History
What event is associated with the reunification of West and East Germany?
The fall of the Berlin Wall
The first brand of car was ____, created by an engineer with the same last name.
Benz (Mercedes-Benz)
This food is a vegetable commonly eaten with potatoes and meat.
Sauerkraut
This British short, typically shown in Germany at Christmas time, holds the Guinness World Record for the single show with the most reruns.
Dinner for One
How many times has Germany won the World Cup?
4
Before it was a country, Germany was part of this empire.
Holy Roman Empire
This instrument, which is still common in German folk music, was invented in Berlin in 1822, but it got its current name 7 years later in Vienna.
Accordion
This is a festival from the middle of September to the beginning of October celebrating beer.
Oktoberfest
The popularity of this type of channel decreased drastically after a 2008 broadcast treaty allowing regulators to fine the channels if they were irregular in their scoring.
Phone-in Quiz Channels
This professional football (soccer) league was founded in 1963 for players who still had other jobs and could only make up to 1,200 Deutschmark playing soccer.
Bundesliga
How many capital cities has Germany had?
7
This candy that inspired a 2007 song was invented by entrepreneur Hans Riegel in 1922.
Gummy Bear
This food is considered Germany’s national dish.
Sauerbraten
This film is considered the first science-fiction movie; it was created by a filmmaker who fled the Nazis, yet it was Hitler’s favorite movie.
Metropolis
In total, ___ German athletes have won an Olympic gold medal.
595
Traditions related to this holiday are often attributed to 16th-century Germany.
Christmas
In 1897, chemist Felix Hoffman created this to help his ailing father.
Aspirin
The first Oktoberfest was a ____.
Wedding
Although there are no German actors in this film, it is widely shown to schoolchildren in places such as the US and England as a representation of the Holocaust’s impacts.
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Germany has approximately ___ thousand sports clubs open to adult participation.
90
The first ____ ever was published in 1663 in Hamburg.
Magazine
Invented in 1887, the first of these were made of brown glass and tested on rabbits before humans.
Contact Lenses
This is considered a food in Bavaria.
Beer
During the filming of this movie, the director pulled a gun on the lead actor because he was acting too insufferable; in the past, the director had also attempted to burn the actor to death while he slept.
Aguirre, Wrath of God
This German skater is one of two figure skaters in the world to have won six consecutive European championships.
Katarina Witt