Facts
1989
Name 2 German car companies
Volkswagen, BMW, Porsche, Audi
Munich is the capital city of which German state?
Bavaria
Name one dialect of German
Swiss German, Austrian German, Hochdeustch, Hessisch, Alemannisch, etc
Name a famous German scientist
Albert Einstein, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, Johannes Kepler, etc
Germany adopted the Euro as its official currency in 2002, but what was the name of the currency it replaced?
Deutsche Mark
Which German city is the country’s financial capital and the home of the European Central Bank?
Frankfurt
What was the former capital of West Germany?
Bonn
Pronounce the following word correctly: "Eichhörnchen"
*Someone who isn't a native German speaker must answer
Nice!
What city was Albert Einstein born in?
Ulm, Deutschland
After the Second World War, war trials were held in which heavily bombed German city?
Nuremberg
What is the large fest that takes place in North Rhine Westphalia (Nord Rhein Westfalen)?
Karneval!
Welche 8 Länder grenzen an Österreich?
What 8 countries boarder Austria?
Deutschland, die Schweiz, Liechtenstein, Italien, Slowenien, Ungarn, die Slowakei und die Tschechische Republik
(Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, and Czech Republic)
Was ist "Streichholzschachtel" auf Englisch?
Matchbox
Wo ist Ludwig van Beethoven aufgewachsen?
Where did Ludwig van Beethoven grow up?
Bonn, Deutschland
Dating back to 1516, the German Beer Purity Law dictates beer can only be made from which 4 ingredients?
hops, barley, water, and yeast
What are the 4 largest cities in Germany by population.
Berlin, Hamburg, München, and Köln
(Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, and Cologne)
What are the 3 largest German-speaking cities in Switzerland?
Zurich, Bern, and Basel
Was bedeutet, "die Daumen drücken" auf Englisch?
What does, "press the thumbs" mean in English?
Which famous psychologist from Austria was famous for his couch (chaise longue)?
Sigmund Frued
What are the 6 countries where German is an official language?
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and Switzerland
To the nearest million, how many people live in Germany?
84 million
What is the tallest building/tower in a German-speaking country (Germany, Austria Switzerland) and in what city is it located?
Berlin TV Tower (Berlin, Germany)
Berliner Fernsehturm (Berlin, Deutschland)
What is the closest English translation for the German word ‘schadenfreude’?
pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune
Which famous German invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg