colours of the German flag (from top to bottom)?

Answer: Black-red-gold

This has been the flag of Germany since 1949 and was the flag of the Weimar Republic (1919-33). The flag of 'Bismarckian' Germany was black-white-red, which were used again in the flag of the Third Reich.

Black-red-gold were the colours of the Holy Roman Empire and were used by many of the revolutionaries of 1848, especially those who favoured the creation of a 'Greater Germany' based on Austria rather than Prussia. On the whole, these were the more radical revolutionaries. (Don't be misled by later German history).

15. If one disregards countries with under one million inhabitants Germany is the most prosperous country in Europe measured in terms of the Gross Domestic Product divided by the population.

Answer: False

Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Switzerland all score more highly than Germany on this measure. (Information from data issued for 2011 by the IMF and the World Bank).

Source: Author bloomsby

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