German movies and music that Canadians might know
This heavy metal band is known for stage pyrotechnics and hits like "Du Hast" and "Amerika"
Rammstein
It's the Skytrain station between Stadium-Chinatown and Commercial-Broadway
Main Street / Science World
The longest unsupported cable car in the world connects two mountains at this resort
Whistler/Blackomb
This Edmonton Oiler is the first German hockey player to win the NHL scoring title and award for most valuable player
Leon Draisaitl
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Sylvester Stallone: I'm making a movie about famous composers, I'll be Beethoven.
Jean-Claude VanDamme: I'll be Mozart
Arnold Schwarzenegger: _______
I'll be Bach.
Franka Potente starred in this 1998 thriller with three different endings
Run Lola Run
This famous old Vancouver neighbourhood was named after Gassy Jack, whose statue was recently toppled and splashed with red paint by protesters
Gastown
In 2010 the Queen Charlotte islands were renamed to this
Haida Gwaii
One of the greatest women's tennis players of all time, she retired in 1999 with 22 Grand Slam singles titles
Steffi Graf
Solve for X:
X - 43 = -54
-11
This power ballad by the Scorpions was rumoured to be written by the CIA
Wind of Change
This successful international eco-activist group was founded in Vancouver in 1971 at Gastown’s Smart Mouth Cafe
Greenpeace
The official mammal of BC is a rare white version of this black animal
bear
(Spirit bear/ Kermode bear)
Christoph Gallus left INVERS to work for this big event that Germany will host in 2024
Euro 2024
Oysters
This 1927 movie by Fritz Lang may be the most influential Sci-Fi movie ever made
Metropolis
In 1963, the Vancouver Aquarium became the first to ever display a member of this species of large marine mammal.
Biologists named the female "Moby Doll"
Killer whale/ orca
BC is home to two famous cryptids (legendary, unverified animals or creatures). Name one
Ogopogo
These brothers made a combined 18 defenses of their major heavyweight boxing titles in Germany.
The older brother is now mayor of Kyiv
The Klitschko brothers
This city and its famous siege was thought to be only legendary, until its ruins were discovered in present-day Turkey in the 1870s
Troy
This minimalist song by Trio sold 13 million copies after its release in 1981
Da Da Da
(I Don't Love You You Don't Love Me Aha Aha Aha)
German:
Da Da Da
(ich lieb' dich nicht du liebst mich nicht aha aha aha)
Richmond is built on this island
Lulu island
This village set a Canadian all-time-high temperature record of 49.6 °C in 2021. Most of it was destroyed in a wildfire the next day.
Lytton
This record-breaking Formula-1 racecar driver was nicknamed "The Red Baron" in reference to his red Ferrari and the German fighter ace.
Michael Schumacher
Archimedes famously yelled this, while taking a bath. (He suddenly figured out how to measure the volume of irregular objects by submerging them in water)
Eureka!